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National Volleyball League
$75,000 Hermosa Beach Championships
August 6 - 8, 2015

(3) Mike DiPierro/Jon Mesko

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

Jon Mesko

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

1 (USAV IDQ Los Angeles 2012)

Career NVL Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$38,340.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,200.00
NVL	8	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	$19,950.00
Overall	9	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	$21,150.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2005	Did not play	Arqum Iqbal - 41st
AVP 2006	Did not play	Billy Allen - 41st
AVP 2007	Scott Davenport - 17th	Eyal Zimet - 41st
AVP 2009	Adam Roberts - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2010	Did not play	Evan Engle - 25th
Wide Open 2011	Did not play	Paul Baxter - 17th
Pro Beach 2011	Did not play	Scott Hill - 17th
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	Steven VanderWerp - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
NVL	7/16-18/2015	Midwest Championships	4	3rd	960	$2,500.00
NVL	7/10-12/2015	Milwaukee Championships	7	2nd	1080	$4,500.00
NVL	5/29-31/2015	Ocean City Championships	15, Q3	3rd	1200	$3,500.00
NVL	4/24-26/2015	Madeira Beach Championships	7	9th	600	$500.00
NVL	3/18-20/2015	Panama City Beach Championships	7	5th	840	$1,700.00

Hermosa Beach Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/7/2015	Winner 1	Will Flynn / Kibbee Jelks (14, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-18	1:09
Fri, 8/7/2015	Winner 2	Skyler McCoy / Mark Williams (6)	Won 21-19, 21-7	0:41
Fri, 8/7/2015	Winner 3	Dave Palm / Eric Zaun (2)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:54
Sat, 8/8/2015	Contender 4	Piotr Marciniak / Skylar del Sol (4)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:34

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Jon Mesko
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	55	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	15	0	$12,900.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$3,015.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	$250.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	82	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	20	8	$16,165.00

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
2009	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	3	1	75.0 %
2015	NVL	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,700.00	18	10	64.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	NVL	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,700.00	18	10	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Jon Mesko
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00	2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	$7,150.00	2007	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	$2,200.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$3,087.50	2008	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$4,150.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2008	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	$9,255.00	2009	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$5,090.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00	2010	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	NVL	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$2,062.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2011	Wide Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$637.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2012	USAV IDQ	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$125.00
											2012	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$2,250.00
											2013	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,775.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											2014	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$500.00
6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$7,350.00	2015	NVL	6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$7,350.00
82	0	1	2	1	5	17	31	14	11	$44,192.50	Total	Total	91	1	2	3	0	4	14	26	17	24	$30,840.00

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	17	73.9%	2	8.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	17-8	68.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	22-15	59.5%
2014-2015	17	73.9%	2	8.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	17-8	68.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	22-15	59.5%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	8-12	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Mesko lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Russell/Schoonover 0-1
7/17/15	NVL	Midwest Championships	Semi-Finals	Russell/Schoonover	2	DiPierro/Mesko	4	23-21, 21-18	0:50
Series tied with # 2 Palm/Zaun 1-1
8/7/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Winner 3	Palm/Zaun	2	DiPierro/Mesko	3	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
7/11/15	NVL	Milwaukee Championships	Winner 2	DiPierro/Mesko	7	Palm/Zaun	2	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 del Sol/Marciniak 0-1
8/8/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Contender 4	Marciniak/del Sol	4	DiPierro/Mesko	3	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 McCoy/Williams 2-1
8/7/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Winner 2	DiPierro/Mesko	3	McCoy/Williams	6	21-19, 21-7	0:41
7/17/15	NVL	Midwest Championships	Winner 3	DiPierro/Mesko	4	McCoy/Williams	8	21-18, 21-19	0:58
7/11/15	NVL	Milwaukee Championships	Finals	McCoy/Williams	12	DiPierro/Mesko	7	22-20, 26-24	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Hamilton/Lindsey 1-0
5/30/15	NVL	Ocean City Championships	Contender 2	DiPierro/Mesko	15, Q3	Hamilton/Lindsey	5	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Flynn/Jelks 2-0
8/7/15	NVL	Hermosa Beach Championships	Winner 1	DiPierro/Mesko	3	Flynn/Jelks	14, Q2	21-19, 21-18	1:09
5/29/15	NVL	Ocean City Championships	Qualifier 3	DiPierro/Mesko	15, Q3	Flynn/Jelks	Q11	21-11, 21-11	0:43