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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Charleston
May 8 - 10, 2008

(12) 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 Charleston Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Eyal Zimet - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	15	13	108	$1,700.00
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 Charleston Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/8/2008

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Mark VanZwieten (21)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	35	19	4	0.429	0	3	0	1
	1	17	8	4	0.235	0	1	0	0
	2	18	11	0	0.611	0	2	0	1
Mike Placek	Total	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	1	2
	1	4	2	2	0.000	0	0	1	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	35	19	4	0.429	0	3	0	1
Mike Placek	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 3-6

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 # 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 # 6 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 21 DiPierro/VanZwieten 0-1
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 1	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	Marchewka/Placek	12	21-15, 21-18	0:44