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$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open
May 26 - 28, 2006

(27, Q2) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Jim VanZwieten - 25th	Ranse Jones - 57th
2005	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	25, Q1	25th	52	$350.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	25	17th	72	$600.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 2

Jason Olive / Jesse Webster (Q63)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:48

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 3

Seth Burnham / Jack Quinn (Q34)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:42

Fri, 5/26/2006

Qualifier 4

Jim VanZwieten / Mark VanZwieten (Q15)

Won 21-10, 21-12

0:33

Sat, 5/27/2006

Winner 1

Karch Kiraly / Larry Witt (6)

Lost 21-19, 18-21, 9-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	41	21	9	0.293	1	8	0	0
	1	15	7	3	0.267	1	2	0	0
	2	17	8	3	0.294	0	6	0	0
	3	9	6	3	0.333	0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	8	0	4
	1	7	5	2	0.429	0	5	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	2	0	0
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	1	0	3

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 1

Aaron Boss / Albert Hannemann (22)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	22	11	3	0.364	2	9	0	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	5	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	21	14	0	0.667	0	5	2	1
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	1	1	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	4	1	0

Sat, 5/27/2006

Contender 2

Reid Priddy / Mark Williams (12)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	12	5	4	0.083	0	4	0	2
	1	7	3	3	0.000	0	3	0	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	24	12	7	0.208	1	7	1	4
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	4	1	1
	2	11	5	4	0.091	1	3	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	75	37	16	0.280	3	21	0	3
Steve Grotowski	65	39	9	0.462	1	20	3	9
Total	140	76	25	0.364	4	41	3	12
Opponents	136	79	15	0.471	12	38	16	13

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,550.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$2,050.00	9	8	52.9 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$1,150.00	2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$775.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	10	11	$3,325.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	7	$1,912.50

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	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	0	0.0%	3	25.0%	9	75.0%	0-12	0.0%	14-18	43.8%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	11-15	42.3%

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 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Kiraly/Witt 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Witt	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Priddy/Williams 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Priddy/Williams	12	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 22 Boss/Hannemann 1-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	Boss/Hannemann	22	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 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 # Q15 VanZwieten/VanZwieten 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	Q15	21-10, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q34 Burnham/Quinn 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	Burnham/Quinn	Q34	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # Q63 Olive/Webster 1-0
5/26/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q2	Olive/Webster	Q63	21-14, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # Q75 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