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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Belmar presented by Bud Light
June 20 - 22, 2008

(14) 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 Belmar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	17	17th	72	$700.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	15	17th	72	$800.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	11	9th	144	$2,875.00
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 Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/20/2008

Winner 1

Austin Rester / Chris Seiffert (19)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	15	10	2	0.533	4	5	0	1
	1	6	5	1	0.667	2	2	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	3	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	30	12	5	0.233	0	11	1	0
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	2	1	0
	2	15	6	3	0.200	0	9	0	0

Fri, 6/20/2008

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	22	13	4	0.409	1	1	0	5
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	0	0	3
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	1	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	27	13	6	0.259	0	8	0	2
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	6	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	2	0	1

Sat, 6/21/2008

Contender 1

Paul Baxter / Matt Prosser (11)

Lost 23-25, 15-21

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	47	25	14	0.234	1	6	1	6
	1	25	16	7	0.360	0	4	0	2
	2	22	9	7	0.091	1	2	1	4
Mike Placek	Total	12	7	2	0.417	0	11	0	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	8	0	0
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	84	48	20	0.333	6	12	1	12
Mike Placek	69	32	13	0.275	0	30	1	2

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 2-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Lucena/Scott 0-1
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	3	Marchewka/Placek	14	21-16, 21-16	0:46
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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 11 Baxter/Prosser 0-2
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Prosser	11	Marchewka/Placek	14	25-23, 21-15	1:04
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 1	Baxter/Prosser	18	Marchewka/Placek	15	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:19
Trail the series against # 12 Morrison/Tramblie 0-1
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Tramblie	16	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-12, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 19 Rester/Seiffert 1-0
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	14	Rester/Seiffert	19	21-14, 21-14	0:48