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$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 1 - 3, 2008

(15) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Ty Tramblie - 59th	Did not play
2005	Kelly Caldwell - 57th	Did not play
2006	Dan Mintz - 41st	Dane Jensen - 33rd
2007	Chris Magill - 25th	Dane Jensen - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	17	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	19, Q1	13	108	$1,700.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2007	Cincinnati Open	23, Q9	13	156	$1,700.00
AVP	8/23-25/2007	Brooklyn Open	Q3	41	18	$0.00
AVP	8/9-12/2007	Manhattan Beach Open	27, Q8	17	104	$900.00

AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/2/2008

Winner 1

Paul Baxter / Canyon Ceman (18)

Lost 17-21, 26-24, 11-15

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	34	17	8	0.265	2	2	2	4
	1	13	5	5	0.000	0	0	1	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	2	1	1	2
	3	14	7	3	0.286	0	1	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	29	17	7	0.345	0	11	0	1
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	5	0	1
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	3	0	0
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	0	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 1

Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana (17)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	21	13	3	0.476	3	4	2	9
	1	12	10	0	0.833	2	2	1	4
	2	9	3	3	0.000	1	2	1	5
Mike Placek	Total	25	15	2	0.520	1	10	1	0
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	4	0	0
	2	14	10	1	0.643	1	6	1	0

Fri, 5/2/2008

Contender 2

Ty Loomis / Hans Stolfus (9)

Lost 23-25, 17-21

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	30	13	10	0.100	5	3	3	2
	1	14	7	4	0.214	2	2	0	0
	2	16	6	6	0.000	3	1	3	2
Mike Placek	Total	20	11	1	0.500	0	5	1	2
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	1	1
	2	9	3	1	0.222	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	85	43	21	0.259	10	9	7	15
Mike Placek	74	43	10	0.446	1	26	2	3

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 4-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-15, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/11/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	21-15, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 9 Loomis/Stolfus 2-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 2	Loomis/Stolfus	9	Marchewka/Placek	15	25-23, 21-17	1:03
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	17	Loomis/Stolfus	8	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:13
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Loomis/Stolfus	10	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 10 Mariano/Ratledge 0-2
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	11	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:50
8/31/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 2	Mariano/Ratledge	15	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Holdren/Strickland 0-1
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Contender 2	Holdren/Strickland	11	Marchewka/Placek	17	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Fonoimoana 1-0
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Blanton/Fonoimoana	17	21-17, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Baxter/Ceman 0-1
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Baxter/Ceman	18	Marchewka/Placek	15	21-17, 24-26, 15-11	1:18
Lead the series against # 20 Hannemann/Rester 1-0
4/19/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	17	Hannemann/Rester	16	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:15