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AVP Tour
$200,000 Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife
August 30 - September 1, 2007

(23, Q9) 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:

13

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:

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

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Fernando Sabla - 29th	Dane Jensen - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	Q3	41st	18	$0.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	27, Q8	17th	104	$900.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/30/2007

Qualifier 2

Mark Donaldson / Matt Szuter (Q24)

Won 21-14, 21-7

0:37

Thu, 8/30/2007

Qualifier 3

Gaston Macau / Jason Wight (Q8)

Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-12

1:08

Thu, 8/30/2007

Qualifier 4

Joaquin Acosta / Jonathan Acosta (Q16)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:46

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 1

Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus (10)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	11	8	0	0.727	4	1	1	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	2	1	1	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	26	14	4	0.385	0	7	1	0
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	4	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	3	1	0

Fri, 8/31/2007

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (7)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	19	7	5	0.105	3	7	0	4
	1	11	4	2	0.182	1	4	0	3
	2	8	3	3	0.000	2	3	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	33	14	5	0.273	0	7	0	0
	1	16	7	3	0.250	0	3	0	0
	2	17	7	2	0.294	0	4	0	0

Fri, 8/31/2007

Contender 1

Braidy Halverson / Dane Jensen (24, Q11)

Won 21-19, 24-22

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	38	25	4	0.553	2	1	6	4
	1	19	14	1	0.684	2	0	2	3
	2	19	11	3	0.421	0	1	4	1
Mike Placek	Total	20	9	3	0.300	0	15	0	1
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	6	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	9	0	0

Fri, 8/31/2007

Contender 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (15)

Lost 11-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	35	15	9	0.171	1	4	1	1
	1	18	5	6	-0.056	0	3	1	0
	2	17	10	3	0.412	1	1	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	12	6	3	0.250	0	6	0	0
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	5	0	0
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	103	55	18	0.359	10	13	8	13
Mike Placek	91	43	15	0.308	0	35	1	1

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,600.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,600.00	9	5	64.3 %

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
16	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	5	$2,950.00	2007	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	19	$2,950.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	16	$2,150.00

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	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	4	26.7%	0	0.0%	11	73.3%	4-11	26.7%	12-22	35.3%	12-0	100.0%	0	0	12-11	52.2%

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 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 Lucena/Williams 0-1
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Williams	7	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Loomis/Stolfus 1-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Loomis/Stolfus	10	21-17, 21-19	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 15 Mariano/Ratledge 0-1
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q11 Halverson/Jensen 1-0
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Halverson/Jensen	24, Q11	21-19, 24-22	0:55
Lead the series against # Q8 Macau/Wight 1-0
8/30/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 3	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Macau/Wight	Q8	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # Q16 Acosta/Acosta 1-0
8/30/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 4	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Acosta/Acosta	Q16	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q24 Donaldson/Szuter 1-0
8/30/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 2	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Donaldson/Szuter	Q24	21-14, 21-7	0:37