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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 (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

Austin Rester

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 1982 (42 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

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