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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Crocs Tour Tournament of Champions
September 4 - 6, 2009

(13) John Moran/Mike Placek

John Moran

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Hermosa Beach 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Chicago 2009)

Career Winnings:

$46,645.00

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	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1	1	$22,390.00

Previous Mason Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Scott Davenport - 25th	Did not play
2006	Did not play	Dane Jensen - 17th
2007	Jon Mesko - 25th	Russ Marchewka - 13th
2008	Eyal Zimet - 17th	Russ Marchewka - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/27-29/2009	Chicago Open	15	7	370	$5,700.00
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	15	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	15	13	240	$2,280.00
AVP	8/6-9/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	16	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	15	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/2-5/2009	Coney Island Open	13	9	300	$3,960.00

Tournament of Champions Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/4/2009

Winner 1

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena (4)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	20	14	0	0.700	0	0	0	3
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	0	0	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	0	0	2
Mike Placek	Total	9	4	0	0.444	0	1	1	1
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	1	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	0	0	1

Fri, 9/4/2009

Contender 1

Matt Olson / Kevin Wong (5)

Lost 13-21, 23-25

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	Total	12	4	5	-0.083	2	2	1	2
	1	4	1	2	-0.250	2	0	1	2
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	0
Mike Placek	Total	40	21	7	0.350	0	8	1	0
	1	19	8	5	0.158	0	5	0	0
	2	21	13	2	0.524	0	3	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Moran	32	18	5	0.406	2	2	1	5
Mike Placek	49	25	7	0.367	0	9	2	1

Head to Head Results
Moran/Placek trail the series against the field 2-12

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Moran/Placek	16	21-7, 21-12	0:38
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-2
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-18, 21-13	0:43
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Moran/Placek	15	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 4 Keenan/Lucena 0-1
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Winner 1	Keenan/Lucena	4	Moran/Placek	13	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Olson/Wong 0-1
9/4/09	AVP	Tournament of Champions	Contender 1	Olson/Wong	5	Moran/Placek	13	21-13, 25-23	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Brazao/Prosser 0-2
8/29/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	15-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:59
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Brazao/Prosser	10	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 9 Loomis/Patterson 0-3
8/22/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 3	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-19, 21-17	0:47
8/15/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 2	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	15	21-16, 21-18	0:56
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Loomis/Patterson	7	Moran/Placek	13	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Strickland/Wachtfogel 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Moran/Placek	15	Strickland/Wachtfogel	9	16-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 14 Medel/Stolfus 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Medel/Stolfus	4	Moran/Placek	13	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 DiPierro/Roberts 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Moran/Placek	15	DiPierro/Roberts	18	21-17, 21-19	0:40