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AVP Tour
$1,000,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Manhattan Beach Open
September 17 - 21, 2008

(17, Q8) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kelly Caldwell - 89th	Did not play
2006	Fernando Sabla - 33rd	Mike Szymanski - 33rd
2007	Mike Placek - 17th	Russ Marchewka - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	14	17th	104	$800.00
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 Shootout Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/18/2008

Qualifier 2

Travis Schoonover / Aaron Wexler (Q25)

Won 21-8, 19-21, 15-7

0:57

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 1

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (16, Q10)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	6	11	-0.208	1	1	0	5
	1	10	2	5	-0.300	1	1	0	3
	2	14	4	6	-0.143	0	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	28	13	3	0.357	0	6	0	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	0	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	2	0	2

Fri, 9/19/2008

Contender 1

Matt Heagy / Eric Leeseberg (32, Q32)

Won 21-17, 21-9

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	17	6	0.458	3	2	8	5
	1	13	10	3	0.538	0	1	4	4
	2	11	7	3	0.364	3	1	4	1
Mike Placek	Total	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	1	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	0	1
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	1	0

Fri, 9/19/2008

Contender 2

Matt Prosser / Hans Stolfus (18, Q9)

Lost 21-15, 28-30, 10-15

1:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	25	13	3	0.400	1	21	2	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	7	0	0
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	10	2	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	52	28	12	0.308	4	7	1	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	1	1	2
	2	27	15	7	0.296	3	4	0	2
	3	10	4	3	0.100	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	73	36	20	0.219	5	24	10	12
Mike Placek	90	47	16	0.344	4	15	2	8

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 10-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 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 # 6, Q1 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 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 # 9, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 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
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
Series tied with # 16, Q10 Morrison/Tramblie 2-2
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Tramblie	16, Q10	Marchewka/Placek	17, Q8	21-17, 21-17	0:47
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 # 18, Q9 Prosser/Stolfus 0-1
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Stolfus	18, Q9	Marchewka/Placek	17, Q8	15-21, 30-28, 15-10	1:43
Lead the series against # 19, Q11 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 # 23, Q13 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 # 32, Q32 Heagy/Leeseberg 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	17, Q8	Heagy/Leeseberg	32, Q32	21-17, 21-9	0:38
Lead the series against # Q25 Schoonover/Wexler 2-0
9/18/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Marchewka/Placek	17, Q8	Schoonover/Wexler	Q25	21-8, 19-21, 15-7	0:57
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	17	Schoonover/Wexler	32, Q16	21-13, 21-19	0:48