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May 15 - 17, 2009

(10) Bill Strickland/Aaron Wachtfogel

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

Aaron Wachtfogel

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Pacific

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Brooklyn 2007)

Career Winnings:

$168,102.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	49	Money
AVP	24	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	5	6	0	0	1	2	$102,280.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,525.00
Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Overall	32	0	0	5	0	6	1	4	6	6	1	0	1	2	US$121,105.00

Previous Houston Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2009	San Diego Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	12	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	3/27-29/2009	Panama City Beach Open	10	9	300	$3,960.00

Houston Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 1

Dane Jensen / Jon Mesko (23)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	38	23	7	0.421	1	4	1	2
	1	18	12	2	0.556	0	2	0	0
	2	20	11	5	0.300	1	2	1	2
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	11	5	2	0.273	0	13	0	5
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	7	0	2
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	6	0	3

Fri, 5/15/2009

Winner 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (7)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	30	14	9	0.167	0	2	0	0
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	18	8	5	0.167	0	0	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	20	8	3	0.250	0	6	1	5
	1	7	1	1	0.000	0	3	1	3
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	3	0	2

Fri, 5/15/2009

Contender 1

Evan Engle / Russ Marchewka (24)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	35	20	5	0.429	2	2	0	0
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	0	0	0
	2	20	10	4	0.300	2	2	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	14	9	3	0.429	0	9	0	5
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	7	0	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	0	4

Sat, 5/16/2009

Contender 2

Jose Loiola / Larry Witt (17)

Lost 17-21, 21-16, 14-16

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	35	21	5	0.457	7	3	0	2
	1	11	5	4	0.091	3	0	0	1
	2	15	10	1	0.600	2	3	0	0
	3	9	6	0	0.667	2	0	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	26	14	5	0.346	0	13	1	4
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	5	0	1
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	6	0	1
	3	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	138	78	26	0.377	10	11	1	4
Aaron Wachtfogel	71	36	13	0.324	0	41	2	19

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 3-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Scott 0-1
5/1/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:17
Trail the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-13, 21-17	0:51
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-15, 12-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 17 Loiola/Witt 0-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 2	Loiola/Witt	17	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	1:10
Lead the series against # 21 Acosta/Baxter 1-0
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 Jensen/Mesko 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Jensen/Mesko	23	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Engle/Marchewka 1-0
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Engle/Marchewka	24	21-17, 21-16	0:53