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National Volleyball League
$100,000 Players Championships
September 8 - 11, 2016

(3) 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 Port St. Lucie Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Jon Mesko - 5th	Did not play
2016	Steve Grotowski - 1st	Mike DiPierro - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	8/26-28/2016	NVL Virginia Beach	5	2nd	1080	$4,500.00
NVL	7/14-16/2016	Midwest Championships	6	3rd	960	$2,500.00
NVL	6/23-25/2016	Texas Championships	8	3rd	960	$2,500.00
NVL	5/20-22/2016	East Coast Championships	10, Q1	1st	1200	$7,000.00

Players Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/9/2016	Pool C	Christopher Long / Kyle Stevenson (14, Q4)	Lost 18-21, 19-21
Fri, 9/9/2016	Pool C	Adam Cabbage / John Moran (11)	Lost 24-22, 16-21, 20-22
Sat, 9/10/2016	Pool C	John-Michael Plummer / Christopher Vaughan (6)	Won 21-10, 21-13
Sat, 9/10/2016	Winner 1	Matthew Clayton / Kristopher Fraser (12)	Won 21-14, 8-21, 15-5
Sun, 9/11/2016	Winner 2	Piotr Marciniak / Skylar del Sol (1)	Lost 21-12, 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	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00	21	9	70.0 %
Total	AVP	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	0	$24,350.00	36	33	52.2 %
Total	NVL	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00	21	9	70.0 %

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
6	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,750.00	2016	NVL	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,625.00
91	1	2	4	1	8	18	31	14	12	$56,567.50	Total	Total	120	1	2	5	0	16	16	20	21	39	$81,525.00

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	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 del Sol/Marciniak 1-3
9/11/16	NVL	Players Championships	Winner 2	Marciniak/del Sol	1	DiPierro/Grotowski	3	12-21, 21-19, 16-14
8/27/16	NVL	NVL Virginia Beach	Finals	Marciniak/del Sol	2	DiPierro/Grotowski	5	21-12, 18-21, 15-11
7/14/16	NVL	Midwest Championships	Winner 3	Marciniak/del Sol	2	DiPierro/Grotowski	6	23-21, 21-19
5/22/16	NVL	East Coast Championships	Semi-Finals	DiPierro/Grotowski	10, Q1	Marciniak/del Sol	1	21-19, 15-21, 15-6
Trail the series against # 2 Palm/Zaun 1-3
8/27/16	NVL	NVL Virginia Beach	Winner 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	5	Palm/Zaun	1	21-16, 18-21, 15-11
7/16/16	NVL	Midwest Championships	Semi-Finals	Palm/Zaun	1	DiPierro/Grotowski	6	24-26, 21-19, 15-9
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 # 4 Caban/Doubravsky 2-0
8/27/16	NVL	NVL Virginia Beach	Winner 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	5	Caban/Doubravsky	4	13-21, 21-17, 15-11
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 # 6 Plummer/Vaughan 1-0
9/10/16	NVL	Players Championships	Pool C	DiPierro/Grotowski	3	Plummer/Vaughan	6	21-10, 21-13
Lead the series against # 7 Mallin/Vandenburg 1-0
8/27/16	NVL	NVL Virginia Beach	Semi-Finals	DiPierro/Grotowski	5	Mallin/Vandenburg	6	15-21, 25-23, 15-9
Lead the series against # 10 Hamilton/Lindsey 1-0
6/25/16	NVL	Texas Championships	Contender 3	DiPierro/Grotowski	8	Hamilton/Lindsey	7	21-10, 21-10
Trail the series against # 11 Cabbage/Moran 0-1
9/9/16	NVL	Players Championships	Pool C	Cabbage/Moran	11	DiPierro/Grotowski	3	22-24, 21-16, 22-20
Lead the series against # 12 Clayton/Fraser 1-0
9/10/16	NVL	Players Championships	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	3	Clayton/Fraser	12	21-14, 8-21, 15-5
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Long/Stevenson 0-1
9/9/16	NVL	Players Championships	Pool C	Long/Stevenson	14, Q4	DiPierro/Grotowski	3	21-18, 21-19