Match Recap

AVP Tour
$100,000 Las Vegas Gods & Goddesses of the Beach
Friday, September 8, 2006

Match #9: Pool X

(1) Stein Metzger / (5, Q11) Jeff Nygaard
def.
(4) Phil Dalhausser / (8, Q7) Casey Jennings
22-20, 21-15 (0:44)

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

213

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$906,393.00

Jeff Nygaard

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Resides:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

Phil Dalhausser

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baden, Switzerland

Resides:

Orlando, FL

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Central Florida

Seasons:

Tournaments:

297

Career Wins:

103

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,582,685.00

Casey Jennings

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Las Vegas, NV

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Brigham Young

Seasons:

Tournaments:

220

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$636,312.50

(1) Stein Metzger / (5, Q11) Jeff Nygaard

(4) Phil Dalhausser / (8, Q7) Casey Jennings

Stats

Game 1
Statistics	Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard	Phil Dalhausser	Casey Jennings
ATTACK
Attacks	17	8	8	17
Kills	8	6	5	9
Errors	5	0	1	2
Hitting Pct	0.176	0.750	0.500	0.412
SERVE
Aces	0	1	0	0
Errors	1	0	3	0
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	0	5	0
Digs	3	2	2	5

Game 2
Statistics	Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard	Phil Dalhausser	Casey Jennings
ATTACK
Attacks	10	7	4	18
Kills	8	4	2	12
Errors	0	1	1	5
Hitting Pct	0.800	0.429	0.250	0.389
SERVE
Aces	0	1	0	0
Errors	0	0	1	1
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	5	0	0
Digs	1	1	0	4

Match Total
Statistics	Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard	Phil Dalhausser	Casey Jennings
ATTACK
Attacks	27	15	12	35
Kills	16	10	7	21
Errors	5	1	2	7
Hitting Pct	0.407	0.600	0.417	0.400
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	0
Errors	1	0	4	1
DEFENSE
Blocks	0	5	5	0
Digs	4	3	2	9

Play By Play

Server	Stein Metzger Jeff Nygaard	Phil Dalhausser Casey Jennings	Play
Game 1
Stein Metzger	1	0	Casey misses long after the nice rally to start the match
Stein Metzger	2	0	Double on Phil
Stein Metzger	2	1	Casey off the block
Casey Jennings	3	1	Stein off Casey
Jeff Nygaard	4	1	Stein off the Phil block ends the nice rally -- Phil claims that Stein's dig was no good and it hit the sand -- Phil gets a yellow card
Jeff Nygaard	4	2	Phil rises high above the sand on the side out
Phil Dalhausser	4	3	Casey with the inside out cutter right to end another great rally
Phil Dalhausser	5	3	Service error short
Stein Metzger	6	3	Jeff with the dig and the hammer
Stein Metzger	6	4	Jeff with block, but it is not enough as Phil recovers and Casey puts it away
Casey Jennings	6	5	Jeff off the Phil block and it is called out -- wait overruled
Casey Jennings	6	6	Phil with the roof of Stein
Casey Jennings	7	6	Stein unloads cross court
Stein Metzger	7	7	Casey off the block
Phil Dalhausser	8	7	Service error wide
Jeff Nygaard	8	8	Casey with the cross court sideout
Casey Jennings	9	8	Stein goes offspeed and off the block
Stein Metzger	9	9	Phil with the cross court kill
Phil Dalhausser	10	9	Jeff in two
Jeff Nygaard	10	10	Casey cuts it left
Casey Jennings	11	10	Great rally ends on the net violation by Phil
Jeff Nygaard	12	10	Phil misses wide left
Jeff Nygaard	12	11	Phil in two
Phil Dalhausser	12	12	Phil with the huge roof of Stein
Phil Dalhausser	12	13	Casey with the huge dig and then hammers it up the middle
Phil Dalhausser	13	13	Service error short
Stein Metzger	14	13	Casey is short on the cutter
Stein Metzger	14	14	Casey rolls it down the right line
Casey Jennings	14	15	Phil with the huge block of Stein
Casey Jennings	15	15	Stein off the Phil block and it lands just wide
Jeff Nygaard	15	16	Net foul on Jeff
Phil Dalhausser	16	16	Stein off the block and down the line
Stein Metzger	16	17	Service error long
Casey Jennings	17	17	Stein with the cutter
Jeff Nygaard	18	17	Ace up the right line
Jeff Nygaard	18	18	Phil off the Jeff block
Phil Dalhausser	19	18	Stein with the cross court hammer off the Jeff sauce
Stein Metzger	19	19	Casey cuts it hard left
Casey Jennings	19	20	Stein is short on the pokey attempt
Casey Jennings	20	20	Net foul on Phil ends the long rally
Casey Jennings	21	20	By far the best rally of the match and Jeff puts it away down the line
Jeff Nygaard	22	20	Double on Casey after the block by Jeff
Server	Stein Metzger Jeff Nygaard	Phil Dalhausser Casey Jennings	Play
Game 2
Casey Jennings	1	0	service error short
Stein Metzger	2	0	Jeff off the Phil block
Stein Metzger	3	0	Jeff with the roof
Stein Metzger	3	1	Casey with the hammer cross court
Phil Dalhausser	3	2	Casey with the dig and then the cross court kill
Phil Dalhausser	4	2	service error short
Jeff Nygaard	4	3	Casey off the block
Casey Jennings	5	3	Stein goes offspeed to go off the Phil block
Stein Metzger	5	4	Casey cuts it hard left
Phil Dalhausser	6	4	Stein catches the baseline on the sideout
Jeff Nygaard	6	5	Casey off the block
Casey Jennings	7	5	Stein with the sideout down the line
Stein Metzger	7	6	Casey off the block
Phil Dalhausser	7	7	Casey off the block to tie it
Phil Dalhausser	8	7	Jeff with the big block of Phil
Jeff Nygaard	8	8	Casey off the block again for the sideout
Casey Jennings	9	8	Jeff slows it down to sneak it past Phil
Stein Metzger	9	9	Phil takes a hard line right
Phil Dalhausser	10	9	Stein with the famous poke shot right
Jeff Nygaard	11	9	Stein with a huge dig and then the cross court shot off Phil
Jeff Nygaard	11	10	Casey with the cross court sideout
Casey Jennings	12	10	Incredible dig by Stein and then the hammer up the middle
Stein Metzger	13	10	Jeff with the block
Stein Metzger	13	11	Casey rolls it over the top
Phil Dalhausser	14	11	Jeff sends a bullet down the line
Jeff Nygaard	15	11	Ace down the left line
Jeff Nygaard	15	12	Casey off the block
Casey Jennings	15	13	Jeff is just short on the cutter attempt
Casey Jennings	16	13	Jeff catches the sideline on the kill
Stein Metzger	16	14	Casey cuts it left
Phil Dalhausser	17	14	Jeff off the block
Jeff Nygaard	18	14	Jeff with the roof of Stein
Jeff Nygaard	18	15	Phil puts it down hard left
Casey Jennings	19	15	Jeff with the hammer cross court
Stein Metzger	20	15	Jeff with another block stuffing Casey to set up match point
Stein Metzger	21	15	Casey is short on the kill attempt. Jeff holds an early lead in the race to the finals. Phil has been eliminated.