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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Huntington Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 3 - 6, 2010

(16) 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 Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Jim VanZwieten - 25th	Ranse Jones - 57th
2005	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 33rd
2006	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/29-5/2/2010	AVP Santa Barbara Open	21	7th	370	$4,600.00
AVP	4/16-18/2010	AVP Fort Lauderdale Open	27, Q3	13th	240	$1,500.00

AVP Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/4/2010

Winner 1

Jonathan Acosta / Ty Loomis (17)

Lost 21-23, 24-26

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	28	12	5	0.250	0	11	1	1
	1	14	6	4	0.143	0	7	0	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	4	1	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	31	20	3	0.548	6	7	0	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	3	3	0	0
	2	17	13	1	0.706	3	4	0	1

Fri, 6/4/2010

Contender 1

Ed Lunnen / Mike Nelson (32)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	30	12	3	0.300	0	18	0	0
	1	18	8	3	0.278	0	8	0	0
	2	12	4	0	0.333	0	10	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	26	18	3	0.577	1	7	0	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	5	0	2
	2	15	11	2	0.600	1	2	0	1

Fri, 6/4/2010

Contender 2

Russ Marchewka / Ty Tramblie (18)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	11	5	1	0.364	0	5	0	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	4	0	0
	2	6	2	0	0.333	0	1	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	36	17	9	0.222	3	1	0	1
	1	16	8	5	0.188	2	0	0	1
	2	20	9	4	0.250	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	69	29	9	0.290	0	34	1	1
Steve Grotowski	93	55	15	0.430	10	15	0	5

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 17 Acosta/Loomis 0-1
6/4/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Loomis	17	DiPierro/Grotowski	16	23-21, 26-24	0:59
Trail the series against # 18 Marchewka/Tramblie 0-1
6/4/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Marchewka/Tramblie	18	DiPierro/Grotowski	16	21-14, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 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 # 32 Lunnen/Nelson 1-0
6/4/10	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	16	Lunnen/Nelson	32	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q10 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