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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Tournament of Champions
September 4 - 6, 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Ed Ratledge - 17th
2006	Did not play	Hans Stolfus - 9th
2007	Canyon Ceman - 17th	Scott Wong - 17th
2008	Dax Holdren - 9th	Scott Wong - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/27-29/2009	Chicago Open	9	13	240	$1,900.00
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

Tournament of Champions Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/4/2009

Winner 1

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (7)

Lost 22-24, 16-21

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	27	13	3	0.370	5	1	1	0
	1	21	10	2	0.381	4	0	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	1	1	1	0
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	27	11	7	0.148	0	15	0	2
	1	11	4	3	0.091	0	11	0	0
	2	16	7	4	0.188	0	4	0	2

Fri, 9/4/2009

Contender 1

Mike DiPierro / Adam Roberts (15)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	10	5	1	0.400	2	1	1	2
	1	6	3	0	0.500	2	1	0	1
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	1	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	41	29	5	0.585	0	17	0	2
	1	21	14	2	0.571	0	8	0	1
	2	20	15	3	0.600	0	9	0	1

Sat, 9/5/2009

Contender 2

Billy Allen / Paul Baxter (12)

Won 21-17, 21-9

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	23	13	0	0.565	3	5	0	2
	1	14	6	0	0.429	2	2	0	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	1	3	0	2
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	24	17	4	0.542	0	16	1	2
	1	12	8	3	0.417	0	7	0	2
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	9	1	0

Sat, 9/5/2009

Contender 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Won 24-22, 21-16

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	29	16	1	0.517	5	3	0	2
	1	14	8	0	0.571	2	2	0	1
	2	15	8	1	0.467	3	1	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	23	13	4	0.391	0	14	1	2
	1	16	7	3	0.250	0	10	0	1
	2	7	6	1	0.714	0	4	1	1

Sun, 9/6/2009

Contender 4

Anthony Medel / Hans Stolfus (14)

Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	18	10	1	0.500	5	3	1	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	1	1	1	0
	3	10	4	1	0.300	4	0	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	34	22	5	0.500	0	11	1	8
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	1	5
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	4	0	2
	3	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	1

Sun, 9/6/2009

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	Total	21	12	4	0.381	2	1	1	1
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	1	1	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	2	0	0	1
Aaron Wachtfogel	Total	22	14	4	0.455	0	9	0	4
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	5	0	2
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	4	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Bill Strickland	128	69	10	0.461	22	14	4	9
Aaron Wachtfogel	171	106	29	0.450	0	82	3	20

Head to Head Results
Strickland/Wachtfogel trail the series against the field 8-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
9/6/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	21-18, 21-19	0:52
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
Series tied with # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 2-2
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	24-22, 21-16	0:54
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 # 7 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-3
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	24-22, 21-16	1:00
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	23-21, 23-21	0:55
4/18/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:17
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 12 Allen/Baxter 1-0
9/5/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Allen/Baxter	12	21-17, 21-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Medel/Stolfus 2-1
9/6/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 4	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	Medel/Stolfus	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:20
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 # 15 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 1	Strickland/Wachtfogel	10	DiPierro/Roberts	15	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 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