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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 (42 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 (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	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

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