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AVP Tour
$280,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
August 9 - 12, 2007

(27, Q8) Russ Marchewka/Mike Placek

Russ Marchewka

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Resides:

Santa Ana, CA

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

California-Irvine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Aspen 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$83,340.00

Mike Placek

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompton Plains, NJ

Resides:

Cardiff, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

3rd (San Diego 2008)

Career Winnings:

$76,402.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	7	0	1	$37,700.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kelly Caldwell - 89th	Did not play
2006	Fernando Sabla - 33rd	Mike Szymanski - 33rd

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 2

Ryan Ammerman / Taylor Wilson (Q57)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:41

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 3

Shane Cervantes / Arri Jeschke (Q25)

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

1:10

Thu, 8/9/2007

Qualifier 4

Gray Garrett / Aaron Wexler (Q56)

Won 21-19, 21-7

0:46

Fri, 8/10/2007

Winner 1

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (6)

Lost 21-23, 17-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	23	8	5	0.130	7	1	2	5
	1	10	5	2	0.300	4	1	1	3
	2	13	3	3	0.000	3	0	1	2
Mike Placek	Total	25	9	4	0.200	0	9	0	2
	1	15	6	3	0.200	0	5	0	1
	2	10	3	1	0.200	0	4	0	1

Fri, 8/10/2007

Contender 1

Ben Koski / Jeff Minc (22)

Won 14-21, 21-17, 17-15

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	38	16	7	0.237	7	9	4	4
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	1	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	3	1	3	1
	3	14	4	3	0.071	4	6	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	33	15	9	0.182	0	14	0	0
	1	9	2	5	-0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	0
	3	15	7	3	0.267	0	7	0	0

Sat, 8/11/2007

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Bill Strickland (12)

Lost 16-21, 19-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	13	3	0.417	1	4	0	4
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	2	0	2
	2	17	8	1	0.412	1	2	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	28	11	1	0.357	0	10	1	1
	1	17	7	0	0.412	0	4	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	6	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	85	37	15	0.259	15	14	6	13
Mike Placek	86	35	14	0.244	0	33	1	3

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek lead the series against the field 4-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Medel/Souza 0-1
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Medel/Souza	6	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	23-21, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Ceman/Strickland 0-1
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Strickland	12	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Koski/Minc 1-0
8/10/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Koski/Minc	22	14-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:12
Lead the series against # Q25 Cervantes/Jeschke 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Cervantes/Jeschke	Q25	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # Q56 Garrett/Wexler 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Garrett/Wexler	Q56	21-19, 21-7	0:46
Lead the series against # Q57 Ammerman/Wilson 1-0
8/9/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Marchewka/Placek	27, Q8	Ammerman/Wilson	Q57	21-11, 21-16	0:41