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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam Brooklyn presented by Cushman and Wakefield
July 18 - 19, 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 Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Fernando Sabla - 33rd	Did not play
2007	Mike Placek - 41st	Russ Marchewka - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/10-12/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	18	13	156	$1,500.00
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	16	9	208	$2,100.00
AVP	6/20-22/2008	AVP Belmar Open	14	13	108	$1,700.00
AVP	6/5-8/2008	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	17	17	72	$700.00
AVP	5/30-6/1/2008	AVP Atlanta	15	17	72	$800.00
AVP	5/24-26/2008	AVP Louisville	11	9	144	$2,875.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	12	17	72	$800.00
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 Slam Brooklyn Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/18/2008

Winner 1

Canyon Ceman / Casey Patterson (18)

Lost 16-21, 20-22

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	24	11	7	0.167	4	0	1	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	1	0	1	0
	2	13	6	4	0.154	3	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	21	14	2	0.571	0	7	0	1
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	6	0	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	1	0	0

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 1

Joaquin Acosta / Jonathan Acosta (31)

Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-12

1:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	36	20	6	0.389	2	2	2	8
	1	15	4	3	0.067	1	1	1	3
	2	15	11	2	0.600	1	1	0	3
	3	6	5	1	0.667	0	0	1	2
Mike Placek	Total	24	13	5	0.333	0	14	1	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	1	0
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	7	0	2
	3	5	3	2	0.200	0	3	0	1

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 2

Mike Morrison / Ty Tramblie (17)

Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-13

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	55	31	12	0.345	2	3	3	5
	1	20	11	3	0.400	0	2	2	1
	2	21	11	6	0.238	1	0	0	3
	3	14	9	3	0.429	1	1	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	15	10	0	0.667	0	8	0	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	0
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	0	2
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	0

Fri, 7/18/2008

Contender 3

Matt Fuerbringer / Hans Stolfus (9)

Lost 27-25, 15-21, 11-15

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	Total	47	33	10	0.489	1	2	1	8
	1	16	13	2	0.688	1	2	0	4
	2	17	13	2	0.647	0	0	0	3
	3	14	7	6	0.071	0	0	1	1
Mike Placek	Total	20	9	4	0.250	0	6	1	1
	1	15	6	4	0.133	0	4	1	0
	2	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	3	4	2	0	0.500	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Russ Marchewka	162	95	35	0.370	9	7	7	23
Mike Placek	80	46	11	0.438	0	35	2	7

Head to Head Results
Marchewka/Placek trail the series against the field 7-13

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 # 2 Lucena/Scott 0-1
6/20/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Lucena/Scott	3	Marchewka/Placek	14	21-16, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Olson/Wong 0-2
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	1	Marchewka/Placek	16	21-13, 21-14	0:43
5/24/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Marchewka/Placek	11	21-16, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 6 Metzger/Williams 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	8	Marchewka/Placek	18	21-18, 21-19	1:00
Trail the series against # 9 Fuerbringer/Stolfus 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Stolfus	9	Marchewka/Placek	15	25-27, 21-15, 15-11	1:22
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 # 12 Baxter/Prosser 0-2
6/21/08	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Prosser	11	Marchewka/Placek	14	25-23, 21-15	1:04
5/30/08	AVP	AVP Atlanta	Winner 1	Baxter/Prosser	18	Marchewka/Placek	15	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:19
Lead the series against # 13 Allen/Halverson 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Marchewka/Placek	16	Allen/Halverson	17	21-17, 12-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Carlucci/Hannemann 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Marchewka/Placek	18	Carlucci/Hannemann	17	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:13
Series tied with # 17 Morrison/Tramblie 1-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 2	Marchewka/Placek	15	Morrison/Tramblie	17	21-15, 20-22, 15-13	1:18
6/6/08	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Morrison/Tramblie	16	Marchewka/Placek	17	21-12, 27-25	0:49
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Patterson 0-1
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 1	Ceman/Patterson	18	Marchewka/Placek	15	21-16, 22-20	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Moran/Zimet 1-0
5/25/08	AVP	AVP Louisville	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	11	Moran/Zimet	14	21-16, 21-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 31 Acosta/Acosta 3-0
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 1	Marchewka/Placek	15	Acosta/Acosta	31	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:37
4/10/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Qualifier 3	Marchewka/Placek	19, Q1	Acosta/Acosta	Q8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
8/30/07	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Qualifier 4	Marchewka/Placek	23, Q9	Acosta/Acosta	Q16	21-18, 21-18	0:46