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AVP Tour
$183,000 Atlanta Open
July 6 - 9, 2006

(21) 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 Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	25, Q2	13th	108	$1,400.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / George Roumain (12)

Won 21-16, 18-21, 18-16

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	23	2	0.656	2	7	1	1
	1	13	11	0	0.846	0	1	1	0
	2	16	11	1	0.625	1	3	0	1
	3	3	1	1	0.000	1	3	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	39	22	9	0.333	1	3	1	3
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
	2	13	5	4	0.077	0	2	1	1
	3	19	10	5	0.263	1	0	0	1

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	23	12	3	0.391	2	2	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	2
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	24	16	6	0.417	6	1	0	1
	1	14	8	4	0.286	0	0	0	1
	2	7	6	1	0.714	2	1	0	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	4	0	0	0

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 3

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (4)

Lost 11-21, 19-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	38	17	8	0.237	0	10	0	1
	1	18	8	4	0.222	0	2	0	1
	2	20	9	4	0.250	0	8	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	9	5	1	0.444	2	2	0	0
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	2	1	0	0

Sat, 7/8/2006

Contender 3

Hans Stolfus / Aaron Wachtfogel (7)

Lost 22-24, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	15	6	0.281	0	7	0	0
	1	17	10	4	0.353	0	3	0	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	14	3	0.440	3	2	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	1	0	2
	2	14	7	2	0.357	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	125	67	19	0.384	4	26	1	4
Steve Grotowski	97	57	19	0.392	12	8	1	6
Total	222	124	38	0.387	16	34	2	10
Opponents	234	132	38	0.402	10	38	6	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Hyden/Nygaard 0-2
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Nygaard	4	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	21-11, 21-19	0:38
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 # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	7	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	24-22, 21-19	0:47
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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 Fonoimoana/Roumain 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Fonoimoana/Roumain	12	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	1:12
Trail the series against # 14 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 # Q4 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 # Q11 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