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$280,000 AVP Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield
August 23 - 25, 2007

(2) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

Mike Lambert

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$507,437.50

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$906,393.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	32	9	6	11	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	$467,525.00
FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	US$105,800.00
Overall	42	9	6	13	0	6	1	2	1	4	0	US$573,325.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Stein Metzger - 1st	Mike Lambert - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/16-18/2007	Boston Open	1	3	390	$13,300.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	1	5	312	$8,500.00
AVP	8/2-4/2007	Chicago Open	1	1	520	$28,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	10	17	200	US$7,000.00
AVP	7/19-22/2007	Long Beach Open	3	3	390	$13,300.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	8	9	320	US$8,000.00
AVP	7/5-8/2007	Seaside Heights Open	3	1	360	$20,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	14	3	640	US$23,000.00
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	4	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	6/7-10/2007	Atlanta Open	3	2	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/31-6/3/2007	Tampa Open	3	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-27/2007	Louisville Open	3	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/18-20/2007	Hermosa Beach Open	3	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/10-13/2007	Glendale Open	2	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/3-6/2007	Huntington Beach Open	2	1	360	$20,000.00
AVP	4/19-21/2007	Dallas Open	1	17	72	$800.00
AVP	4/13-15/2007	Miami Open	1	3	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	7	5	360	US$10,000.00
AVP	9/14-17/2006	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	1	5	0	$8,000.00
AVP	8/31-9/2/2006	Cincinnati Open	1	2	468	$18,000.00
AVP	8/24-27/2006	Boulder Open	1	1	360	$50,000.00
AVP	8/17-19/2006	Brooklyn Open	1	1	520	$25,000.00
AVP	8/10-13/2006	Manhattan Beach Open	1	2	468	$18,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$14,400.00
AVP	7/20-23/2006	Chicago Open	1	1	520	$25,000.00
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	2	1	360	$19,000.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	2	3	270	$8,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	5	13	240	US$6,500.00
AVP	6/15-17/2006	Sacramento Open	2	1	520	$20,000.00
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	2	2	324	$13,400.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	19	3	480	US$16,000.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	1	3	390	$12,000.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	1	3	270	$8,500.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2	324	$13,400.00

Brooklyn Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 1

Joaquin Acosta / Jonathan Acosta (31, Q14)

Won 23-21, 21-14

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	10	6	4	0.200	6	0	0	2
	1	4	2	2	0.000	1	0	0	2
	2	6	4	2	0.333	5	0	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	29	19	5	0.483	0	5	2	0
	1	18	12	3	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	3	1	0

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 2

Mike DiPierro / Eyal Zimet (18)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	11	7	2	0.455	6	1	1	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	3	0	1	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	3	1	0	2
Stein Metzger	Total	23	17	2	0.652	0	6	1	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	3	0	2
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	3	1	0

Fri, 8/24/2007

Winner 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-13

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	10	7	1	0.600	9	1	1	3
	1	3	2	1	0.333	2	0	0	2
	2	5	3	0	0.600	5	0	1	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	2	1	0	0
Stein Metzger	Total	47	26	11	0.319	0	8	2	1
	1	17	7	5	0.118	0	3	1	0
	2	16	11	3	0.500	0	2	0	0
	3	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	1	1

Sat, 8/25/2007

Winner 4

Aaron Wachtfogel / Scott Wong (11)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	8	5	1	0.500	4	0	1	2
	1	2	2	0	1.000	2	0	0	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	2	0	1	0
Stein Metzger	Total	30	21	3	0.600	0	11	0	0
	1	17	14	0	0.824	0	6	0	0
	2	13	7	3	0.308	0	5	0	0

Sat, 8/25/2007

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	Total	8	5	1	0.500	3	0	0	4
	1	5	3	1	0.400	1	0	0	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	2	0	0	3
Stein Metzger	Total	27	16	3	0.481	0	5	0	2
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	2	0	1
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Lambert	47	30	9	0.447	28	2	3	14
Stein Metzger	156	99	24	0.481	0	35	5	5

Head to Head Results
Lambert/Metzger lead the series against the field 60-25

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 6-8
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-14, 21-18	0:49
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	23-21, 15-21, 15-13	1:30
6/17/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-19, 21-15	0:59
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-14, 21-19	0:48
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-16, 21-13	1:11
8/27/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-13, 21-19	0:42
8/13/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	1:30
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-16, 21-18	0:58
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-18, 21-14	0:45
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lambert/Metzger	2	19-21, 21-12, 17-15	1:26
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Lambert/Metzger	19	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 14-9
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-13, 21-16	0:47
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	8	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-13, 22-24, 15-10	1:10
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:06
6/10/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	1:20
6/9/07	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:59
5/20/07	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	21-19, 21-16	0:45
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-18, 26-24	0:49
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-17, 21-18	0:56
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
8/27/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-18, 21-15	0:59
8/26/06	AVP	Boulder Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:58
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-19, 21-17	0:57
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-19, 21-13	0:50
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 6	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Lambert/Metzger	7	21-17, 21-17	0:44
7/16/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-14, 21-14	0:38
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	23-21, 21-18	1:16
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Lambert/Metzger	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:02
6/11/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-19, 9-21, 20-18	1:01
5/7/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-18, 21-18	0:49
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Lambert/Metzger	1	25-23, 21-16	0:58
9/10/05	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	21-18, 21-18	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 3-2
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Medel/Souza	5	22-20, 21-19	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 5 Hyden/Keenan 4-1
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Hyden/Keenan	2	21-19, 21-17	1:01
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	7	21-17, 21-12	0:36
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 3	Lambert/Metzger	3	Hyden/Keenan	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
5/11/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	10	Lambert/Metzger	2	21-19, 21-18	0:37
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Hyden/Keenan	15	21-18, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 7-4
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Scott	8	Lambert/Metzger	1	21-19, 21-18	0:53
9/15/06	AVP	Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Scott	4	Lambert/Metzger	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-13	1:04
8/12/06	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	1:06
7/23/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	21-14, 21-17	0:57
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	4	27-25, 21-15	0:55
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	6	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:25
7/2/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Scott	7	Lambert/Metzger	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:15
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	7	21-17, 21-17	0:52
6/17/06	AVP	Sacramento Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	2	Holdren/Scott	8	21-18, 21-16	0:46
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Holdren/Scott	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 6-1
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
8/18/07	AVP	Boston Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	Lambert/Metzger	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:05
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	8	21-17, 21-14	0:44
9/2/06	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:13
8/19/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-19, 21-14	0:46
7/9/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	21-16, 21-13	0:47
5/28/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	4	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Lucena/Williams 4-0
8/4/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-17, 21-18	0:44
7/22/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lucena/Williams	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:07
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	1	Lucena/Williams	8	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	4	Loomis/Stolfus	12	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 10 Doble/Olson 1-0
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Doble/Olson	11	21-19, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Wachtfogel/Wong 2-0
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	2	Wachtfogel/Wong	11	21-17, 21-16	0:52
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	4	Wachtfogel/Wong	13	21-18, 21-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Jewell/Loiola 1-0
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	1	Jewell/Loiola	17	21-17, 16-5 Retired	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Mariano/Ratledge 2-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mariano/Ratledge	16	21-12, 21-14	0:46
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mariano/Ratledge	16	33-31, 21-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Mayer/Wong 1-0
8/17/07	AVP	Boston Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	1	Mayer/Wong	16	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 17 Lee/Rester 2-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Lee/Rester	19	21-19, 21-19	0:52
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Lambert/Metzger	2	Lee/Rester	23, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 DiPierro/Zimet 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	2	DiPierro/Zimet	18	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Baxter/Blanton 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Lambert/Metzger	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-18, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	3	Halverson/Jensen	30, Q19	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Acosta/Acosta 1-0
8/24/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	2	Acosta/Acosta	31, Q14	23-21, 21-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q6 Denitz/Patterson 1-0
8/3/07	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Denitz/Patterson	32, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 Akinshyn/McNichol 1-0
8/18/06	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 1	Lambert/Metzger	1	Akinshyn/McNichol	32	22-20, 21-12	0:46