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National Volleyball League
$75,000 Seattle Championships
August 28 - 30, 2015

(3) Mike Placek/Jeff Samuels

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 Winnings:

$76,402.50

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career NVL Best:

2nd (Madeira Beach 2015)

Career Winnings:

$34,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NVL	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00

Previous Seattle Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	8/6-8/2015	Hermosa Beach Championships	5	3rd	1200	$3,500.00

Seattle Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/29/2015	Winner 1	Austin Clubb / Diogo Sousa (14, Q2)	Won 21-10, 21-8	0:44
Sat, 8/29/2015	Winner 2	Skyler McCoy / Mark Williams (6)	Won 21-16, 21-18
Sun, 8/30/2015	Winner 3	Drew Mallin / Ryan Vandenburg (7)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 10-15
Sun, 8/30/2015	Contender 4	Philip Burrow / Matt Henderson (8)	Won 21-15, 21-19
Sun, 8/30/2015	Semi-Finals	Dave Palm / Eric Zaun (1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Placek												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
54	0	0	1	0	1	21	12	3	0	$38,690.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00	Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

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
2015	NVL	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	NVL	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Placek													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	AVP
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00	2006	AVP
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00	2007	AVP
15	0	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	0	$16,550.00	2008	AVP
14	0	0	0	0	1	9	4	0	0	$16,940.00	2009	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,275.00	2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	NVL
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2011	Pro Beach
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2012	AVP
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2012	Pro Beach
5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	$4,950.00	2013	AVP
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,050.00	2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,025.00	2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2015	NVL	7	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$8,550.00
81	3	1	7	0	5	31	15	3	16	$76,402.50	Total	Total	20	0	1	3	0	9	2	2	1	2	$12,825.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	5-2	71.4%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
2014-2015	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	5-2	71.4%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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

Head to Head Results
Placek/Samuels lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Palm/Zaun 0-1
8/30/15	NVL	Seattle Championships	Semi-Finals	Palm/Zaun	1	Placek/Samuels	3	21-16, 21-13
Lead the series against # 2 Russell/Schoonover 1-0
8/8/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Winner 3	Placek/Samuels	5	Russell/Schoonover	1	11-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:58
Series tied with # 4 del Sol/Marciniak 1-1
8/8/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Semi-Finals	Marciniak/del Sol	4	Placek/Samuels	5	21-19, 21-11
8/7/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Winner 2	Placek/Samuels	5	Marciniak/del Sol	4	21-19, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 McCoy/Williams 1-0
8/29/15	NVL	Seattle Championships	Winner 2	Placek/Samuels	3	McCoy/Williams	6	21-16, 21-18
Trail the series against # 7 Mallin/Vandenburg 0-1
8/30/15	NVL	Seattle Championships	Winner 3	Mallin/Vandenburg	7	Placek/Samuels	3	18-21, 21-15, 15-10
Lead the series against # 8 Burrow/Henderson 1-0
8/30/15	NVL	Seattle Championships	Contender 4	Placek/Samuels	3	Burrow/Henderson	8	21-15, 21-19
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Clubb/Sousa 1-0
8/29/15	NVL	Seattle Championships	Winner 1	Placek/Samuels	3	Clubb/Sousa	14, Q2	21-10, 21-8	0:44