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National Volleyball League
$25,000 NVL Texas Championships
May 22 - 24, 2014

(3) 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 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 Winnings:

$54,347.50

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 Dallas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2007	Dane Jensen - 37th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 17th
AVP 2008	Russ Marchewka - 9th	Albert Hannemann - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	14, Q8	13th	240	$2,500.00
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

NVL Texas Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/23/2014

Winner 1

Kyle Kennedy / Chris Olds (14, Q7)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:40

Fri, 5/23/2014

Winner 2

Matthew O'Sullivan / Jeff Samuels (6)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:44

Sat, 5/24/2014

Winner 3

Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter (2)

Lost 15-21, 21-18, 9-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	30	14	4	0.333	0	17	1	1
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	6	0	1
	2	15	6	1	0.333	0	8	1	0
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	3	0	0
Austin Rester	Total	30	13	6	0.233	0	7	2	5
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	0	0	0
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	5	1	4
	3	10	4	3	0.100	0	2	1	1

Sat, 5/24/2014

Contender 4

Juan Beltran / Bobby Jones (8)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:43

Sat, 5/24/2014

Semi-Finals

Drew Mallin / Dave Palm (4)

Lost 22-20, 22-24, 11-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	41	19	9	0.244	1	7	2	2
	1	18	10	2	0.444	0	3	2	1
	2	13	5	3	0.154	1	3	0	1
	3	10	4	4	0.000	0	1	0	0
Austin Rester	Total	22	12	6	0.273	8	3	4	5
	1	4	3	1	0.500	2	1	2	1
	2	13	6	4	0.154	4	2	1	2
	3	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	71	33	13	0.282	1	24	3	3
Austin Rester	52	25	12	0.250	8	10	6	10

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 %
2014	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	NVL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00	8	3	72.7 %

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
											2011	USAV IDQ	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,050.00	2013	NVL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2014	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
73	0	1	4	0	3	31	15	3	16	$59,027.50	Total	Total	75	0	1	1	0	3	22	32	5	11	$44,972.50

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	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	16-3	84.2%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	21-7	75.0%
2013-2014	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	16-3	84.2%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	21-7	75.0%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	14-2	87.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-3	72.7%

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 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Binstock/Schachter 0-1
5/24/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	2	Placek/Rester	3	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Mallin/Palm 0-1
5/24/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Semi-Finals	Mallin/Palm	4	Placek/Rester	3	20-22, 24-22, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 O'Sullivan/Samuels 1-0
5/23/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 2	Placek/Rester	3	O'Sullivan/Samuels	6	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 8 Beltran/Jones 1-0
5/24/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Contender 4	Placek/Rester	3	Beltran/Jones	8	21-12, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 Kennedy/Olds 1-0
5/23/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 1	Placek/Rester	3	Kennedy/Olds	14, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:40