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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open presented by McDonald's
September 2 - 5, 2004

(28) Mike DiPierro/Steve Grotowski

Mike DiPierro

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompano Beach, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Lindenwood University
St. Louis Junior

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$56,817.50

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Cincinnati 2013)

Career Winnings:

$82,274.60

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	$24,350.00
NVL	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00
Overall	22	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	3	7	3	$43,600.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 1

Jake Gibb / Adam Jewell (5)

Lost 13-21, 20-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	20	6	7	-0.050	0	17	0	1
	1	10	1	3	-0.200	0	7	0	0
	2	10	5	4	0.100	0	10	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	14	7	0.280	4	2	1	3
	1	13	6	4	0.154	4	1	0	2
	2	12	8	3	0.417	0	1	1	1

Fri, 9/3/2004

Contender 1

Matt Heath / Ty Loomis (21)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	8	8	0	1.000	1	6	2	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	1	3	2	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	3	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	33	19	7	0.364	0	9	0	5
	1	15	10	3	0.467	0	3	0	2
	2	18	9	4	0.278	0	6	0	3

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 2

Jason Ring / George Roumain (6)

Lost 28-30, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	29	19	3	0.552	0	11	0	0
	1	24	15	2	0.542	0	7	0	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	35	21	11	0.286	2	4	1	1
	1	14	9	4	0.357	1	2	0	0
	2	21	12	7	0.238	1	2	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	57	33	10	0.404	1	34	2	3
Steve Grotowski	93	54	25	0.312	6	15	2	9
Total	150	87	35	0.347	7	49	4	12
Opponents	130	66	13	0.408	20	21	3	7

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Jewell 0-1
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Jewell	5	DiPierro/Grotowski	28	21-13, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Ring/Roumain 0-1
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Ring/Roumain	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	28	30-28, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 Heath/Loomis 1-0
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	28	Heath/Loomis	21	21-14, 21-16	0:41