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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Cincinnati Open
August 30 - September 2, 2013

(12) Mike Placek/Bill Strickland

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

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

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	$3,400.00

Previous Cincinnati Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 2010	Did not play	Aaron Wachtfogel - 5th
2012	Kevin McColloch - 9th	Casey Jennings - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/23-25/2013	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	11	13th	240	$1,400.00

AVP Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/31/2013

Winner 1

Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena (5)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	18	8	4	0.222	0	11	1	3
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	6	1	2
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	5	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	28	15	7	0.286	0	0	0	3
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	0	0	2
	2	12	7	3	0.333	0	0	0	1

Sun, 9/1/2013

Contender 1

Steve Grotowski / Kevin McColloch (13)

Lost 21-18, 14-21, 13-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	13	7	2	0.385	0	8	0	0
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	5	0	0
	2	2	1	0	0.500	0	0	0	0
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	33	20	8	0.364	2	2	0	2
	1	6	4	2	0.333	1	1	0	1
	2	14	8	5	0.214	0	1	0	1
	3	13	8	1	0.538	1	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	31	15	6	0.290	0	19	1	3
Bill Strickland	61	35	15	0.328	2	2	0	5

Head to Head Results
Placek/Strickland trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Brunner/Lucena 0-1
8/31/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	5	Placek/Strickland	12	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Grotowski/McColloch 0-1
9/1/13	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Contender 1	Grotowski/McColloch	13	Placek/Strickland	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # Q5 Casebeer/McGuire 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Placek/Strickland	11	Casebeer/McGuire	21	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:05