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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open
April 17 - 20, 2008

(17) 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 Dallas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Fernando Sabla - 25th	Dane Jensen - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	19, Q1	13th	108	$1,700.00
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 Dallas Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/19/2008

Winner 1

Albert Hannemann / Austin Rester (16)

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

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	55	27	7	0.364	0	15	0	0
	1	15	9	4	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	27	9	2	0.259	0	7	0	0
	3	13	9	1	0.615	0	4	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	24	16	3	0.542	1	10	0	2
	1	5	3	2	0.200	1	0	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	6	0	1
	3	13	9	1	0.615	0	4	0	0

Sat, 4/19/2008

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	22	15	2	0.591	0	1	0	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	20	8	3	0.250	0	7	0	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	5	0	0
	2	9	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	1

Sat, 4/19/2008

Contender 1

Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus (8)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	30	15	4	0.367	0	6	0	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	1	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	3	0	0
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	31	19	4	0.484	3	6	1	6
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	4	1	3
	2	13	6	2	0.308	3	1	0	2
	3	9	7	2	0.556	0	1	0	1

Sat, 4/19/2008

Contender 2

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (11)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 11-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	48	27	12	0.313	2	4	0	4
	1	17	11	4	0.412	1	1	0	1
	2	23	11	6	0.217	1	1	0	1
	3	8	5	2	0.375	0	2	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	24	13	2	0.458	0	14	1	2
	1	7	6	1	0.714	0	3	1	0
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	5	0	1
	3	13	4	1	0.231	0	6	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	155	84	25	0.381	2	26	0	8
Mike Placek	99	56	12	0.444	4	37	2	11

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 %
2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,575.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$7,175.00	16	9	64.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,287.50	2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,287.50
32	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	19	$5,237.50	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	16	$4,437.50

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%
2007-2008	19	61.3%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	7	21.9%	2	6.3%	23	71.9%	7-25	21.9%	19-23	45.2%	13-8	61.9%	0	0	32-31	50.8%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	4	20.0%	0	0.0%	16	80.0%	4-16	20.0%	10-32	23.8%	16-2	88.9%	0	0	13-17	43.3%

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 trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-15, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 8 Loomis/Stolfus 2-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	17	Loomis/Stolfus	8	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:13
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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Holdren/Strickland 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Marchewka/Placek	17	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 16 Hannemann/Rester 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	17	Hannemann/Rester	16	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:15
Lead the series against # Q7 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