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AVP Tour
$200,000 The Manhattan Beach Open
August 23 - 25, 2013

(11) Mike Placek/Bill Strickland

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

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Resides:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Dan Mintz - 33rd
2006	Mike Szymanski - 33rd	Ran Kumgisky - 17th
2007	Russ Marchewka - 17th	Canyon Ceman - 13th
2008	Russ Marchewka - 17th	Dax Holdren - 7th
2009	John Moran - 13th	Reid Priddy - 17th
Pro Beach 2011	Duncan Budinger - 13th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 9th
Pro Beach 2012	Kevin McColloch - 9th	Casey Jennings - 9th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

AVP Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2013

Winner 1

Nils Nielsen / Steven VanderWerp (22)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	17	5	2	0.176	0	15	1	1
	1	10	3	2	0.100	0	6	1	1
	2	7	2	0	0.286	0	9	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	33	18	4	0.424	1	3	2	0
	1	16	9	2	0.438	1	2	2	0
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 1

Adam Cabbage / Robbie Page (27, Q8)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	15	12	0	0.800	0	8	2	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	1	0
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	2
Bill Strickland	Total	26	16	3	0.500	1	6	0	0
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	5	0	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 2

Jeremy Casebeer / Andrew McGuire (21)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	24	14	4	0.417	0	14	2	3
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	5	2	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	0	1
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0
Bill Strickland	Total	40	21	7	0.350	1	5	1	0
	1	18	11	2	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	1	2	0	0
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/23/2013

Contender 3

Paul Baxter / Pedro Brazao (14)

Lost 21-10, 28-30, 12-15

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	Total	46	17	5	0.261	0	19	3	3
	1	18	4	1	0.167	0	6	1	1
	2	15	7	2	0.333	0	9	2	1
	3	13	6	2	0.308	0	4	0	1
Bill Strickland	Total	28	14	4	0.357	6	1	0	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	4	0	0	1
	2	16	6	3	0.188	2	1	0	1
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike Placek	102	48	11	0.363	0	56	8	9
Bill Strickland	127	69	18	0.402	9	15	3	3

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 14 Baxter/Brazao 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Brazao	14	Placek/Strickland	11	10-21, 30-28, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 21 Casebeer/McGuire 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Placek/Strickland	11	Casebeer/McGuire	21	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # 22 Nielsen/VanderWerp 0-1
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Nielsen/VanderWerp	22	Placek/Strickland	11	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Cabbage/Page 1-0
8/23/13	AVP	AVP Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Placek/Strickland	11	Cabbage/Page	27, Q8	21-11, 21-14	0:35