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AVP Tour
$250,000 Bud Light Santa Barbara Open
May 18 - 21, 2006

(25, Q1) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	25	17th	72	$600.00

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 2

Tim Ryan / Travis Schoonover (Q65)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:39

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 3

Blake Cantrell / Tim Nestlerode (Q32)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:56

Thu, 5/18/2006

Qualifier 4

Sean Allstot / Braidy Halverson (Q81)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:40

Fri, 5/19/2006

Winner 1

Nick Lucena / George Roumain (8)

Lost 21-19, 13-21, 12-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	26	15	4	0.423	2	4	0	0
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	0
	3	4	1	1	0.000	1	1	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	38	20	3	0.447	3	5	2	1
	1	15	11	1	0.667	3	1	0	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	3	0	0
	3	13	5	1	0.308	0	1	2	1

Fri, 5/19/2006

Contender 1

Eduardo Bacil / Jeff Carlucci (24)

Lost 19-21, 22-20, 18-20

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	47	24	6	0.383	1	14	0	0
	1	15	5	2	0.200	1	5	0	0
	2	17	10	1	0.529	0	3	0	0
	3	15	9	3	0.400	0	6	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	30	18	2	0.533	2	9	1	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	3	0	0
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	0
	3	12	7	0	0.583	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	73	39	10	0.397	3	18	0	0
Steve Grotowski	68	38	5	0.485	5	14	3	1
Total	141	77	15	0.440	8	32	3	1
Opponents	135	91	17	0.548	9	37	1	5

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Hyden/Nygaard	7	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Lucena/Roumain 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Roumain	8	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q1	19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Wong/Wong 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	Wong/Wong	9	24-22, 18-21, 17-15	1:39
Trail the series against # 24 Bacil/Carlucci 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Bacil/Carlucci	24	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q1	21-19, 20-22, 20-18	1:07
Lead the series against # Q32 Cantrell/Nestlerode 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q1	Cantrell/Nestlerode	Q32	21-17, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q65 Ryan/Schoonover 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q1	Ryan/Schoonover	Q65	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q81 Allstot/Halverson 1-0
5/18/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Qualifier 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q1	Allstot/Halverson	Q81	21-18, 21-14	0:40