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August 27 - 29, 2009

(15) John Moran/Mike Placek

John Moran

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

21

Tournaments:

125

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Hermosa Beach 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Chicago 2009)

Career Winnings:

$46,645.00

Mike Placek

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompton Plains, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

12

Tournaments:

82

Career Wins:

3

Career AVP Best:

3rd (San Diego 2008)

Career Winnings:

$76,402.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	1	$22,390.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Jerry Graham - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Anthony Medel - 25th	Did not play
2004	Brian Soldano - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ran Kumgisky - 33rd	Jon Stalls - 41st
2006	Chris Seiffert - 41st	Matt Heagy - 41st
2007	Jon Mesko - 13th	Jon Stalls - 33rd
2008	Eyal Zimet - 17th	Russ Marchewka - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	15	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	15	13th	240	$2,280.00
AVP	8/6-9/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	16	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	15	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	13	9th	300	$3,960.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Albert Hannemann / Jon Mesko (18)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	28	15	3	0.429	0	3	0	2
	1	13	10	2	0.615	0	0	0	0
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	3	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	18	9	1	0.444	0	12	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	0	1
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 1

Ranse Jones / Gaston Macau (31, Q14)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	15	11	0	0.733	4	1	0	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	24	13	7	0.250	1	13	0	1
	1	12	5	5	0.000	1	10	0	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Jeff Carlucci / Larry Witt (16)

Won 21-19, 27-25

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	25	18	0	0.720	4	8	1	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	5	0	1
	2	16	12	0	0.750	3	3	1	0
Mike Placek	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	8	0	0
	1	18	9	1	0.444	0	5	0	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	0	3	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 3

Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (9)

Won 16-21, 23-21, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	39	24	6	0.462	3	3	0	3
	1	13	6	4	0.154	1	2	0	1
	2	17	11	2	0.529	1	1	0	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	1	0	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	26	15	2	0.500	0	10	0	2
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	0	1
	2	13	8	0	0.615	0	7	0	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	0	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 4

Russ Marchewka / Ty Tramblie (19)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	28	16	3	0.464	2	5	1	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	3	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	1	2	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	12	6	3	0.250	0	9	0	1
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	6	0	1

Sat, 8/29/2009

Contender 5

Pedro Brazao / Matt Prosser (10)

Lost 21-15, 16-21, 6-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	31	18	6	0.387	2	0	1	1
	1	14	10	2	0.571	1	0	1	0
	2	8	4	1	0.375	1	0	0	1
	3	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	22	13	4	0.409	0	15	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	8	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	0
	3	3	1	1	0.000	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	166	102	18	0.506	15	20	3	8
Mike Placek	133	74	20	0.406	1	67	0	5

Head to Head Results
Moran/Placek trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Moran/Placek	16	21-7, 21-12	0:38
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-2
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-18, 21-13	0:43
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 0-3
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 3	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-17	0:47
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 2	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-16, 21-18	0:56
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	13	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Moran/Placek	15	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 Brazao/Prosser 0-2
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	15-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:59
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	4	Moran/Placek	13	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Carlucci/Witt 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Moran/Placek	15	Carlucci/Witt	16	21-19, 27-25	0:56
Lead the series against # 17 Acosta/Dykstra 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Moran/Placek	15	Acosta/Dykstra	16	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Hannemann/Mesko 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Hannemann/Mesko	18	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 19 Marchewka/Tramblie 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Moran/Placek	15	Marchewka/Tramblie	19	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	DiPierro/Roberts	18	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Rambis/Williams 2-0
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	Rambis/Williams	18	26-24, 21-13	0:40
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	16	Rambis/Williams	17	15-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:19
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Jones/Macau 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Moran/Placek	15	Jones/Macau	31, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:42