AVP Tour
$105,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Long Beach Open
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Match #40: Contender's Bracket Round 4

(15) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland
def.
(11) Ryan Mariano/Ed Ratledge
21-19, 18-21, 16-14 (1:14)

Dax Holdren
Personal Info
Birth Date: Sep 4, 1972 (51 yrs old)
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
Resides: Goleta, CA
Height: 6'3"
College(s): Santa Barbara City College
Seasons: 15
Tournaments: 200
Career Wins: 14
Career AVP Wins: 11
Career Winnings: $699,496.50
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: 16
Tournaments: 103
Career Wins: 1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)
Career AVP Best: 3rd (5 times)
Career Winnings: $139,600.00

Ryan Mariano
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 1, 1976 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Lake Forest, CA
Resides: Flagstaff, AZ
Height: 6'3"
College(s): Long Beach State
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 117
Career Best: 2nd (AVP Huntington Beach 2006)
Career Winnings: $162,107.50
Ed Ratledge
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 16, 1976 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Fountain Valley, CA
Resides: Huntington Beach, CA
Height: 6'8"
College(s): UCLA
Seasons: 24
Tournaments: 200
Career Wins: 3
Career AVP Wins: 1 (San Francisco 2018)
Career Winnings: $259,117.50

1 2 3
(15) Dax Holdren/Bill Strickland 21 18 16
(11) Ryan Mariano/Ed Ratledge 19 21 14

Stats
Game 1
Statistics Dax Holdren Bill Strickland Ryan Mariano Ed Ratledge
ATTACK
Attacks 24 7 10 20
Kills 11 4 4 11
Errors 3 0 1 2
Hitting Pct 0.333 0.571 0.300 0.450
SERVE
Aces 1 1 0 0
Errors 0 1 0 1
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 1 0 1
Digs 8 3 8 3
Game 2
Statistics Dax Holdren Bill Strickland Ryan Mariano Ed Ratledge
ATTACK
Attacks 21 7 15 18
Kills 10 2 9 9
Errors 0 2 2 4
Hitting Pct 0.476 0.000 0.467 0.278
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0 1
Errors 0 0 0 0
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 3 0 0
Digs 6 2 7 5
Game 3
Statistics Dax Holdren Bill Strickland Ryan Mariano Ed Ratledge
ATTACK
Attacks 12 5 8 11
Kills 5 4 4 6
Errors 2 0 2 1
Hitting Pct 0.250 0.800 0.250 0.455
SERVE
Aces 1 1 0 1
Errors 1 0 0 2
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 3 0 1
Digs 5 1 4 2
Match Total
Statistics Dax Holdren Bill Strickland Ryan Mariano Ed Ratledge
ATTACK
Attacks 57 19 33 49
Kills 26 10 17 26
Errors 5 2 5 7
Hitting Pct 0.368 0.421 0.364 0.388
SERVE
Aces 2 2 0 2
Errors 1 1 0 3
DEFENSE
Blocks 0 7 0 2
Digs 19 6 19 10