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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP Louisville Open
May 24 - 27, 2007

(17) Paul Baxter/Mike DiPierro

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00

Previous Louisville Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Louisville Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/25/2007

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Jason Lee (16)

Lost 15-21, 21-18, 15-17

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	20	7	0.342	1	8	0	1
	1	20	6	5	0.050	0	6	0	1
	2	11	9	1	0.727	1	2	0	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	0	0
Mike DiPierro	Total	36	18	3	0.417	5	12	1	0
	1	15	5	0	0.333	2	6	1	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	1	2	0	0
	3	12	8	2	0.500	2	4	0	0

Fri, 5/25/2007

Contender 1

Brent Doble / Ryan Mariano (15)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	30	20	1	0.633	0	15	0	0
	1	15	13	0	0.867	0	6	0	0
	2	15	7	1	0.400	0	9	0	0
Mike DiPierro	Total	25	16	4	0.480	1	3	0	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	0	0
	2	21	13	4	0.429	0	3	0	0

Sat, 5/26/2007

Contender 2

Anthony Medel / Fred Souza (7)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	16	10	4	0.375	1	0	0	2
	1	7	4	3	0.143	1	0	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	0	0	1
Mike DiPierro	Total	9	6	0	0.667	2	2	1	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	1	0
	2	3	2	0	0.667	2	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	84	50	12	0.452	2	23	0	3
Mike DiPierro	70	40	7	0.471	8	17	2	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Mike DiPierro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50

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
2007	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Mike DiPierro
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$300.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$4,425.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$3,787.50	2007	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,600.00
110	0	0	5	0	14	50	29	6	6	$110,435.75	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	12	11	$8,200.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2006-2007	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Baxter/DiPierro trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Medel/Souza 0-1
5/26/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 2	Medel/Souza	7	Baxter/DiPierro	17	21-17, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Doble/Mariano 1-0
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Contender 1	Baxter/DiPierro	17	Doble/Mariano	15	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Blanton/Lee 0-1
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Lee	16	Baxter/DiPierro	17	21-15, 18-21, 17-15	1:11