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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Long Beach Open
July 24 - 26, 2008

(15) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Sean Scott - 9th	Canyon Ceman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	14	13	156	$1,500.00
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 Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 1

Ty Loomis / Jon Mesko (18)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	20	13	0	0.650	0	14	0	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	3	0	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	11	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	17	11	0	0.647	2	2	2	2
	1	5	3	0	0.600	2	2	2	0
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	0	0	2

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (2)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 17-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	31	13	6	0.226	0	13	0	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	2	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	10	0	0
	3	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	45	24	4	0.444	6	6	0	2
	1	17	9	1	0.471	1	4	0	2
	2	18	11	2	0.500	3	2	0	0
	3	10	4	1	0.300	2	0	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Winner 3

Pedro Brazao / Jose Loiola (10)

Lost 20-22, 24-26

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	9	2	0	0.222	0	6	0	2
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	2	7	0	0	0.000	0	4	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	34	18	3	0.441	5	1	2	0
	1	19	10	2	0.421	1	0	2	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	4	1	0	0

Fri, 7/25/2008

Contender 3

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (20)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	9	2	0.304	0	14	2	0
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	7	2	0
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	7	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	23	13	2	0.478	7	3	0	0
	1	13	6	2	0.308	3	2	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	4	1	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (11)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 16-14

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	57	26	5	0.368	0	19	2	1
	1	24	11	3	0.333	0	8	1	0
	2	21	10	0	0.476	0	6	0	0
	3	12	5	2	0.250	0	5	1	1
Bill Strickland	Total	19	10	2	0.421	7	6	2	1
	1	7	4	0	0.571	1	3	1	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	3	2	0	0
	3	5	4	0	0.800	3	1	1	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Contender 5

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (5)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 17-15

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	36	21	2	0.528	0	24	0	1
	1	15	9	0	0.600	0	9	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	7	0	0
	3	12	6	2	0.333	0	8	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	37	21	8	0.351	7	1	1	0
	1	12	4	4	0.000	3	0	0	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	2	0	1	0
	3	14	8	3	0.357	2	1	0	0

Sat, 7/26/2008

Semi-Finals

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Lost 22-20, 15-21, 15-17

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	Total	23	12	4	0.348	0	14	3	1
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	3	1
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	0	0
	3	9	3	2	0.111	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	56	27	11	0.286	1	5	1	2
	1	20	11	5	0.300	0	1	1	1
	2	17	8	5	0.176	1	2	0	0
	3	19	8	1	0.368	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dax Holdren	199	96	19	0.387	0	104	7	7
Bill Strickland	231	124	30	0.407	35	24	8	7

Head to Head Results
Holdren/Strickland trail the series against the field 12-17

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
Lead the series against # 2 Lucena/Scott 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 2	Holdren/Strickland	15	Lucena/Scott	2	17-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:14
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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Holdren/Strickland	15	20-22, 21-15, 17-15	1:15
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Holdren/Strickland	11	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 1-4
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Strickland	15	Olson/Wong	5	18-21, 21-15, 17-15	1:11
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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 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 # 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 # 10 Brazao/Loiola 0-1
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 3	Brazao/Loiola	10	Holdren/Strickland	15	22-20, 26-24	0:54
Series tied with # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
7/26/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Strickland	15	Mariano/Ratledge	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:14
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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Loomis/Mesko 1-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	15	Loomis/Mesko	18	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 19, Q1 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 # 20 Morrison/Tramblie 2-0
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 3	Holdren/Strickland	15	Morrison/Tramblie	20	21-17, 21-13	0:48
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Strickland	14	Morrison/Tramblie	19	21-18, 21-18	0:54