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$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Fort Lauderdale Open
March 31 - April 2, 2006

(25) Mike DiPierro/Steve Grotowski

Mike DiPierro

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompano Beach, FL

Resides:

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

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Resides:

Boynton Beach, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Cincinnati 2013)

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 Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Mike Morales - 41st
2004	David DiPierro - 25th	Ranse Jones - 25th
2005	David DiPierro - 17th	Adam Roberts - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/2-5/2004	Chicago Open	28	17	86	$500.00

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/1/2006

Winner 1

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (8)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	15	6	2	0.267	1	10	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	1	9	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	26	17	4	0.500	1	2	0	4
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	0	0	3
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	2	0	1

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 1

Kevin Wong / Scott Wong (9)

Won 24-22, 18-21, 17-15

1:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	45	24	3	0.467	0	18	1	0
	1	19	11	1	0.526	0	8	1	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	6	0	0
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	27	16	1	0.556	3	11	3	5
	1	10	5	0	0.500	2	6	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	4	1	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	2	2

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 2

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (7)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	28	11	7	0.143	1	3	2	1
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	2	1	1
	2	16	6	4	0.125	1	1	1	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	23	11	4	0.304	2	1	0	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	0	2
	2	16	6	4	0.125	2	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	88	41	12	0.330	2	31	3	2
Steve Grotowski	76	44	9	0.461	6	14	3	12

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski trail the series against the field 1-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Hyden/Nygaard	7	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Lucena/Williams 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Williams	8	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Wong/Wong 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	Wong/Wong	9	24-22, 18-21, 17-15	1:39
Trail the series against # 11 Ring/Roumain 0-1
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Ring/Roumain	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	28	30-28, 21-18	0:49