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AVP Tour
$250,000 McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 20 - 23, 2006

(20) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 17th
2005	Jim Nichols - 41st	Adam Roberts - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	18	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	21	9th	144	$2,600.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / George Roumain (13)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	13	6	3	0.231	0	2	0	3
	1	5	1	3	-0.400	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	0	3
Steve Grotowski	Total	30	18	8	0.333	1	11	1	5
	1	18	11	5	0.333	0	7	0	3
	2	12	7	3	0.333	1	4	1	2

Fri, 7/21/2006

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (29, Q3)

Lost 28-30, 21-18, 13-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	13	4	0.281	1	16	0	1
	1	20	9	3	0.300	0	10	0	1
	2	9	2	0	0.222	1	5	0	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	46	24	8	0.348	5	8	0	0
	1	22	7	6	0.045	3	5	0	0
	2	14	11	1	0.714	0	3	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	45	19	7	0.267	1	18	0	4
Steve Grotowski	76	42	16	0.342	6	19	1	5
Total	121	61	23	0.314	7	37	1	9
Opponents	109	59	17	0.385	10	33	1	6

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 # 6 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
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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 13 Fonoimoana/Roumain 1-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Roumain	13	DiPierro/Grotowski	20	21-14, 21-17	0:41
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 Baxter/Ring 0-1
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	15	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-19, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Blanton/Prosser 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Prosser	16	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-18, 21-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q3 Fischer/Hill 0-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Fischer/Hill	29, Q3	DiPierro/Grotowski	20	30-28, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # Q15 Moran/Seiffert 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	Moran/Seiffert	31, Q8	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	1:13