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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Brooklyn presented by Cushman and Wakefield
July 18 - 19, 2008

(14) Dain Blanton/Bill Strickland

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Scott Lane - 17th	Did not play
2007	Paul Baxter - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 17th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

AVP Slam Brooklyn Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/18/2008

Winner 1

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (19)

Lost 19-21, 21-16, 17-19

1:19

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	31	20	1	0.613	0	5	3	5
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	2	3
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	3	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	1	2
Bill Strickland	Total	20	16	2	0.700	5	1	1	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	0	0
	2	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	1	0
	3	10	7	2	0.500	1	1	0	0

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 1

Jesse Rambis / Mike Szymanski (30)

Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-10

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	36	22	6	0.444	0	7	4	4
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	0	2	1
	2	14	7	4	0.214	0	6	2	2
	3	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	13	9	0	0.692	2	3	1	3
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	0	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	1	1	2
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	0	1

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 2

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (13)

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

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	32	13	5	0.250	0	11	3	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	3	3	1
	2	11	3	3	0.000	0	4	0	1
	3	11	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	39	25	6	0.487	2	7	0	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	2	0	1
	2	15	11	2	0.600	0	2	0	0
	3	14	8	2	0.429	1	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	99	55	12	0.434	0	23	10	11
Bill Strickland	72	50	8	0.583	9	11	2	4

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Strickland trail the series against the field 1-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13 Allen/Halverson 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 2	Allen/Halverson	13	Blanton/Strickland	14	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against # 19 Lee/Rester 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Lee/Rester	19	Blanton/Strickland	14	21-19, 16-21, 19-17	1:19
Lead the series against # 30 Rambis/Szymanski 1-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 1	Blanton/Strickland	14	Rambis/Szymanski	30	19-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:11