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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 12, 2007

(6) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Eduardo Bacil - 3rd
2001	John Moran - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Colin Wellman - 33rd	Eduardo Bacil - 3rd
2003	Gary Barnes - 65th	Eli Fairfield - 13th
2004	Brad Torsone - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ty Loomis - 25th	Paul Baxter - 13th
2006	Fred Souza - 5th	Anthony Medel - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	4	5	312	$8,500.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	8	7	260	$6,500.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	10	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	10	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	7	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	7	13	108	$1,500.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

Russ Marchewka / Mike Placek (27, Q8)

Won 23-21, 21-17

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	29	16	8	0.276	0	18	0	4
	1	13	7	4	0.231	0	7	0	2
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	11	0	2
Fred Souza	Total	19	10	4	0.316	5	3	2	3
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	2	2	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	4	1	0	2

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 2

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (11)

Won 21-19, 21-10

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	8	4	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	3	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	18	11	3	0.444	3	3	1	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	2	1	0	4
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	2	1	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Winner 3

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (3)

Won 14-21, 21-13, 15-13

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	26	14	5	0.346	0	15	1	4
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	4	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	1	2
	3	8	4	2	0.250	0	4	0	1
Fred Souza	Total	36	19	9	0.278	4	3	1	4
	1	14	5	5	0.000	1	1	0	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	1	1	2
	3	10	7	2	0.500	2	1	0	1

Sat, 8/11/2007

Winner 4

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (2)

Lost 18-21, 21-16, 11-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	28	14	9	0.179	1	16	0	1
	1	11	5	4	0.091	0	6	0	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	1	4	0	0
	3	10	3	5	-0.200	0	6	0	0
Fred Souza	Total	32	20	6	0.438	3	2	3	7
	1	12	9	2	0.583	1	1	0	2
	2	10	6	3	0.300	2	1	3	2
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	0	3

Sun, 8/12/2007

Contender 6

Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger (1)

Won 21-23, 21-19, 15-7

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	37	24	4	0.541	0	7	5	4
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	3	2	1
	2	14	10	0	0.714	0	2	2	2
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	17	10	3	0.412	1	3	4	8
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	1	3
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	1	1	4
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	1	2	1

Sun, 8/12/2007

Semi-Finals

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (8)

Lost 18-21, 30-28, 13-15

1:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	Total	67	35	13	0.328	1	23	1	2
	1	24	9	8	0.042	0	5	0	0
	2	30	18	4	0.467	1	13	0	1
	3	13	8	1	0.538	0	5	1	1
Fred Souza	Total	32	15	4	0.344	1	8	1	8
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	2	0	2
	2	16	6	2	0.250	1	4	1	4
	3	8	4	0	0.500	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Anthony Medel	205	114	41	0.356	2	87	11	17
Fred Souza	154	85	29	0.364	17	22	12	34

Head to Head Results
Medel/Souza lead the series against the field 25-23

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Lambert/Metzger 2-2
8/12/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	6	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-23, 21-19, 15-7	1:08
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	4	24-22, 21-14	0:52
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-18, 21-15	0:44
9/1/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-6
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Medel/Souza	8	21-17, 21-19	0:48
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Medel/Souza	10	21-18, 21-19	0:44
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 Dalhausser/Rogers 1-5
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	6	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:11
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Medel/Souza	10	21-19, 21-15	0:53
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 # 4 Hyden/Keenan 1-3
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 6	Medel/Souza	10	Hyden/Keenan	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:08
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	1:02
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	7	Medel/Souza	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	1:00
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Keenan	10	Medel/Souza	7	21-19, 21-18	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Lucena/Williams 0-1
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Lucena/Williams	10	Medel/Souza	8	21-9, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Holdren/Scott 0-5
8/12/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Scott	8	Medel/Souza	6	21-18, 28-30, 15-13	1:30
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-14, 21-18	0:44
8/11/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-7	1:08
7/22/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	15	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	4	Medel/Souza	21	21-16, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 2-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Loomis/Stolfus	9	Medel/Souza	4	21-15, 22-20	0:52
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	1:17
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Loomis/Stolfus	15	21-17, 11-21, 24-22	1:14
Lead the series against # 10 Nygaard/Ring 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	8	Nygaard/Ring	9	24-22, 21-17
Lead the series against # 11 Doble/Olson 2-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	6	Doble/Olson	11	21-19, 21-10	0:44
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	8	Doble/Olson	11	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Wachtfogel/Wong 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	12	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Medel/Souza	10	Wachtfogel/Wong	15	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 16 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	10	Mariano/Ratledge	20	21-17, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Lee/Rester 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Lee/Rester	18	22-20, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Koski/Minc 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	4	Koski/Minc	20	21-18, 21-7	0:40
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 # 24 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Morrison/Tramblie	23	21-19, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 25, 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 # 27, Q8 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # Q2 Robbins/Roberts 2-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	8	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:36
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	10	Robbins/Roberts	25, Q1	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Dykstra/VanZwieten 2-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	4	Dykstra/VanZwieten	29, Q4	25-23, 21-15	0:49
6/8/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Medel/Souza	10	Dykstra/VanZwieten	24, Q12	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q12 Corso/Rambis 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	10	Corso/Rambis	23, Q15	21-14, 21-10	0:35