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AVP Tour
$200,000 The Manhattan Beach Open
August 23 - 25, 2013

(11) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Dan Mintz - 33rd
2006	Mike Szymanski - 33rd	Ran Kumgisky - 17th
2007	Russ Marchewka - 17th	Canyon Ceman - 13th
2008	Russ Marchewka - 17th	Dax Holdren - 7th
2009	John Moran - 13th	Reid Priddy - 17th
Pro Beach 2011	Duncan Budinger - 13th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 9th
Pro Beach 2012	Kevin McColloch - 9th	Casey Jennings - 9th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Nils Nielsen / Steven VanderWerp (22)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	17	5	2	0.176	0	15	1	1
	1	10	3	2	0.100	0	6	1	1
	2	7	2	0	0.286	0	9	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	33	18	4	0.424	1	3	2	0
	1	16	9	2	0.438	1	2	2	0
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 1

Adam Cabbage / Robbie Page (27, Q8)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	15	12	0	0.800	0	8	2	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	2
Bill Strickland	Total	26	16	3	0.500	1	6	0	0
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	5	0	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 2

Jeremy Casebeer / Andrew McGuire (21)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	24	14	4	0.417	0	14	2	3
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	5	2	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	0	1
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	40	21	7	0.350	1	5	1	0
	1	18	11	2	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	1	2	0	0
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 3

Paul Baxter / Pedro Brazao (14)

Lost 21-10, 28-30, 12-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	46	17	5	0.261	0	19	3	3
	1	18	4	1	0.167	0	6	1	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	9	2	1
	3	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	28	14	4	0.357	6	1	0	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	4	0	0	1
	2	16	6	3	0.188	2	1	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	102	48	11	0.363	0	56	8	9
Bill Strickland	127	69	18	0.402	9	15	3	3

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,075.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2013	NVL
67	0	1	2	0	3	27	15	3	16	$52,577.50	Total	Total	91	1	0	6	0	23	36	10	5	10	$136,450.00

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	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%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-4	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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 14 Baxter/Brazao 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Brazao	14	Placek/Strickland	11	10-21, 30-28, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Nielsen/VanderWerp 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Nielsen/VanderWerp	22	Placek/Strickland	11	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Cabbage/Page 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Placek/Strickland	11	Cabbage/Page	27, Q8	21-11, 21-14	0:35