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$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Gatorade Fort Lauderdale Open
April 16 - 18, 2010

(27, Q3) 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 Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Mike Morales - 41st
2004	David DiPierro - 25th	Ranse Jones - 25th
2005	David DiPierro - 17th	Adam Roberts - 25th
2006	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

AVP Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/16/2010

Qualifier 2

Larry Dezenzo / Mike Kinsler (Q62)

Won 21-8, 21-9

0:34

Fri, 4/16/2010

Qualifier 3

Adrian Carambula / Matt Heath (Q35)

Won 21-9, 21-16

0:38

Fri, 4/16/2010

Qualifier 4

Colin Kaslow / Tim Wooliver (Q19)

Won 14-21, 21-12, 15-12

0:59

Sat, 4/17/2010

Winner 1

Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena (6)

Lost 20-22, 21-19, 10-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	41	24	4	0.488	1	16	0	1
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	0	0
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	10	0	1
	3	10	5	1	0.400	1	3	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	15	3	0.480	2	7	1	6
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	3	1	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	1	2	0	2
	3	6	2	1	0.167	0	2	0	3

Sat, 4/17/2010

Contender 1

Mike Bruning / Dana Camacho (22)

Won 21-11, 21-14

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	21	8	2	0.286	0	11	1	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	7	1	1
	2	12	3	2	0.083	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	14	1	0.520	0	6	5	1
	1	12	5	0	0.417	0	3	3	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	2	1

Sat, 4/17/2010

Contender 2

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (5)

Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-10

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	35	18	7	0.314	0	8	1	2
	1	13	8	2	0.462	0	4	1	1
	2	12	5	2	0.250	0	2	0	1
	3	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	26	13	4	0.346	3	4	2	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	1	1	1
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	2	0	0
	3	8	6	0	0.750	1	1	1	1

Sat, 4/17/2010

Contender 3

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (4)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 17-19

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	13	3	0.313	1	15	0	5
	1	11	3	2	0.091	1	3	0	2
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	4	0	2
	3	9	3	1	0.222	0	8	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	43	28	8	0.465	2	5	3	5
	1	14	11	3	0.571	0	2	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	1	1	3
	3	18	9	4	0.278	1	2	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	129	63	16	0.364	2	50	2	9
Steve Grotowski	119	70	16	0.454	7	22	11	14

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$8,100.00	19	19	50.0 %
2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	0	$10,100.00	25	23	52.1 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00	2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$4,050.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,150.00	2007	AVP
											2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$3,087.50	2008	AVP
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	$9,255.00	2009	AVP
											2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00
											2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
65	0	0	0	1	0	13	27	13	11	$28,042.50	Total	Total	72	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	18	29	$20,862.50

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%
2009-2010	8	53.3%	6	40.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	8-5	61.5%	0	1	16-12	57.1%
Against the Field	4	33.3%	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2-9	18.2%	8-8	50.0%	18-10	64.3%	0	1	13-10	56.5%

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 6-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-1
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	21-16, 17-21, 19-17	1:08
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Mayer/Nygaard 1-0
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Mayer/Nygaard	5	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	1:22
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Lucena 0-1
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 22 Bruning/Camacho 1-0
4/17/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Bruning/Camacho	22	21-11, 21-14	0:53
Lead the series against # Q19 Kaslow/Wooliver 1-0
4/16/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Kaslow/Wooliver	Q19	14-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # Q35 Carambula/Heath 1-0
4/16/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Carambula/Heath	Q35	21-9, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q62 Dezenzo/Kinsler 1-0
4/16/10	AVP	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	Qualifier 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	27, Q3	Dezenzo/Kinsler	Q62	21-8, 21-9	0:34