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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 (44 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 (43 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

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	3	0	$23,550.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	0	$24,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	89	0	0	0	0	5	13	16	21	0	$44,837.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$950.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,450.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$300.00	2001	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$787.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$850.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$475.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	11	$3,025.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	$1,612.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	23	60.5%	11	28.9%	4	10.5%	34-4	89.5%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	23-22	51.1%	13-10	56.5%	0	1	36-33	52.2%
2005-2006	14	63.6%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	14-14	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	14-16	46.7%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	10-14	41.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	6	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	31
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	33

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