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April 29 - May 2, 2010

(21) 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:

16

Tournaments:

93

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:

14

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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 25th
2006	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Mike DiPierro - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/16-18/2010	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	27, Q3	13th	240	$1,500.00

AVP Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 4/30/2010

Winner 1

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (12)

Lost 21-16, 26-28, 12-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	35	22	5	0.486	0	7	0	0
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	1	0	0
	2	16	10	2	0.500	0	4	0	0
	3	7	3	2	0.143	0	2	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	38	23	5	0.474	4	6	2	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	2	2	1
	2	15	11	1	0.667	2	3	0	0
	3	13	6	3	0.231	1	1	0	0

Fri, 4/30/2010

Contender 1

Colin Kaslow / Tim Wooliver (28, Q6)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-7

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	34	18	9	0.265	3	5	1	1
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	0
	2	16	10	4	0.375	1	2	0	1
	3	8	3	2	0.125	2	1	1	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	32	19	8	0.344	3	7	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	2	3	0	0
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	3	0	2
	3	9	5	2	0.333	1	1	0	0

Fri, 4/30/2010

Contender 2

Curtis Jackson / Kevin McColloch (22)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 18-16

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	28	15	6	0.321	0	11	1	3
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	1	2
	2	8	2	4	-0.250	0	3	0	0
	3	13	9	2	0.538	0	6	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	30	24	2	0.733	4	2	2	1
	1	14	11	1	0.714	2	1	0	1
	2	9	8	0	0.889	2	1	1	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	1	0

Sat, 5/1/2010

Contender 3

Jonathan Acosta / Eyal Zimet (20)

Won 21-16, 15-21, 20-18

1:16

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	43	17	8	0.209	0	17	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	8	0	1
	2	11	3	4	-0.091	0	5	0	1
	3	21	8	2	0.286	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	34	21	3	0.529	2	5	1	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	0	0
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	2	0	0
	3	11	5	2	0.273	2	0	1	0

Sat, 5/1/2010

Contender 4

Pedro Brazao / Fred Souza (9)

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

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	18	10	1	0.500	0	9	0	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	2	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	0	0
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	30	17	6	0.367	5	3	2	6
	1	11	6	3	0.273	1	1	0	2
	2	9	6	2	0.444	2	0	2	3
	3	10	5	1	0.400	2	2	0	1

Sat, 5/1/2010

Contender 5

John Hyden / Sean Scott (2)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 16-18

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	27	15	4	0.407	0	16	0	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	5	0	0
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	9	0	0
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	2
Steve Grotowski	Total	46	27	6	0.457	4	3	2	5
	1	20	9	3	0.300	2	1	1	2
	2	11	9	2	0.636	2	0	1	1
	3	15	9	1	0.533	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	185	97	33	0.346	3	65	2	9
Steve Grotowski	210	131	30	0.481	22	26	9	15

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$6,100.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	3	0	$14,700.00	29	25	53.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,050.00	2010	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,050.00
66	0	0	0	1	1	13	27	13	11	$30,342.50	Total	Total	73	0	0	0	0	1	9	16	18	29	$23,162.50

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 8-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-1
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	Hyden/Scott	2	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:05
Trail the series against # 3 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
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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 Brazao/Souza 1-0
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Brazao/Souza	9	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 12 Allen/Halverson 0-1
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	12	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	16-21, 28-26, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 20 Acosta/Zimet 1-0
5/1/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Acosta/Zimet	20	21-16, 15-21, 20-18	1:16
Lead the series against # 22 Jackson/McColloch 1-0
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Jackson/McColloch	22	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	1:13
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 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 # 28, Q6 Kaslow/Wooliver 2-0
4/30/10	AVP	AVP Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Kaslow/Wooliver	28, Q6	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:56
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