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August 27 - 29, 2009

(9) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Jeff Minc - 25th
2005	Did not play	Scott Ayakatubby - 9th
2006	Chris Magill - 17th	Hans Stolfus - 17th
2007	Canyon Ceman - 9th	Scott Wong - 9th
2008	Dax Holdren - 13th	Scott Wong - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	13	5	450	$6,240.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	14	7	370	$5,280.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	9	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	11	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	10	13	240	$2,280.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Evan Engle / Bryan Stewart (24)

Won 24-22, 23-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	40	27	4	0.575	5	2	1	2
	1	20	14	1	0.650	4	0	0	1
	2	20	13	3	0.500	1	2	1	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	11	8	0	0.727	0	7	0	5
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	2
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	5	0	3

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Matt Fuerbringer (8)

Lost 21-16, 17-21, 9-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	44	28	1	0.614	2	3	1	0
	1	17	11	1	0.588	2	2	1	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	0	1	0	0
	3	12	7	0	0.583	0	0	0	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	23	12	2	0.435	0	13	0	8
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	8	0	3
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	3	0	4
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	2	0	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Curtis Jackson / Kevin McColloch (23)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	24	13	2	0.458	1	4	2	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	1	4	1	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	0	1	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	18	10	3	0.389	0	10	2	4
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	6	2	2
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	2

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 3

John Moran / Mike Placek (15)

Lost 21-16, 21-23, 13-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	30	19	2	0.567	3	3	1	1
	1	12	7	0	0.583	1	3	1	0
	2	15	9	2	0.467	2	0	0	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	33	21	6	0.455	1	11	1	6
	1	8	6	2	0.500	1	2	0	3
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	8	0	2
	3	12	6	4	0.167	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	138	87	9	0.565	11	12	5	4
Aaron Wachtfogel	85	51	11	0.471	1	41	3	23

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 10-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-2
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	14-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:56
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	24-22, 21-17	0:51
5/2/09	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Series tied with # 4 Keenan/Lucena 1-1
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 4	Keenan/Lucena	5	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Keenan/Lucena	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 0-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Olson/Wong	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	21-15, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Mayer/Nygaard 0-4
8/23/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 6	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-19, 21-15	0:46
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 3	Mayer/Nygaard	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-17, 21-17	0:50
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Mayer/Nygaard	4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-12, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Allen/Fuerbringer 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Allen/Fuerbringer	8	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	16-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 1-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Brazao/Prosser	9	14-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:11
Trail the series against # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 0-3
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Mariano/Ratledge	8	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	29-31, 21-14, 15-13	1:35
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
Series tied with # 12 Medel/Stolfus 1-1
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 5	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Medel/Stolfus	12	29-27, 21-15	1:03
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	6	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:26
Lead the series against # 13 Baxter/Halverson 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Baxter/Halverson	14	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Morrison/Zimet 0-1
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Morrison/Zimet	13	Strickland/Wachtfogel	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:19
Trail the series against # 15 Moran/Placek 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Moran/Placek	15	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Carlucci/Witt 1-0
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	14	Carlucci/Witt	23	21-18, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Hannemann/Mesko 1-0
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Hannemann/Mesko	22	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	1:04
Trail the series against # 19 Marchewka/Tramblie 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Tramblie	20	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	21-18, 11-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 23 Jackson/McColloch 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	Jackson/McColloch	23	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 24 Engle/Stewart 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	Engle/Stewart	24	24-22, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # Q8 Bates/Burik 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Bates/Burik	29, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:36