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National Volleyball League
$50,000 Texas Championships
June 23 - 25, 2016

(8) 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 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 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 San Antonio Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	5/20-22/2016	East Coast Championships	10, Q1	1st	1200	$7,000.00

Texas Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/24/2016	Winner 1	Matthew Clayton / John-Michael Plummer (9)	Won 21-14, 21-17
Fri, 6/24/2016	Winner 2	Dave Palm / Eric Zaun (1)	Lost 24-26, 16-21
Fri, 6/24/2016	Contender 2	TJ Cloud / Christopher Vaughan (14, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-18
Sat, 6/25/2016	Contender 3	Drew Hamilton / Daniel Lindsey (7)	Won 21-10, 21-10
Sat, 6/25/2016	Contender 4	Jeff Samuels / Travis Schoonover (3)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-10
Sat, 6/25/2016	Semi-Finals	Dave Palm / Eric Zaun (1)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 14-16

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 %
2016	NVL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	AVP	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	0	$24,350.00	36	33	52.2 %
Total	NVL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	12	3	80.0 %

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
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	NVL	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,062.50
											2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,625.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$2,750.00
											2013	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,900.00
											2014	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	AVP
8	0	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	$9,975.00	2015	NVL
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	2016	NVL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
87	1	1	3	1	7	17	31	14	12	$51,567.50	Total	Total	117	1	1	4	0	15	16	20	21	39	$76,650.00

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	12	57.1%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4-5	44.4%	12-4	75.0%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
2015-2016	12	57.1%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4-5	44.4%	12-4	75.0%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	8-8	50.0%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%

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 lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Palm/Zaun 0-2
6/25/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Semi-Finals	Palm/Zaun	1	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	19-21, 21-19, 16-14
6/24/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Winner 2	Palm/Zaun	1	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	26-24, 21-16
Lead the series against # 2 del Sol/Marciniak 1-0
5/22/16	NVL	East Coast Championships	Semi-Finals	DiPierro/Grotowski	10, Q1	Marciniak/del Sol	1	21-19, 15-21, 15-6
Series tied with # 3 Samuels/Schoonover 1-1
6/25/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Contender 4	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	Samuels/Schoonover	3	19-21, 21-13, 15-10
5/21/16	NVL	East Coast Championships	Winner 3	Samuels/Schoonover	3	DiPierro/Grotowski	10, Q1	21-18, 21-15	1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Hamilton/Lindsey 1-0
6/25/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Contender 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	Hamilton/Lindsey	7	21-10, 21-10
Lead the series against # 9 Clayton/Plummer 1-0
6/24/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	Clayton/Plummer	9	21-14, 21-17
Lead the series against # 10 Caban/Doubravsky 1-0
5/22/16	NVL	East Coast Championships	Finals	DiPierro/Grotowski	10, Q1	Caban/Doubravsky	12	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 Cloud/Vaughan 1-0
6/24/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Contender 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	Cloud/Vaughan	14, Q7	21-17, 21-18
Lead the series against # Q13 Back/Brown 1-0
5/20/16	NVL	East Coast Championships	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	10, Q1	Back/Brown	Q17	21-14, 21-18	0:42