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$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Long Beach Open presented by Malibu Rum
July 24 - 25, 2010

(13) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Mark VanZwieten - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/25-27/2010	AVP Belmar Open	13	9th	300	$2,600.00
AVP	6/18-20/2010	AVP Virginia Beach Open	13	7th	370	$4,600.00
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 Long Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2010

Winner 1

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (4)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	0	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	0	0	1
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	0	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	22	12	8	0.182	0	1	0	1
	1	11	5	4	0.091	0	1	0	0
	2	11	7	4	0.273	0	0	0	1

Sat, 7/24/2010

Contender 1

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (12)

Lost 13-11 Retired

0:17

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	0	1
Steve Grotowski	22	12	8	0.182	0	1	0	1

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	$15,750.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	AVP	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	0	$24,350.00	36	33	52.2 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00
70	0	0	0	1	2	15	28	13	11	$35,167.50	Total	Total	77	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	18	29	$27,987.50

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	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5	55.6%	0-9	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	1	4-10	28.6%

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 trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 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 2-2
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	21-17, 21-13	0:36
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
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
Trail the series against # 5 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-2
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 3	Strickland/Wachtfogel	5	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	21-15, 17-21, 23-21	1:16
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 # 6 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 # 8 Mayer/Prosser 0-1
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Contender 4	Mayer/Prosser	15	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	21-19, 21-19	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 12 Allen/Halverson 0-2
7/24/10	AVP	AVP Long Beach Open	Contender 1	Allen/Halverson	12	DiPierro/Grotowski	13	13-11 Retired	0:17
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 # 14 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