Team Preview

AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open
April 10 - 13, 2008

(19, Q1) 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:

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:

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 Miami Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Fernando Sabla - 37th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	23, Q9	13th	156	$1,700.00
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

AVP Gold Crown Miami Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 4/10/2008

Qualifier 1

Jay Fiedler / Marcos Macau (Q32)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:44

Thu, 4/10/2008

Qualifier 2

Tyler Lesneski / Andre Melo (Q16)

Won 21-10, 21-10

0:36

Thu, 4/10/2008

Qualifier 3

Joaquin Acosta / Jonathan Acosta (Q8)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:44

Fri, 4/11/2008

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Mike Morrison (14)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	31	17	3	0.452	7	3	1	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	5	0	0	2
	2	19	10	2	0.421	2	3	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	22	10	3	0.318	0	15	1	0
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	4	1	0
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	11	0	0

Fri, 4/11/2008

Winner 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	15	5	5	0.000	0	2	2	3
	1	10	3	3	0.000	0	1	1	2
	2	5	2	2	0.000	0	1	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	18	8	2	0.333	0	3	1	0
	1	9	4	0	0.444	0	2	1	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	1	0	0

Fri, 4/11/2008

Contender 1

Scott Lane / Ty Tramblie (20)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	26	14	3	0.423	2	5	3	5
	1	15	7	2	0.333	1	4	0	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	1	3	2
Mike Placek	Total	16	11	0	0.688	0	7	1	0
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	1	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	4	0	0

Sat, 4/12/2008

Contender 2

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (11)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	35	19	6	0.371	2	3	0	6
	1	16	7	3	0.250	2	2	0	2
	2	19	12	3	0.474	0	1	0	4
Mike Placek	Total	17	9	3	0.353	0	4	0	0
	1	8	3	3	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	107	55	17	0.355	11	13	6	17
Mike Placek	73	38	8	0.411	0	29	3	0

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	21-15, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 11 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:50
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 # 14 DiPierro/Morrison 1-0
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	DiPierro/Morrison	14	21-19, 21-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Lane/Tramblie 1-0
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	Lane/Tramblie	20	21-19, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Acosta/Acosta 2-0
4/10/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Qualifier 3	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	Acosta/Acosta	Q8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
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 # Q16 Lesneski/Melo 1-0
4/10/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Qualifier 2	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	Lesneski/Melo	Q16	21-10, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # Q32 Fiedler/Macau 1-0
4/10/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Qualifier 1	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	Fiedler/Macau	Q32	21-13, 21-14	0:44