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National Volleyball League
$100,000 NVL Club Med Sand Piper Bay
October 3 - 4, 2014

(2) 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 Port St. Lucie Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	9/19-21/2014	NVL Hermosa Beach	3	1st	1500	$7,500.00
NVL	8/15-17/2014	NVL Milwaukee Indy Fest	7	1st	1000	$4,500.00
NVL	6/12-14/2014	NVL Atlanta Championships	2	7th	600	$500.00
NVL	5/22-24/2014	NVL Texas Championships	3	3rd	800	$1,300.00
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	14, Q8	13th	240	$2,500.00

NVL Club Med Sand Piper Bay Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/3/2014	Winner 1	Matthew O'Sullivan / Jeff Samuels (7)	Won 21-10, 21-12
Fri, 10/3/2014	Winner 2	Matt Henderson / Piotr Marciniak (6)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-13
Sat, 10/4/2014	Semi-Finals	Drew Mallin / Dave Palm (1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:51

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	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$20,050.00	16	6	72.7 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	NVL	6	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$25,050.00	21	7	75.0 %

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
5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,025.00	2014	NVL	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,025.00
77	2	1	5	0	4	31	15	3	16	$68,402.50	Total	Total	79	2	1	2	0	4	22	32	5	11	$54,347.50

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	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-4	75.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	8-6	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 8-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Mallin/Palm 2-2
10/4/14	NVL	NVL Club Med Sand Piper Bay	Semi-Finals	Mallin/Palm	1	Placek/Rester	2	21-17, 21-16	0:51
9/21/14	NVL	NVL Hermosa Beach	Contender 4	Placek/Rester	3	Mallin/Palm	1	22-20, 21-19	0:50
8/17/14	NVL	NVL Milwaukee Indy Fest	Finals	Placek/Rester	7	Mallin/Palm	1	21-12, 21-14	0:28
5/24/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Semi-Finals	Mallin/Palm	4	Placek/Rester	3	20-22, 24-22, 15-11	1:05
Series tied with # 3 Russell/Schoonover 1-1
8/15/14	NVL	NVL Milwaukee Indy Fest	Winner 2	Placek/Rester	7	Russell/Schoonover	6	21-14, 21-17	0:41
6/13/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Winner 2	Russell/Schoonover	7	Placek/Rester	2	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Strassberger/Zaun 0-1
6/14/14	NVL	NVL Atlanta Championships	Contender 3	Strassberger/Zaun	13, Q5	Placek/Rester	2	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Henderson/Marciniak 2-1
10/3/14	NVL	NVL Club Med Sand Piper Bay	Winner 2	Placek/Rester	2	Henderson/Marciniak	6	21-18, 17-21, 15-13
9/21/14	NVL	NVL Hermosa Beach	Finals	Placek/Rester	3	Henderson/Marciniak	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	1:05
9/21/14	NVL	NVL Hermosa Beach	Winner 3	Henderson/Marciniak	2	Placek/Rester	3	21-19, 21-18
Lead the series against # 7 O'Sullivan/Samuels 3-0
10/3/14	NVL	NVL Club Med Sand Piper Bay	Winner 1	Placek/Rester	2	O'Sullivan/Samuels	7	21-10, 21-12
8/15/14	NVL	NVL Milwaukee Indy Fest	Winner 1	Placek/Rester	7	O'Sullivan/Samuels	2	21-16, 21-4	0:39
5/23/14	NVL	NVL Texas Championships	Winner 2	Placek/Rester	3	O'Sullivan/Samuels	6	21-18, 21-19	0:44