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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati
August 29 - 31, 2008

(14) 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 Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Fernando Sabla - 29th	Dane Jensen - 17th
2007	Mike Placek - 13th	Russ Marchewka - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	15	3rd	390	$9,500.00
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 Shootout Cincinnati Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (19)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 22-20

1:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	51	29	12	0.333	2	3	0	7
	1	16	8	6	0.125	1	1	0	2
	2	16	8	4	0.250	1	1	0	4
	3	19	13	2	0.579	0	1	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	18	10	2	0.444	0	13	0	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	4	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Winner 2

Nick Lucena / Sean Scott (3)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	22	10	7	0.136	1	1	2	5
	1	7	2	4	-0.286	1	0	1	1
	2	15	8	3	0.333	0	1	1	4
Mike Placek	Total	22	10	3	0.318	0	8	1	0
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	1	0
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/29/2008

Contender 1

Dax Holdren / Bill Strickland (13)

Lost 17-21, 11-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	19	8	4	0.211	0	6	0	0
	1	15	6	4	0.133	0	5	0	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	31	15	9	0.194	0	2	2	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	2	1	2
	2	16	6	7	-0.063	0	0	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	92	47	23	0.261	3	10	2	12
Mike Placek	71	35	14	0.296	0	23	3	5

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	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	$29,350.00	21	24	46.7 %
Total	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	1	$31,950.00	30	29	50.8 %

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
14	0	0	1	0	0	8	5	0	0	$14,675.00	2008	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	0	8	5	0	0	$14,675.00
44	0	0	1	0	0	9	8	7	19	$17,625.00	Total	Total	35	0	0	1	0	0	9	8	1	16	$16,825.00

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	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	2	9.5%	1	4.8%	18	85.7%	2-19	9.5%	4-36	10.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	7-22	24.1%

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 7-21 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 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 # 2 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 # 3 Lucena/Scott 0-3
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	3	Marchewka/Placek	14	21-15, 21-19	0:48
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 # 4 Metzger/Williams 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	8	Marchewka/Placek	18	21-18, 21-19	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 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 # 8 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 # 10 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 # 13 Holdren/Strickland 0-3
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Contender 1	Holdren/Strickland	13	Marchewka/Placek	14	21-17, 21-11	0:49
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 # 15 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 Loomis/Witt 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	Loomis/Witt	15	Marchewka/Placek	18	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	1:22
Lead the series against # 19 Morrison/Tramblie 2-1
8/29/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	14	Morrison/Tramblie	19	16-21, 21-18, 22-20	1:38
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 # 20 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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 Moran/Zimet 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	11	Moran/Zimet	14	21-16, 21-18	0:58