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National Volleyball League
$75,000 NVL Malibu
July 23 - 24, 2011

(6) Adrian Carambula/Steve Grotowski

Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career NVL Best:

3rd (Malibu 2011)

Career Winnings:

$342,883.00

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

Awards

Top Rookie 2015
Most Entertaining Player 2019

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	1	0	0	$1,500.00
NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Pro Beach	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
Overall	11	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	$40,500.00

Previous Malibu Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Wide Open	6/25-26/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights	7	3rd	0	$2,500.00
Wide Open	6/11-12/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Siesta Key		5th	0	$2,000.00
P&R	9/2-5/2010	Cincinnati Players Championship	7, Q2	3rd	0	$5,000.00

NVL Malibu Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/23/2011

Winner 1

Mike Maghy / Ryan Ratelle (27, Q4)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:41

Sat, 7/23/2011

Winner 2

Ty Loomis / Mark Williams (11)

Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-7

0:58

Sat, 7/23/2011

Winner 3

Jeff Carlucci / Jon Mesko (14)

Won 21-19, 26-24

0:48

Sat, 7/23/2011

Winner 4

Paul Baxter / Kevin McColloch (7)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	Total	20	13	4	0.450	0	5	0	0
	1	7	2	4	-0.286	0	3	0	0
	2	13	11	0	0.846	0	2	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	15	12	1	0.733	5	4	2	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	3	2	1	0
	2	4	3	1	0.500	2	2	1	1

Sat, 7/23/2011

Semi-Finals

Joaquin Acosta / Ty Tramblie (8)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	Total	24	8	6	0.083	0	25	1	1
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	9	0	1
	2	14	3	4	-0.071	0	16	1	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	27	10	4	0.222	3	34	0	2
	1	13	4	4	0.000	2	16	0	1
	2	14	6	0	0.429	1	18	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Carambula	44	21	10	0.250	0	30	1	1
Steve Grotowski	42	22	5	0.405	8	38	2	3

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	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adrian Carambula												Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$21,500.00	World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$29,000.00	World Tour Finals
33	0	0	4	1	5	11	8	3	0	$135,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
51	2	1	1	7	11	13	2	2	0	$83,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$15,000.00	Confederation Championship
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
111	2	3	6	8	22	34	15	6	0	$300,200.00	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
2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2011	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adrian Carambula													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00
											2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$787.50
											2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$4,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	AVP
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	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
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	$2,425.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2011	Wide Open	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,400.00
15	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	1	6	$9,925.00	Total	Total	85	0	0	3	0	3	11	18	19	31	$36,887.50

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
2010-2011	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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

Head to Head Results
Carambula/Grotowski lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
9/2/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Qualifier 4	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	Q1	21-19, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
9/4/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Contender 1	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mariano/Ratledge	6	21-14, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Baxter/McColloch 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 4	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Baxter/McColloch	7	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Acosta/Tramblie 0-1
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Semi-Finals	Acosta/Tramblie	8	Carambula/Grotowski	6	21-13, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Loomis/Williams 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 2	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Loomis/Williams	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-7	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 Carlucci/Mesko 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 3	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Carlucci/Mesko	14	21-19, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Maghy/Ratelle 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 1	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Maghy/Ratelle	27, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:41