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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Louisville presented by Kentucky Unbridled Spirit
May 24 - 26, 2008

(11) 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 Louisville Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Eyal Zimet - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	12	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	15	13th	108	$1,700.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	17	9th	144	$2,875.00
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 Louisville Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/24/2008

Winner 1

Jeff Murrell / Jason Wight (22)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	20	14	1	0.650	3	2	1	5
	1	13	11	1	0.769	1	1	1	4
	2	7	3	0	0.429	2	1	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	16	9	1	0.500	0	7	1	0
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	1	0

Sat, 5/24/2008

Winner 2

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (6)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	18	9	4	0.278	3	3	1	5
	1	9	4	3	0.111	1	2	1	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	1	0	3
Mike Placek	Total	29	20	5	0.517	0	7	0	0
	1	14	9	2	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	15	11	3	0.533	0	5	0	0

Sun, 5/25/2008

Contender 1

John Moran / Eyal Zimet (14)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	22	12	2	0.455	2	3	2	3
	1	12	6	1	0.417	1	2	2	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	30	16	2	0.467	0	17	1	1
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	7	1	0
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	10	0	1

Sun, 5/25/2008

Contender 2

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (9)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	20	11	3	0.400	2	1	3	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	1	1	1	3
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	0	2	1
Mike Placek	Total	29	13	4	0.310	0	8	1	1
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	5	1	0
	2	12	4	2	0.167	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	80	46	10	0.450	10	9	7	17
Mike Placek	104	58	12	0.442	0	39	3	2

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$9,950.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$12,550.00	19	14	57.6 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$4,975.00	2008	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$4,975.00
35	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	7	19	$7,925.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	16	$7,125.00

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%
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	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	3	16.7%	0	0.0%	15	83.3%	3-15	16.7%	8-30	21.1%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	10-18	35.7%

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 4-8 (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 # 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 # 5 Loomis/Stolfus 2-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 2	Loomis/Stolfus	9	Marchewka/Placek	15	25-23, 21-17	1:03
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 # 6 Olson/Wong 0-1
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 Holdren/Strickland 0-2
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	9	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-18, 21-16	0:53
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 # 14 Moran/Zimet 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	11	Moran/Zimet	14	21-16, 21-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 22 Murrell/Wight 1-0
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	11	Murrell/Wight	22	21-18, 21-12	0:43