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$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam McDonalds Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 10 - 12, 2008

(21) Mike DiPierro/Mark VanZwieten

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

Mark VanZwieten

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 5, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompano Beach, FL

Height:

6'1"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Saint Quay Portrieux 2005)

Career AVP Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$17,540.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$4,075.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,400.00
NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	US$6,475.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Did not play
2005	Jim Nichols - 41st	Steve VanZwieten - 41st
2006	Steve Grotowski - 25th	Did not play
2007	Eyal Zimet - 9th	Joey Dykstra - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	21	9th	144	$2,875.00

AVP Slam Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (12)

Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	22	16	3	0.591	4	5	1	1
	1	13	10	2	0.615	1	1	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	4	1	0
	3	2	2	0	1.000	3	0	0	0
Mark VanZwieten	Total	39	22	4	0.462	0	9	0	3
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	3	0	2
	3	13	7	2	0.385	0	2	0	0

Fri, 7/11/2008

Winner 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (5)

Lost 22-24, 17-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	25	12	6	0.240	3	2	1	0
	1	12	6	4	0.167	2	0	1	0
	2	13	6	2	0.308	1	2	0	0
Mark VanZwieten	Total	29	12	6	0.207	0	11	1	4
	1	19	8	2	0.316	0	6	1	3
	2	10	4	4	0.000	0	5	0	1

Fri, 7/11/2008

Contender 2

Jason Lee / Austin Rester (22)

Lost 21-17, 13-21, 11-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	20	10	4	0.300	6	1	0	3
	1	8	4	1	0.375	5	1	0	1
	2	9	5	3	0.222	1	0	0	2
	3	3	1	0	0.333	0	0	0	0
Mark VanZwieten	Total	48	20	10	0.208	0	11	0	5
	1	20	8	4	0.200	0	4	0	1
	2	12	5	3	0.167	0	0	0	3
	3	16	7	3	0.250	0	7	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	67	38	13	0.373	13	8	2	4
Mark VanZwieten	116	54	20	0.293	0	31	1	12

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$4,075.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
Total	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$6,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Mark VanZwieten
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	8	0	$12,377.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$275.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	66	0	1	0	1	1	9	17	8	0	$13,977.50

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
2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,575.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,575.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Mark VanZwieten
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
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$275.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00	2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$150.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,150.00	2007	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	$1,525.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$2,837.50	2008	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,187.50
50	0	0	0	0	0	8	19	12	11	$16,587.50	Total	Total	38	0	1	0	0	1	7	6	6	17	$5,637.50

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	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
2007-2008	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-5	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	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	9

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/VanZwieten trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 0-1
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	21-15, 25-23	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	24-22, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	Mariano/Ratledge	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 18 Marchewka/Placek 1-0
5/8/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Winner 1	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	Marchewka/Placek	12	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Lee/Rester 0-1
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Contender 2	Lee/Rester	22	DiPierro/VanZwieten	21	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	1:07