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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 (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

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (44 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

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
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike Placek												Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
54	0	0	1	0	1	21	12	3	0	$38,690.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	0	$93,370.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,925.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	$14,830.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,750.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
62	0	0	1	0	1	26	14	3	0	$46,365.00	Total	83	0	0	5	0	13	33	11	4	0	$114,450.00

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	$3,400.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike Placek													Bill Strickland
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$500.00	2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$1,650.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50
15	0	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	0	$16,550.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	4	10	2	0	0	$36,700.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	9	4	0	0	$16,940.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$26,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,275.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,762.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	NORCECA	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$225.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2012	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2012	Pro Beach	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$6,875.00
											2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2013	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,075.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2013	NVL
68	0	1	2	0	3	28	15	3	16	$53,577.50	Total	Total	92	1	0	6	0	23	37	10	5	10	$137,450.00

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	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2012-2013	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

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