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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam San Diego
August 1 - 3, 2008

(15) 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 San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Dane Jensen - 89th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/24-26/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	17	17th	104	$800.00
AVP	7/18-19/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	15	13th	156	$1,500.00
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	18	13th	156	$1,500.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	16	9th	208	$2,100.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	14	13th	108	$1,700.00
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 Slam San Diego Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/1/2008

Winner 1

Jeff Carlucci / Albert Hannemann (18)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	13	3	0.417	3	4	4	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	1	3	4	0
	2	15	7	2	0.333	2	1	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	21	13	3	0.476	0	9	1	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/2/2008

Winner 2

Joaquin Acosta / Jonathan Acosta (31)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	13	11	0	0.846	4	3	5	6
	1	4	4	0	1.000	2	3	3	3
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	0	2	3
Mike Placek	Total	26	12	2	0.385	0	8	0	0
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	5	0	0
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	3	0	0

Sat, 8/2/2008

Winner 3

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (7)

Won 21-17, 11-21, 15-13

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	41	22	8	0.341	2	4	5	11
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	2	3	3
	2	17	8	3	0.294	0	1	1	5
	3	14	8	3	0.357	1	1	1	3
Mike Placek	Total	26	11	3	0.308	0	16	0	0
	1	16	7	2	0.313	0	7	0	0
	2	6	1	1	0.000	0	5	0	0
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/3/2008

Semi-Finals

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 22-24, 15-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	40	20	10	0.250	5	1	1	3
	1	23	9	8	0.043	4	1	1	1
	2	17	11	2	0.529	1	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	16	5	5	0.000	0	8	0	0
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	0
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	118	66	21	0.381	14	12	15	22
Mike Placek	89	41	13	0.315	0	41	1	0

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 10-16 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lucena/Scott 0-2
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Lucena/Scott	2	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-16, 21-11	0:37
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 # 3 Olson/Wong 0-2
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	1	Marchewka/Placek	16	21-13, 21-14	0:43
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
8/3/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Marchewka/Placek	15	24-22, 21-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Mariano/Ratledge 1-2
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Marchewka/Placek	15	Mariano/Ratledge	7	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	1:07
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 # 10 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 # 12 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	16	Allen/Halverson	17	21-17, 12-21, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 0-3
7/25/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Prosser	16	Marchewka/Placek	17	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:12
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
Series tied with # 16 Morrison/Tramblie 1-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 2	Marchewka/Placek	15	Morrison/Tramblie	17	21-15, 20-22, 15-13	1:18
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Tramblie	16	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-12, 27-25	0:49
Trail the series against # 17 Ceman/Patterson 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Ceman/Patterson	18	Marchewka/Placek	15	21-16, 22-20	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Carlucci/Hannemann 2-0
8/1/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Carlucci/Hannemann	18	21-16, 21-18	0:47
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Marchewka/Placek	18	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:13
Trail the series against # 21 DiPierro/VanZwieten 0-1
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 1	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	Marchewka/Placek	12	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 31 Acosta/Acosta 4-0
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 2	Marchewka/Placek	15	Acosta/Acosta	31	21-16, 21-14	0:41
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Acosta/Acosta	31	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:37
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