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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 12, 2007

(27, Q8) Russ Marchewka/Mike Placek

Russ Marchewka

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

California-Irvine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$83,340.00

Mike Placek

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompton Plains, NJ

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

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	41	Money
AVP	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	7	0	1	$37,700.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kelly Caldwell - 89th	Did not play
2006	Fernando Sabla - 33rd	Mike Szymanski - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 2

Ryan Ammerman / Taylor Wilson (Q57)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:41

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 3

Shane Cervantes / Arri Jeschke (Q25)

Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-12

1:10

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 4

Gray Garrett / Aaron Wexler (Q56)

Won 21-19, 21-7

0:46

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (6)

Lost 21-23, 17-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	23	8	5	0.130	7	1	2	5
	1	10	5	2	0.300	4	1	1	3
	2	13	3	3	0.000	3	0	1	2
Mike Placek	Total	25	9	4	0.200	0	9	0	2
	1	15	6	3	0.200	0	5	0	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	4	0	1

Fri, 8/10/2007

Contender 1

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (22)

Won 14-21, 21-17, 17-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	38	16	7	0.237	7	9	4	4
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	1	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	3	1	3	1
	3	14	4	3	0.071	4	6	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	33	15	9	0.182	0	14	0	0
	1	9	2	5	-0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	0
	3	15	7	3	0.267	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (12)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	13	3	0.417	1	4	0	4
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	0	2
	2	17	8	1	0.412	1	2	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	28	11	1	0.357	0	10	1	1
	1	17	7	0	0.412	0	4	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	6	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	85	37	15	0.259	15	14	6	13
Mike Placek	86	35	14	0.244	0	33	1	3

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	4	0	0	$32,250.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,650.00
Total	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	6	0	0	$36,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Russ Marchewka												Mike Placek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
74	0	0	2	0	4	26	17	8	0	$52,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	1	0	1	21	12	3	0	$38,690.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$5,550.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,800.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00
86	0	0	2	0	5	29	22	8	0	$61,725.00	Total	62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Russ Marchewka													Mike Placek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	4	$2,100.00	2007	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$800.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	18	$2,100.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15	$1,300.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	19	61.3%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	7	20.6%	2	5.9%	25	73.5%	7-27	20.6%	19-25	43.2%	13-8	61.9%	0	0	32-33	49.2%
2006-2007	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	4	26.7%	0	0.0%	11	73.3%	4-11	26.7%	14-22	38.9%	14-0	100.0%	0	0	14-11	56.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	9	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	27
Manhattan Beach	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Total	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	9	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	31

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Medel/Souza 0-1
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Strickland	12	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Koski/Minc 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Koski/Minc	22	14-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:12
Lead the series against # Q25 Cervantes/Jeschke 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Cervantes/Jeschke	Q25	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # Q56 Garrett/Wexler 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Garrett/Wexler	Q56	21-19, 21-7	0:46
Lead the series against # Q57 Ammerman/Wilson 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Ammerman/Wilson	Q57	21-11, 21-16	0:41