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$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Virginia Beach Open presented by Twinlab
June 18 - 20, 2010

(13) 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 Virginia Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Todd Hart - 33rd	Did not play
2001	David DiPierro - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/3-6/2010	AVP Huntington Beach Open	16	17th	190	$700.00
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 Virginia Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/19/2010

Winner 1

Albert Hannemann / Scott Lane (20)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	23	13	3	0.435	2	8	0	0
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	5	0	0
	2	8	5	1	0.500	2	3	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	16	9	2	0.438	4	1	3	2
	1	9	4	1	0.333	3	1	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	1	0	3	1

Sat, 6/19/2010

Winner 2

Casey Patterson / Kevin Wong (4)

Lost 13-21, 24-26

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	36	20	9	0.306	1	8	0	1
	1	14	8	4	0.286	1	2	0	1
	2	22	12	5	0.318	0	6	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	17	5	6	-0.059	0	3	4	1
	1	9	2	3	-0.111	0	3	0	1
	2	8	3	3	0.000	0	0	4	0

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 2

Matt Heagy / Travis Schoonover (30, Q16)

Won 21-6, 21-16

0:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	21	16	0	0.762	1	3	1	0
	1	7	3	0	0.429	1	1	1	0
	2	14	13	0	0.929	0	2	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	12	8	1	0.583	1	5	5	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	3	2	1
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	3	1

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 3

Mike Morrison / Eyal Zimet (11)

Won 21-17, 28-26

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	19	9	3	0.316	0	5	2	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	1	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	29	22	2	0.690	1	6	1	2
	1	12	10	0	0.833	0	4	1	1
	2	17	12	2	0.588	1	2	0	1

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 4

Paul Baxter / Austin Rester (10)

Won 27-25, 17-21, 18-16

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	21	4	0.531	0	12	0	1
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	3	0	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	3	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	6	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	38	26	3	0.605	0	3	3	5
	1	14	10	2	0.571	0	1	2	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	1	0	2
	3	14	9	1	0.571	0	1	1	2

Sun, 6/20/2010

Contender 5

Bill Strickland / Aaron Wachtfogel (3)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	20	7	5	0.100	1	9	0	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	1	5	0	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	33	17	6	0.333	2	5	1	6
	1	18	7	4	0.167	2	2	1	4
	2	15	10	2	0.533	0	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	151	86	24	0.411	5	45	3	5
Steve Grotowski	145	87	20	0.462	8	23	17	18

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
6/20/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 5	Strickland/Wachtfogel	3	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Patterson/Wong 0-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Winner 2	Patterson/Wong	4	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	21-13, 26-24	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 10 Baxter/Rester 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Baxter/Rester	10	27-25, 17-21, 18-16	1:14
Lead the series against # 11 Morrison/Zimet 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Morrison/Zimet	11	21-17, 28-26	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 Hannemann/Lane 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Hannemann/Lane	20	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Heagy/Schoonover 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Heagy/Schoonover	30, Q16	21-6, 21-16	0:27
Lead the series against # Q3 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