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AVP Tour
$183,000 Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
June 29 - July 2, 2006

(25, 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 Seaside Heights Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	27, Q2	17th	72	$600.00
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

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 6/29/2006

Qualifier 2

Matthew Terrell / Peter Weremay (Q31)

Won 21-19, 21-13

0:44

Thu, 6/29/2006

Qualifier 3

Jake Elliott / Joshua Zuidema (Q15)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:39

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 1

Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (8)

Won 21-16, 23-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	23	13	0	0.565	0	6	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	4	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	29	16	8	0.276	2	10	1	2
	1	11	8	2	0.545	1	3	0	1
	2	18	8	6	0.111	1	7	1	1

Fri, 6/30/2006

Winner 2

Ty Loomis / Ed Ratledge (9)

Lost 14-21, 12-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	39	12	8	0.103	0	12	1	0
	1	22	7	4	0.136	0	8	1	0
	2	17	5	4	0.059	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	16	7	4	0.188	0	3	0	4
	1	5	1	2	-0.200	0	1	0	2
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	2	0	2

Fri, 6/30/2006

Contender 2

AJ Mihalic / Chad Mowrey (23, Q1)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	23	16	0	0.696	0	10	1	1
	1	17	12	0	0.706	0	7	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	3	1	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	17	10	4	0.353	3	1	0	1
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	3	0	0	0

Sat, 7/1/2006

Contender 3

Brad Keenan / John Mayer (18)

Lost 10-21, 18-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	8	5	0	0.625	0	8	1	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	3	1	0
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	5	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	26	10	10	0.000	0	1	1	6
	1	12	3	5	-0.167	0	0	0	3
	2	14	7	5	0.143	0	1	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	93	46	8	0.409	0	36	3	3
Steve Grotowski	88	43	26	0.193	5	15	2	13
Total	181	89	34	0.304	5	51	5	16
Opponents	163	88	23	0.399	13	49	4	16

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,950.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$3,450.00	13	10	56.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$1,850.00	2006	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$1,475.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	10	11	$4,025.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	7	$2,612.50

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	5	62.5%	3	37.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	10-16	38.5%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	Doble/Mariano	8	21-16, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Loomis/Ratledge	9	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 18 Keenan/Mayer 0-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Keenan/Mayer	18	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	21-10, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	Mihalic/Mowrey	23, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q15 Elliott/Zuidema 1-0
6/29/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	Elliott/Zuidema	Q15	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q31 Terrell/Weremay 1-0
6/29/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	Terrell/Weremay	Q31	21-19, 21-13	0:44