USA and Mexico looking to take control of pool C

Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena of the United States and Mexico’s Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen are both looking to take control of pool C with their second win and advance to the elimination stage.

Head to Head

Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen have won two of the three previous meetings between the two teams on the FIVB World Tour.  The Americans won the first match in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Fuzhou Open in April, and the Mexicans won the next two, both in pool play, at the Porec Major in July in three sets and one week later at the Gstaad Major in straight sets.

Historically the #3 seed has won two of the three pool play matches against the #15 seed in the Olympic Games, winning in London (2012) and Beijing (2008) in straight sets, and losing in Athens (2004) in three sets.  The two seeds have also met in the bronze medal match in Beijing (2008) and the semi-finals in Sydney (2000) with the higher seed winning both matches.

Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, Seed #3, Pool C, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 2.1000 Point Ratio, Qualified 3rd with 6,280 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period

• Phil: January 26, 1980 (36y6m11d), 205 cm (6’9″), 90 kg (200 lbs.), Hometown Baden, Switzerland, 98th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 80th), 34 gold medals (ranks 3rd), $1,117,900 career winnings (ranks 3rd)

• Nick: September 22, 1979 (36y10m15d), 185 cm (6’1″), 80 kg (178 lbs.), Hometown Davie, Florida, 87th FIVB World Tour event, five gold medals, $472,000 career winnings (ranks 37th)

• Phil and Nick first played together in 2005 and reunited in 2015 for a run at the Olympics. They are playing in their 18th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, five gold medals, $333,500 career winnings (ranks 53rd).

• Phil has played in 64 FIVB World Tour final fours with 34 gold, 14 silver, 12 bronze medals and four 4th place finishes.

• Nick has played in 21 FIVB World Tour final fours with five gold, nine silver, four bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.

• Phil and Nick have played in 11 Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Silver Long Beach Grand Slam 2015, Silver Sochi Open 2015, Gold Xiamen Open 2015, Silver World Tour Finals 2015, Gold Puerto Vallarta Open 2015-16, Silver Doha Open 2015-16, Gold Maceió Open 2016, Gold Fuzhou Open 2016, Bronze Cincinnati Open 2016, Gold …

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