Match Recap

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

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaneohe, HI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$507,437.50

Stein Metzger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

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 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

UCLA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$470,797.50

John Hyden

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

San Diego State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,073,137.50

(6) Jeff Nygaard/John Hyden

(1) Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger

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

Server	Mike Lambert Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard John Hyden	Play
Game 1
John Hyden	1	0	Stein down the line
Mike Lambert	2	0	Nice rally ends as Jeff sends the kill attempt long
Mike Lambert	2	1	Jeff with the cross court hammer
Jeff Nygaard	3	1	service error short
Stein Metzger	3	2	John cuts it right
John Hyden	3	3	Stein misses long on the sideout attempt
John Hyden	4	3	Stein down the left line with authority
Mike Lambert	4	4	Service error short
Jeff Nygaard	5	4	Jeff makes a nice dig but then misses wide on the kill attempt
Stein Metzger	5	5	Jeff with the cutter right
John Hyden	6	5	Stein with the roller down the left line
Mike Lambert	6	6	Service error long
Jeff Nygaard	7	6	Lambo with the hammer cross court for the sideout
Stein Metzger	7	7	John rolls it cross court left
John Hyden	7	8	John with dig and then the shot down the left line off Stein
John Hyden	7	9	Jeff with a great dig off the Stein cutter and then the putaway down the left line
John Hyden	7	10	Ace down the left line
John Hyden	8	10	Lambo with the cross court thunder
Mike Lambert	8	11	Service error long
Jeff Nygaard	9	11	Stein down the line to end the nice rally
Stein Metzger	10	11	Jeff misses long on the kill attempt as we head into the mandatory
Stein Metzger	10	12	Jeff with the dig and then John puts it down on two
John Hyden	10	13	Jeff closes off the angle rejecting Stein
John Hyden	10	14	Stein just misses wide left
John Hyden	11	14	Stein splits the D with the shot up the middle
Mike Lambert	11	15	Jeff rolls it down the left line for the sideout
Jeff Nygaard	11	16	Stein misses wide on the cross court kill attempt
Jeff Nygaard	12	16	Stein fakes the heaters and cuts it right
Stein Metzger	12	17	Jeff with the hammer up the middle
John Hyden	13	17	Stein off the block
Mike Lambert	13	18	service error short
Jeff Nygaard	14	18	Great roll shot by Stein leads to the bad pass by Jeff and the putaway by Lambo in one
Stein Metzger	14	19	Jeff with the cross court sideout
John Hyden	15	19	Stein catches the tape and the ball floats over the D and in
Mike Lambert	15	20	Jeff sets up game point with the cross court kill
Jeff Nygaard	16	20	John is short on the kill attempt right
Stein Metzger	16	21	John ends the first with the kill cross court
Server	Mike Lambert Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard John Hyden	Play
Game 2
Mike Lambert	0	1	Jeff with the cross court kill to start game two
John Hyden	0	2	Jeff in two off the block
John Hyden	1	2	service error long
Stein Metzger	1	3	Jeff with the pokey left
Jeff Nygaard	2	3	Stein hammers it cross court right
Mike Lambert	2	4	John with the sideout
John Hyden	3	4	service error long
Stein Metzger	3	5	Jeff with the lefty put away
Jeff Nygaard	4	5	Domer - Stein off Jeff's head
Mike Lambert	4	6	John rolls it down the right side line
John Hyden	5	6	Stein off the block
Stein Metzger	5	7	Jeff ignores the "cut" call and goes deep line
Jeff Nygaard	6	7	Stein pokes it over the block
Mike Lambert	7	7	Tough serve leads to a tie for the first time this game
Mike Lambert	8	7	Lambo has a great dig and block for the point
Mike Lambert	8	8	Jeff puts away the overpass
John Hyden	8	9	John's cut shot hits the tape
John Hyden	8	10	Jeff's cross court shot is good
John Hyden	9	10	John with a pair of digs but his soft shot goes into the net
Stein Metzger	9	11	Jeff hard shot to deep corner
Jeff Nygaard	10	11	Lambo gets a dig and puts it down
Mike Lambert	11	11	John tries to cut in front of Lambo's block, but shot goes into the net
Mike Lambert	13	13	technical difficulties... score is correct now
Mike Lambert	14	13	Stein with the bicycle kick to extend the rally and Lambo with the roof for the point
Mike Lambert	15	13	Stein high off the block of Jeff
Mike Lambert	15	14	John gets a kill after the sidechange
John Hyden	16	14	Stein crushes it
Stein Metzger	17	14	John's shot is sent back by Lambo and then on his next try it fails to clear the net
Stein Metzger	17	15	This time John puts it to the open court
Jeff Nygaard	17	16	Jeff gets the dig and puts it down cross court
Jeff Nygaard	18	16	Stein pokes it away from the defense
Mike Lambert	18	17	Jeff gets a kill after a couple of attempts
John Hyden	19	17	John's shot went outside the antenna
Stein Metzger	19	18	John to the open line
Jeff Nygaard	20	18	Stein with a block of Jeff in transition
Mike Lambert	20	19	Lambo called for being in the net
John Hyden	21	19	Stein powers it down for the win to force a third game
Server	Mike Lambert Stein Metzger	Jeff Nygaard John Hyden	Play
Game 3
John Hyden	0	1	Stein's hard hit goes wide
John Hyden	0	2	John crushes the ball after a short rally
John Hyden	0	3	Jeff uses his left hand as the ball hits open sand near the back line
John Hyden	0	4	Jeff with the block of Lambo, forcing the top seeds to call timeout
John Hyden	1	4	Stein with a kill and the shutout is over
Mike Lambert	1	5	John slams it cross court
Jeff Nygaard	2	5	Stein powers it through the block, complete with a grunt
Stein Metzger	3	5	Jeff tries to go over on two with his left, but it wouldn't clear the tape
Stein Metzger	3	6	This time Jeff decides to hit right handed and it goes for a kill
John Hyden	3	7	Stein swings away and it goes just past the back line
John Hyden	4	7	Jeff swings cross court but his shot goes wide
Mike Lambert	4	8	Stein can't quite control Jeff's hit
Jeff Nygaard	5	8	Stein off the fingers of Jeff at the net
Stein Metzger	5	9	Stein's running jump serve fails to clear the net
John Hyden	6	9	Stein rolls it over the top for a point
Mike Lambert	6	10	John goes down the line
Jeff Nygaard	7	10	Stein's hit puts John on his backside
Stein Metzger	7	11	John rolls it to the deep corner
John Hyden	8	12	Rally ends with Stein softly putting it the deep corner
Mike Lambert	8	13	Jeff with the kill
Jeff Nygaard	8	14	Lambert wins the joust with Stein
Jeff Nygaard	8	15	Jeff blocks Stein for the match win