AVP Tour
$100,000 Lake Tahoe Best of the Beach
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Match #10: Contender's Bracket Round 2

(6) Jeff Nygaard/John Hyden
def.
(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger
21-16, 19-21, 15-8 (0:55)

Mike Lambert
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 14, 1974 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Kaneohe, HI
Resides: Costa Mesa, CA
Height: 6'6"
College(s): Stanford
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 88
Career Wins: 16
Career Winnings: $507,437.50
Stein Metzger
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: 16
Tournaments: 213
Career Wins: 18
Career AVP Wins: 16
Career Winnings: $906,393.00

Jeff Nygaard
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: 11
Tournaments: 136
Career Wins: 8
Career AVP Wins: 7
Career Winnings: $470,797.50
John Hyden
Photo: Ed Chan
Personal Info
Birth Date: Oct 7, 1972 (51 yrs old)
Home Town: San Diego, CA
Resides: Sherman Oaks, CA
Height: 6'5"
College(s): San Diego State
Seasons: 23
Tournaments: 263
Career Wins: 28
Career AVP Wins: 13
Career Winnings: $1,073,137.50

1 2 3
(6) Jeff Nygaard/John Hyden 21 19 15
(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger 16 21 8

Stats
Game 1
Statistics Jeff Nygaard John Hyden Mike Lambert Stein Metzger
ATTACK
Attacks 15 5 5 17
Kills 8 4 3 8
Errors 3 1 0 4
Hitting Pct 0.333 0.600 0.600 0.235
SERVE
Aces 0 1 0 0
Errors 1 0 4 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 1 0 0 0
Digs 2 5 0 4
Game 2
Statistics Jeff Nygaard John Hyden Mike Lambert Stein Metzger
ATTACK
Attacks 13 20 5 19
Kills 10 7 3 10
Errors 1 4 0 1
Hitting Pct 0.692 0.150 0.600 0.474
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0 0
Errors 0 2 0 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 0 2 1
Digs 3 5 1 6
Game 3
Statistics Jeff Nygaard John Hyden Mike Lambert Stein Metzger
ATTACK
Attacks 6 7 3 17
Kills 4 4 0 6
Errors 1 1 1 5
Hitting Pct 0.500 0.429 -0.333 0.059
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0 0
Errors 0 0 0 1
DEFENSE
Blocks 3 0 0 0
Digs 2 3 1 2
Match Total
Statistics Jeff Nygaard John Hyden Mike Lambert Stein Metzger
ATTACK
Attacks 34 32 13 53
Kills 22 15 6 24
Errors 5 6 1 10
Hitting Pct 0.500 0.281 0.385 0.264
SERVE
Aces 0 1 0 0
Errors 1 2 4 1
DEFENSE
Blocks 4 0 2 1
Digs 7 13 2 12

Play By Play
ServerMike Lambert
Stein Metzger
Jeff Nygaard
John Hyden
Play
Game 1
John Hyden10Stein down the line
Mike Lambert20Nice rally ends as Jeff sends the kill attempt long
Mike Lambert21Jeff with the cross court hammer
Jeff Nygaard31service error short
Stein Metzger32John cuts it right
John Hyden33Stein misses long on the sideout attempt
John Hyden43Stein down the left line with authority
Mike Lambert44Service error short
Jeff Nygaard54Jeff makes a nice dig but then misses wide on the kill attempt
Stein Metzger55Jeff with the cutter right
John Hyden65Stein with the roller down the left line
Mike Lambert66Service error long
Jeff Nygaard76Lambo with the hammer cross court for the sideout
Stein Metzger77John rolls it cross court left
John Hyden78John with dig and then the shot down the left line off Stein
John Hyden79Jeff with a great dig off the Stein cutter and then the putaway down the left line
John Hyden710Ace down the left line
John Hyden810Lambo with the cross court thunder
Mike Lambert811Service error long
Jeff Nygaard911Stein down the line to end the nice rally
Stein Metzger1011Jeff misses long on the kill attempt as we head into the mandatory
Stein Metzger1012Jeff with the dig and then John puts it down on two
John Hyden1013Jeff closes off the angle rejecting Stein
John Hyden1014Stein just misses wide left
John Hyden1114Stein splits the D with the shot up the middle
Mike Lambert1115Jeff rolls it down the left line for the sideout
Jeff Nygaard1116Stein misses wide on the cross court kill attempt
Jeff Nygaard1216Stein fakes the heaters and cuts it right
Stein Metzger1217Jeff with the hammer up the middle
John Hyden1317Stein off the block
Mike Lambert1318service error short
Jeff Nygaard1418Great roll shot by Stein leads to the bad pass by Jeff and the putaway by Lambo in one
Stein Metzger1419Jeff with the cross court sideout
John Hyden1519Stein catches the tape and the ball floats over the D and in
Mike Lambert1520Jeff sets up game point with the cross court kill
Jeff Nygaard1620John is short on the kill attempt right
Stein Metzger1621John ends the first with the kill cross court
ServerMike Lambert
Stein Metzger
Jeff Nygaard
John Hyden
Play
Game 2
Mike Lambert01Jeff with the cross court kill to start game two
John Hyden02Jeff in two off the block
John Hyden12service error long
Stein Metzger13Jeff with the pokey left
Jeff Nygaard23Stein hammers it cross court right
Mike Lambert24John with the sideout
John Hyden34service error long
Stein Metzger35Jeff with the lefty put away
Jeff Nygaard45Domer - Stein off Jeff's head
Mike Lambert46John rolls it down the right side line
John Hyden56Stein off the block
Stein Metzger57Jeff ignores the "cut" call and goes deep line
Jeff Nygaard67Stein pokes it over the block
Mike Lambert77Tough serve leads to a tie for the first time this game
Mike Lambert87Lambo has a great dig and block for the point
Mike Lambert88Jeff puts away the overpass
John Hyden89John's cut shot hits the tape
John Hyden810Jeff's cross court shot is good
John Hyden910John with a pair of digs but his soft shot goes into the net
Stein Metzger911Jeff hard shot to deep corner
Jeff Nygaard1011Lambo gets a dig and puts it down
Mike Lambert1111John tries to cut in front of Lambo's block, but shot goes into the net
Mike Lambert1313technical difficulties... score is correct now
Mike Lambert1413Stein with the bicycle kick to extend the rally and Lambo with the roof for the point
Mike Lambert1513Stein high off the block of Jeff
Mike Lambert1514John gets a kill after the sidechange
John Hyden1614Stein crushes it
Stein Metzger1714John's shot is sent back by Lambo and then on his next try it fails to clear the net
Stein Metzger1715This time John puts it to the open court
Jeff Nygaard1716Jeff gets the dig and puts it down cross court
Jeff Nygaard1816Stein pokes it away from the defense
Mike Lambert1817Jeff gets a kill after a couple of attempts
John Hyden1917John's shot went outside the antenna
Stein Metzger1918John to the open line
Jeff Nygaard2018Stein with a block of Jeff in transition
Mike Lambert2019Lambo called for being in the net
John Hyden2119Stein powers it down for the win to force a third game
ServerMike Lambert
Stein Metzger
Jeff Nygaard
John Hyden
Play
Game 3
John Hyden01Stein's hard hit goes wide
John Hyden02John crushes the ball after a short rally
John Hyden03Jeff uses his left hand as the ball hits open sand near the back line
John Hyden04Jeff with the block of Lambo, forcing the top seeds to call timeout
John Hyden14Stein with a kill and the shutout is over
Mike Lambert15John slams it cross court
Jeff Nygaard25Stein powers it through the block, complete with a grunt
Stein Metzger35Jeff tries to go over on two with his left, but it wouldn't clear the tape
Stein Metzger36This time Jeff decides to hit right handed and it goes for a kill
John Hyden37Stein swings away and it goes just past the back line
John Hyden47Jeff swings cross court but his shot goes wide
Mike Lambert48Stein can't quite control Jeff's hit
Jeff Nygaard58Stein off the fingers of Jeff at the net
Stein Metzger59Stein's running jump serve fails to clear the net
John Hyden69Stein rolls it over the top for a point
Mike Lambert610John goes down the line
Jeff Nygaard710Stein's hit puts John on his backside
Stein Metzger711John rolls it to the deep corner
John Hyden812Rally ends with Stein softly putting it the deep corner
Mike Lambert813Jeff with the kill
Jeff Nygaard814Lambert wins the joust with Stein
Jeff Nygaard815Jeff blocks Stein for the match win