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$200,000 AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
May 18 - 20, 2007

(7) Anthony Medel/Fred Souza

Anthony Medel

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 28, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Golden West College
Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guatemala City 2009)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$162,225.00

Frederico "Fred" Dória de Souza

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Resides:

Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

6'7"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$290,592.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	38	0	2	5	0	9	9	9	3	1	0	$222,650.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Chris Pitzak - 57th	Eduardo Bacil - 4th
2001	John Moran - 29th	Did not play
2002	John Moran - 17th	Eduardo Bacil - 3rd
2003	John Moran - 25th	Eduardo Bacil - 7th
2004	Scott Lane - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ty Loomis - 13th	Jose Loiola - 13th
2006	Brad Torsone - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	7	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	8	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	7	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	6	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	8	7	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	7	9	144	$2,450.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	11	7	260	$5,500.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	13	5	312	$7,500.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	15	9	208	$3,300.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	21	5	216	$5,500.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 1

Adam Roberts / Brad Torsone (26, Q5)

Won 21-13, 21-15

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	23	17	2	0.652	1	9	2	1
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	4	1	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	5	1	0
Fred Souza	Total	13	6	2	0.308	3	1	5	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	4	2
	2	10	4	2	0.200	2	1	1	1

Sat, 5/19/2007

Winner 2

Karch Kiraly / Kevin Wong (10)

Lost 34-32, 17-21, 13-15

1:24

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	75	37	20	0.227	1	30	0	5
	1	31	18	8	0.323	1	14	0	3
	2	24	10	7	0.125	0	8	0	1
	3	20	9	5	0.200	0	8	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	28	13	2	0.393	2	10	3	9
	1	15	7	1	0.400	2	3	0	4
	2	9	4	1	0.333	0	5	2	2
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	1	3

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 2

Tyler Hildebrand / Chip McCaw (24)

Won 21-10, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	20	8	3	0.250	0	4	2	1
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	2	2	0
	2	14	5	3	0.143	0	2	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	13	8	2	0.462	5	8	1	4
	1	4	3	1	0.500	2	4	1	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	3	4	0	2

Sat, 5/19/2007

Contender 3

Albert Hannemann / Ed Ratledge (16)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	36	19	7	0.333	0	7	0	1
	1	17	7	4	0.176	0	5	0	1
	2	19	12	3	0.474	0	2	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	15	5	4	0.067	2	1	0	7
	1	10	3	3	0.000	1	0	0	4
	2	5	2	1	0.200	1	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	154	81	32	0.318	2	50	4	8
Fred Souza	69	32	10	0.319	12	20	9	23

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 14-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-4
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-10, 21-17	0:41
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	22-20, 21-15	0:52
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	7	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-3
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-17	0:49
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Medel/Souza	6	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	1:04
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Medel/Souza	21	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Olson/Ring 0-1
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Olson/Ring	8	Medel/Souza	7	21-17, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Holdren/Nygaard 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-14, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Jennings/Williams 0-1
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 4	Jennings/Williams	7	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Scott 1-0
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	7	Fuerbringer/Scott	4	21-17, 16-21, 24-22	1:16
Trail the series against # 9 Hyden/Keenan 0-1
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Kiraly/Wong 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Wong	10	Medel/Souza	7	32-34, 21-17, 15-13	1:24
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	7	Kiraly/Wong	10	23-21, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Lucena/Strickland 0-1
4/20/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Lucena/Strickland	13	Medel/Souza	7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Rester/Wachtfogel 1-0
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	6	Rester/Wachtfogel	18	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	1:05
Series tied with # 16 Hannemann/Ratledge 1-1
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Hannemann/Ratledge	16	Medel/Souza	7	21-13, 21-16	0:45
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	7	Hannemann/Ratledge	15	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Doble/Mariano 3-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	11	Doble/Mariano	10	23-21, 21-19	0:51
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	13	Doble/Mariano	10	20-22, 21-15, 16-14	1:19
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	21	Doble/Mariano	8	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
5/5/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Medel/Souza	8	Mayer/Prosser	20	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 19 Koski/Minc 1-0
5/4/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Koski/Minc	25, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Allen/Mihalic 2-0
8/25/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	7	Allen/Mihalic	26, Q3	21-13, 21-19	0:34
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	11	Allen/Mihalic	27, Q7	23-21, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Hildebrand/McCaw 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	7	Hildebrand/McCaw	24	21-10, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Roberts/Torsone 1-0
5/19/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	7	Roberts/Torsone	26, Q5	21-13, 21-15	0:41