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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 12, 2008

(14) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland

Dax Holdren

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Goleta, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Santa Barbara City College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$699,496.50

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Resides:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	15	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	3	1	0	$69,825.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Todd Rogers - 13th	Did not play
1997	Todd Rogers - 17th	Did not play
1998	Todd Rogers - 9th	Did not play
1999	Todd Rogers - 4th	Did not play
2000	Todd Rogers - 1st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Todd Rogers - 17th	Did not play
2002	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Did not play
2003	Stein Metzger - 13th	Did not play
2004	Stein Metzger - 13th	Did not play
2005	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Did not play
2006	Sean Scott - 3rd	Chris Magill - 17th
2007	Sean Scott - 5th	Canyon Ceman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	11	9	208	$2,100.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	9	13	108	$1,700.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	11	13	108	$1,500.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	9	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	11	7	180	$4,650.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	9	17	72	$800.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (19)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	21	13	3	0.476	0	8	1	1
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	3	1	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	5	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	21	15	1	0.667	4	2	0	1
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	1
	2	11	7	1	0.545	3	1	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (3)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	40	15	3	0.300	0	15	0	1
	1	21	8	2	0.286	0	11	0	0
	2	19	7	1	0.316	0	4	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	12	5	2	0.250	4	4	2	3
	1	9	4	1	0.333	1	3	1	2
	2	3	1	1	0.000	3	1	1	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 2

Paul Baxter / Matt Prosser (13)

Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-8

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	52	21	2	0.365	1	24	0	1
	1	24	11	1	0.417	0	9	0	0
	2	19	4	1	0.158	0	10	0	1
	3	9	6	0	0.667	1	5	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	29	17	4	0.448	5	4	1	0
	1	9	4	2	0.222	2	1	1	0
	2	15	9	2	0.467	3	3	0	0
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 3

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (12)

Lost 21-15, 9-2 Retired

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	15	2	3	-0.067	0	6	0	0
	1	12	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	0
	2	3	0	1	-0.333	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	20	9	6	0.150	1	2	0	2
	1	13	7	4	0.231	1	1	0	2
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	128	51	11	0.313	1	53	1	3
Bill Strickland	82	46	13	0.402	14	12	3	6

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 10-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Holdren/Strickland	9	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:16
Trail the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 0-4
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	3	Holdren/Strickland	14	21-17, 21-14	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 3	Medel/Souza	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Lucena/Scott 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Lucena/Scott	6	21-17, 22-20	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Keenan 0-3
6/7/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Hyden/Keenan	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-19	0:47
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Hyden/Keenan	3	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-18, 21-14	0:46
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 3	Hyden/Keenan	5	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Metzger/Williams 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Metzger/Williams	6	21-17, 13-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 9 Mayer/Nygaard 0-3
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-17, 21-10	0:43
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	8	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-14, 21-19	0:43
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 3	Mayer/Nygaard	12	Holdren/Strickland	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # 12 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Mariano/Ratledge	12	Holdren/Strickland	14	21-15, 9-2 Retired	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	14	Baxter/Prosser	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-8	1:13
Series tied with # 17 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-1
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	Holdren/Strickland	9	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:19
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Carlucci/Hannemann	22	21-17, 21-19	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Placek 2-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	9	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-18, 21-16	0:53
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Marchewka/Placek	17	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	14	Morrison/Tramblie	19	21-18, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Engle/Jensen 2-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	11	Engle/Jensen	22	21-16, 21-12	0:42
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Engle/Jensen	28, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 31, Q8 Dykstra/Hastings 1-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	9	Dykstra/Hastings	24	21-17, 21-10	0:39