NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The No. 4 State University of New York at New Paltz men's volleyball team is venturing out to the Midwest for a five-match road trip in a span of four days from March 15-18.
SCHEDULE: The Hawks start their trip in Illinois against Benedictine University and No. 12 Dominican (Ill.) University on March 15-16. New Paltz will then compete in a tri-match on March 17 in Milwaukee against the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and Lakeland College. Their trip will be concluded with a visit to Kenosha, Wisc. where the Hawks will meet No. 7 Carthage College on March 18.
RECORDS: New Paltz is 12-3, 5-1 in the United Volleyball Conference (UVC)…. Benedictine sits at 6-11, 3-6 in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL)…. Dominican (Ill.) is 11-7, 6-2 in the MCVL… Milwaukee School of Engineering is 11-9, 3-5 in the MCVL… Lakeland is 11-12, 5-3 in the MCVL… Carthage is 12-4, 9-0 in the MCVL.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS: The No. 4 ranked Hawks are currently riding a six-match winning streak, to which they've only dropped three sets… During this stretch, some notable victories include No. 1 ranked Kean University, (3-0) at home and No. 8 ranked Nazareth College, (3-2) at Vassar College… The Hawks are ready for this coming week after defeating No. 10 NYU in three sets (25-14, 25-19, 25-21) on Thursday night in the Hawk Center… Junior middle blocker
Christopher Husmann finished the match with 11 kills, a .786 hitting percentage (11-0-14), two block assists, and one service ace… Husmann currently leads Division III and the UVC in hitting percentage (.541)… Freshman outside hitter
Anthony Bonilla had nine kills, two aces, two digs, and one block assist… Junior setter
Christian Smith ended the match with a team-high 18 assists and nine digs… Smith also had six kills, hitting .455 (6-1-11), including the 500
th of his career… Sophomore middle blocker
Steven Woessner and senior setter
John Lutjen both tallied six kills.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Bonilla (2.82 per set), Husmann (2.62 per set), Smith (2.29 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Husmann (.541),
Misa Garo (.500),
Gus Gregory (0.391)
Assists: Smith (5.63 per set), Lutjen (5.15 per set),
Mitchell Kennedy (4.41 per set)
Service Aces: Woessner (0.39 per set), Bonilla (0.34 per set), Lutjen (0.30 per set)
Digs: Kevin Nardone (2.22 per set), Bonilla (1.30 per set), Smith (1.21 per set)
Blocks: Woessner (0.76 per set), Husmann (0.72 per set), Smith (0.48 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively, the Hawks lead the UVC in assists per set (12.18) and kills per set (12.98)… They are second in service aces per set (1.96) and in hitting percentage (.319)... Defensively, they are number one in opponent assists (7.98 per set) and opponent kills (8.45 per set)... The Hawks are tied for second in opponent service aces allowing 1.18 per set… They hold the number three spot in opponent blocks with 1.72 per set… The Hawks are currently number one in the all of Division III volleyball in assists per set with 12.15.
SCOUTING BENEDICTINE: Benedictine University is coming off a 3-1 win over Loras College on Wednesday night in the Dan and Ada Rice center… Freshman outside hitter Eric Tarnow led BenU with 16 kills and four block assists… Freshman outside hitter Charles Morell finished the match with 14 kills and only three errors, finishing with a .407 attack percentage for the night… Freshman setter Markus Riemer tallied 12 digs and had 38 assists to lead the defense to the victory… Freshman middle hitter Zach Loeding had six of the teams 16 blocks in the match and also contributed two solo blocks…. This is the first season of collegiate volleyball for the Eagles… Benedictine is led by head coach Dan Buehring.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Sterling Glover (3.09 per set), Tarnow (2.38 per set), John Mathews (2.00 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Ian Thompson (1.000), Riemer (.286), Lewis Stein (.200)
Assists: Riemer (8.64 per set)
Service Aces: Jake Moran (.24 per set), Tarnow (.21 per set)
Digs: Thompson (2.81 per set), Riemer (2.70 per set), Mathews (2.07 per set)
Blocks: Loeding (1.24 per set), Dan Gibadlo (.94 per set), Stein (.79 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: Benedictine ranks second in the MCVL in digs (11.97 per set) and blocks (2.54 per set).
SCOUTING DOMINICAN: The No. 12-ranked Stars will host New Paltz in the midst of a four-match winning streak, to which they've only dropped three sets in that span… The Stars defeated No. 13 MIT (25-18, 24-26, 21-25, 25-18, 25-9) on Tuesday night in a non-conference match… Sophomore outside hitter Jeremy Royko finished the match with 18 kills, hitting .471 for the match, and added 17 digs, three blocks, and two aces… Sophomore setter Alex Coyne dished out 51 assists, had 14 digs, and three blocks to finish the night… Sophomore outside hitter/libero Robert Mead collected 11 digs in the match.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Luke Spicer (2.60 per set), Zachery Sinn (2.40 per set), Royko (2.39 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Mason Solbrig (.503), Aiden Spangler (.476), Nick Timreck (.379)
Assists: Coyne (10.44 per set)
Service Aces: Royko (.32 per set), Mason Solbrig (.25 per set), Brad McFarland (.21 per set)
Digs: Brooks Nevrly (2.44 per set), Royko (1.68 per set), Coyne (1.54 per set)
Blocks: Solbrig (1.08 per set), Coyne (.87 per set), Timreck (.82 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively, Dominican leads the MCVL in hitting pct (.264) and ranks second in service aces (1.23 per set)… Defensively, the Stars are tied for fourth in blocks (2.22 per set).
SCOUTING MSOE: To start the season, MSOE went 7-1 in the month of January… In February, the Engineers jumped to the other side of the spectrum, going 2-7… Nick Manning leads all teammates thus far with 3.42 kills per set, followed by Neil Naughton (2.71 per set), and Joe Humpal (2.37 per set)… The Raiders will face both Lakeland and Kean on Saturday, March 14 at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Manning (3.42 per set), Naughton (2.71 per set), Humpal (2.37 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Ben Clarke (.394), Quin Krisik (.357), Brett Herbers (.352)
Assists: Krisik (10.77 per set)
Service Aces: Krisik (.44 per set), Manning (.41 per set), Scott Boyk (.35 per set)
Digs: Adam Vlaj (2.04 per set), Manning (1.76 per set), Krisik (1.75 per set)
Blocks: Caleb Schober (1.00 per set), Naughton (.92 per set), Herbers (.67 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Milwaukee School of Engineering leads the MCVL in total service aces (53), is tied for first in total assists (384), and rank second in total kills (398).
SCOUTING LAKELAND: Some notable match ups on Lakeland's schedule include wins against then-No. 12 Elmira (3-0), then-No. 14 MSOE (3-1), and then-No. 15 Medaille (3-1)… In the month of March, Alex Redlich leads all teammates thus far with 46.5 total points, followed by Matt Stolz with 42.5, and Tim Robbins with 33… The Muskies will face MSOE and Kean on Saturday, March 14 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Redlich (3.97 per set), Anthony Puccini (3.20 per set), Stolz (2.54 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Jordan Smith (.340), Redlich (.254), Robbins (.252)
Assists: Smith (9.70 per set), Kevin Munoz (5.33 per set)
Service Aces: Dan Matijevic (.40 per set), Stolz (.30 per set), Redlich (.29 per set)
Digs: Cole Aiazzi (3.55 per set), Kyle Krogstad (1.99 per set), Stolz (1.74 per set)
Blocks: Robbins (1.14 per set), Trevor Perry (1.00 per set), Smith (.71 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively, Lakeland ranks second in the MCVL in kills (12.69 per set), hitting percentage (.235), assists (11.83 per set) and third in aces (1.19 per set)… Defensively, the Muskies lead the league in digs (11.98 per set) and rank third in blocks (2.34 per set).
SCOUTING CARTHAGE: The Red Men are ranked No. 7 in the nation… Carthage is in the midst of a six-match winning streak, to which they've only dropped one set… The streak is coming off a loss to then-No. 1 Stevens Institute of Technology (0-3)… During this span, Griffin Shields led all teammates with 81.5 points, followed by Jon Storm with 67, and Zach Lillig with 57.5… The Red Men will face the College of Mount Saint Joseph and Kean University on Friday, March 13 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Fontbonne University on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.
STATISTICAL LEADERSKills: Griffin Shields (3.32 per set), Storm (2.76 per set), Lillig (2.37 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Lillig (.344), Marc Hansen (.333), Shields (.293)
Assists: Ricky Figueroa (10.18 per set), Tyler Saieg (9.07 per set)
Service Aces: Storm (.35 per set), Shields (.35 per set)
Digs: Hansen (2.86 per set), Scotty Adamczyk (2.11 per set), Storm (2.00 per set)
Blocks: Ryan Paull (1.27 per set), Matt Ciaglia (1.24 per set), Shields (1.00 per set)
TEAM STATISTICS: Offensively, Carthage is third in the league in hitting percentage (.229), fourth in assists (11.42 per set) and fourth in kills (12.07 per set)… On the defensive side, Carthage leads the MCVL in blocks (2.72 per set) and fourth in digs (10.33 per set).
WHAT'S NEXT: Almost one week after the Hawks conclude their spring break trip, New Paltz will travel to New Jersey City University on Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m.
