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AVP Tour
$200,000 smart AVP Championships at Huntington Beach
October 17 - 20, 2013

(14, Q8) Mike Placek/Austin Rester

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

Austin Rester

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grapevine, TX

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

Texas Tech
Weatherford
Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

5th (Santa Barbara 2010)

Career Winnings:

$55,847.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,500.00
NVL	6	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,050.00
Overall	8	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$29,550.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Daniel Lindsey - 89th
2006	Dane Jensen - 33rd	Lucas Wisniakowski - 33rd
2007	Dane Jensen - 17th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 9th
2008	Russ Marchewka - 13th	Albert Hannemann - 17th
2009	Jeff Carlucci - 17th	Jonathan Acosta - 17th
2010	John Moran - 13th	Paul Baxter - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/26-29/2013	AVP Santa Barbara Open	16, Q11	13th	240	$2,000.00
NVL	8/16-18/2013	West Coast Championships	12	2nd	576	$5,000.00

AVP Championships at Huntington Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 10/17/2013

Qualifier 2

Hawk Hatcher / Garrett Wilson (Q25)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:37

Thu, 10/17/2013

Qualifier 3

Billy Kolinske / Skylar del Sol (Q9)

Won 21-14, 18-21, 16-14

1:05

Thu, 10/17/2013

Qualifier 4

Russ Marchewka / Derek Olson (Q1)

Won 21-15, 16-21, 17-15

1:07

Fri, 10/18/2013

Winner 1

Tri Bourne / John Hyden (3)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	20	10	1	0.450	1	5	0	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	2	0	0
	2	11	4	0	0.364	1	3	0	1
Austin Rester	Total	30	15	5	0.333	0	3	1	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	1	0	1
	2	17	8	4	0.235	0	2	1	2

Fri, 10/18/2013

Contender 1

Casey Jennings / Nils Nielsen (11)

Lost 21-13, 13-21, 12-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	19	10	6	0.211	0	5	3	3
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	2	2
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	2	1	1
	3	8	4	3	0.125	0	3	0	0
Austin Rester	Total	43	18	11	0.163	4	4	0	4
	1	14	7	3	0.286	3	3	0	1
	2	19	7	5	0.105	0	1	0	2
	3	10	4	3	0.100	1	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	39	20	7	0.333	1	10	3	4
Austin Rester	73	33	16	0.233	4	7	1	7

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Placek												Austin Rester
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	63	0	0	0	0	1	21	27	5	0	$36,592.50
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$3,205.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00	Total	70	0	0	0	0	2	22	31	5	0	$41,422.50

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
2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2013	NVL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	NVL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Placek													Austin Rester
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	5	$3,825.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1	0	$10,237.50
15	0	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	0	$16,550.00	2008	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1	0	$8,600.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	9	4	0	0	$16,940.00	2009	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	$7,160.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,275.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$8,875.00
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
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	$4,950.00	2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2013	NVL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											2013	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
71	0	1	2	0	3	31	15	3	16	$56,827.50	Total	Total	74	1	1	0	0	2	22	32	5	11	$45,822.50

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
2012-2013	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4

Head to Head Results
Placek/Rester lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson 0-1
9/27/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Patterson	1	Placek/Rester	16, Q11	21-16, 23-21	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Bourne/Hyden 0-1
10/18/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Bourne/Hyden	3	Placek/Rester	14, Q8	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Jennings/Nielsen 0-1
10/18/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Contender 1	Jennings/Nielsen	11	Placek/Rester	14, Q8	13-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # Q1 Marchewka/Olson 1-0
10/17/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Qualifier 4	Placek/Rester	14, Q8	Marchewka/Olson	Q1	21-15, 16-21, 17-15	1:07
Lead the series against # Q6 Engle/Mesko 1-0
9/26/13	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 2	Placek/Rester	16, Q11	Engle/Mesko	Q6	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 del Sol/Kolinske 1-0
10/17/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Qualifier 3	Placek/Rester	14, Q8	Kolinske/del Sol	Q9	21-14, 18-21, 16-14	1:05
Lead the series against # Q25 Hatcher/Wilson 1-0
10/17/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Qualifier 2	Placek/Rester	14, Q8	Hatcher/Wilson	Q25	21-18, 21-18	0:37