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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 5 - 8, 2008

(6) Matt Olson/Kevin Wong

Matt Olson

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cardiff, CA

Resides:

Carlsbad, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$262,930.00

Kevin Wong

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$757,282.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	31	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	0	$272,375.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,000.00
Overall	32	1	1	9	0	10	7	2	1	0	1	US$274,375.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 57th
1995	Did not play	John Anselmo - 25th
1996	Did not play	Greg Shankle - 17th
1997	Did not play	Raul Papaleo - 17th
1997	Did not play	Raul Papaleo - 13th
2001	Sean Burke - 25th	Stein Metzger - 3rd
2002	Jeff Hall - 25th	Stein Metzger - 2nd
2003	Did not play	Stein Metzger - 5th
2004	Jim Nichols - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st
2005	Brent Doble - 7th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2006	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Scott Wong - 13th
2007	Jason Ring - 2nd	Karch Kiraly - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	8	5	216	$6,000.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	6	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	9	3	270	$9,500.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	12	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	12	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	10	13	108	$1,700.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 1

Joey Dykstra / David Fischer (27, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	22	14	2	0.545	1	10	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	1	5	0	0
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	5	0	1
Kevin Wong	Total	26	11	5	0.231	3	2	2	1
	1	18	7	4	0.167	2	2	1	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	1	1

Fri, 6/6/2008

Winner 2

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (11)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	30	14	4	0.333	0	7	1	0
	1	17	6	3	0.176	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	3	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	14	9	1	0.571	10	0	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	6	0	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	4	0	0	1

Sat, 6/7/2008

Winner 3

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (14)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	36	14	3	0.306	0	12	0	4
	1	19	7	1	0.316	0	7	0	1
	2	17	7	2	0.294	0	5	0	3
Kevin Wong	Total	21	8	3	0.238	4	4	0	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	3	2	0	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	1	2	0	0

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (10)

Won 21-15, 21-17

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	28	16	1	0.536	0	7	1	0
	1	16	10	1	0.563	0	5	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	2	1	0
Kevin Wong	Total	18	11	3	0.444	3	1	1	2
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	1	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	2	0	1	0

Sat, 6/7/2008

Contender 5

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (12)

Won 22-24, 21-15, 17-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	42	16	5	0.262	1	22	0	2
	1	19	6	2	0.211	0	8	0	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	1	8	0	1
	3	12	5	3	0.167	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	40	21	3	0.450	4	10	0	1
	1	16	7	1	0.375	3	3	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	0	1
	3	13	7	2	0.385	1	5	0	0

Sun, 6/8/2008

Contender 6

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (4)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	27	19	1	0.667	0	10	0	0
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	6	0	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	4	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	19	11	2	0.474	8	2	0	1
	1	12	6	1	0.417	3	2	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	5	0	0	0

Sun, 6/8/2008

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (2)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 11-15

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	Total	54	25	10	0.278	0	15	0	0
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	5	0	0
	2	15	11	2	0.600	0	4	0	0
	3	21	6	5	0.048	0	6	0	0
Kevin Wong	Total	19	9	2	0.368	5	1	0	0
	1	9	6	2	0.444	1	0	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	2	0	0	0
	3	3	0	0	0.000	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Matt Olson	239	118	26	0.385	2	83	2	7
Kevin Wong	157	80	19	0.389	37	20	3	7

Head to Head Results
Olson/Wong lead the series against the field 19-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-3
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	8	24-22, 21-19	1:00
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	23-21, 21-16	0:53
5/9/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Olson/Wong	9	21-14, 21-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # 3 Hyden/Keenan 1-1
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Keenan	2	Olson/Wong	6	21-16, 21-16	0:52
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Hyden/Keenan	5	21-12, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-3
6/8/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Olson/Wong	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-19, 21-14	0:45
6/1/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Olson/Wong	8	21-18, 21-11	0:37
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	26-24, 18-21, 15-11	1:15
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Olson/Wong	12	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Williams 0-1
5/3/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 4	Metzger/Williams	6	Olson/Wong	12	21-16, 21-19	0:55
Series tied with # 8 Lucena/Scott 1-1
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	8	Lucena/Scott	5	21-17, 21-19	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Lucena/Scott	3	Olson/Wong	6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Medel/Souza 2-0
5/26/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Medel/Souza	4	21-19, 21-14	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	12	Medel/Souza	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 4-0
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	10	21-15, 21-17	0:46
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	8	Mariano/Ratledge	9	21-19, 21-17	0:49
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	6	Mariano/Ratledge	7	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:09
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	9	Mariano/Ratledge	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 11 Holdren/Strickland 3-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-14	0:50
5/31/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	8	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-15, 21-12	0:43
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	10	Holdren/Strickland	9	22-20, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 Brazao/Loiola 2-1
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 5	Olson/Wong	6	Brazao/Loiola	12	22-24, 21-15, 17-15	1:08
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 3	Olson/Wong	9	Brazao/Loiola	10	21-14, 23-21	0:47
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Brazao/Loiola	18	Olson/Wong	10	24-26, 21-19, 15-11	1:14
Trail the series against # 14 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	14	Olson/Wong	6	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	9	Morrison/Tramblie	18	21-16, 21-18	0:54
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	12	Morrison/Tramblie	21, Q1	21-16, 21-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Olson/Wong	6	Carlucci/Hannemann	16	21-18, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Dykstra/Fischer 1-0
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Olson/Wong	6	Dykstra/Fischer	27, Q4	21-15, 21-17	0:37