Elmira College Soaring Eagles Head Coach: Stephen England Assistant Coach: Kyle Mars
No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 15 16 18 19 20
Name--Class Mike Ellison ’16 Felix Garcia Ramos ’16 Carlos Faccio ’16 Evan Clarke ’15 Dylan Kuhn ’16 Ryan Lamparter ’17 Erik Griffin ’16 Tyler Smith ’15 Alex Rose ’16 Mark Kawecki ’17 Rob Shade ’15 Andrew Johnson ’16 Matthew Bryk ’18 Matthew Buffum ’18
Pos. OH RS S L-DS MH OH OH OH-OPP L-DS OH L-DS MH MH MH
Ht. 6’1” 5’11” 6’1” 5’11” 6’5” 6’4” 6’4” 6’5” 6’0” 6’0” 5’10” 6’6” 6’6” 6’7”
Match Notes Last Time Out: The Purple and Gold are coming off a two-match split at the Nazareth College Quad-Match last weekend. Elmira defeated Medaille College, 3-1, before falling to Ramapo College in five sets. Erik Griffin ’16 led with 40 total kills while Carlos Faccio ’16 posted 91 assists over the day. A Couple of the Best in the Country: Erik Griffin ’16 and Carlos Faccio ’16 both rank in the top-five in multiple statistical categories in NCAA Division III men’s volleyball. Griffin ranks third in the nation in points per set with 4.77 and fifth in kills per set with 4.20. Faccio is averaging 9.92 assists per set and 0.92 aces per set to rank fourth and fifth in the country, respectively. Faccio on the Serve: Just past the halfway mark for the 2015 regular season, Carlos Faccio ’16 has already posted 51 total aces. He is just two aces away from tying an EC single-season record for most aces in a single season, which is owned by former standout Ryan Gelenitis ’14. Moving on Up: Dylan Kuhn ’16 has upped his career total blocks to 201 with six total blocks last weekend. He is just five total blocks away from taking sole possession of second place on the EC career total block list. With six total blocks, Kuhn would pass former teammate Ryan Nerney ’14.
Hometown--Secondary School Victor, NY -- Victor San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Florida International Guaynabo, Puerto Rico -- Juniata College Rochester, NY -- Churchville-Chili Fairport, NY -- Fairport Dover, PA -- Dover Victor, NY -- Victor North Syracuse, NY -- Pace Bootlegger Sherrill, NY -- Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Bangor, PA -- Bethlehem Catholic West Irondequoit, NY -- West Irondequoit Orlando, FL -- Dr. Phillips HS Orchard Park, NY -- Orchard Park Chesterfield, MO -- Parkway Central
2015 Schedule (11-8, 1-1 UVC) Day Date Opponent Time-Result JAN. 16 at #6 Kean L, 2-3 17 vs. Endicott W, 3-0 17 vs. Hunter W, 3-0 23 at #1 Juniata L, 0-3 24 vs. #13 Baruch L, 2-3 24 vs. Thiel W, 3-1 31 vs. Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 31 vs. Lakeland L, 0-3 FEB. 1 vs. Mount St. Joseph L, 0-3 1 vs. Fontbonne W, 3-0 5 #7 UC Santa Cruz L, 2-3 6 vs. Thiel W, 3-0 6 vs. Ramapo W, 3-0 7 vs. Medaille W, 3-2 7 vs. Wells W, 3-1 15 # 10 NYU* L, 1-3 15 Vassar* W, 3-1 21 vs. Medaille W, 3-1 21 vs. Ramapo L, 2-3 25 vs. Nazareth 7:00 p.m. 27 Stevenson 4:00 p.m. 27 SUNY IT 8:00 p.m. 28 Penn St.-Behrend* 11:00 a.m. 28 Wells 4:00 p.m. MAR. 7 at MIT* 11:00 a.m. 7 vs. Stevens Tech* 2:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth Invitational TBA 21 at Nazareth* 7:00 p.m. 28 at Springfield 3:00 p.m. 29 at SUNY New Paltz* 10:00 a.m. 29 vs. Bard* 12:00 p.m. APR. 3 Baruch 4:30 p.m. 3 D’Youville 7:00 p.m. 4 UC Santa Cruz 11:00 a.m. 11 UVC Championships TBA
Looking Ahead: Elmira will compete next this weekend when they host the Mark Twain Cup on February 27th and 28th. The EC men will take on Stevenson University and SUNY IT on Friday before squaring off against Penn St.- Home contests are bolded Behrend and Wells College on Saturday. *Denotes UVC contest
Nazareth College Golden Flyers
Head Coach: Todd Hollenbeck Assistant Coaches: Kyle Salisbury, Bill Gimello, Sandy Kleinberg, & Mary Cushman No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 19
Name--Class Chris Mahan ’16 Jake Kemp ’18 Cory Randolph ’16 Grant Levermore ’16 Josh Hieb ’16 Robert Sarneckis ’17 Sam Bittker ’18 Nick McDonagh ’15 Coulton Every ’16 Luke Lawatsch ’15 Bobby Beeman ’16 John McCarty ’16 Tim Zyburt ’16 Brody Cord ’15 Pat Stroh ’18 André Richardson ’17 Kane Wittorff ’17
Pos. MB S L-DS OH RS OH OH S MB MB OH L-DS OH OH OH OH RS
Ht. 6’6” 6’2” 6’3” 6’5” 6’5” 6’3” 6’4” 6’4” 6’6” 6’5” 6’2” 6’2” 6’6” 6’4” 6’5” 6’2” 6’5”
Match Notes A Glance at the Golden Flyers: Nazareth enters the contest with a 14-2 overall record and a 1-1 mark inside the UVC. The Golden Flyers are ranked No. 6 in the country, according to the most recent AVCA Division III National Coaches Poll. The Golden Flyers’ only losses this season came to the hands of Medaille College and then-No. 1 Stevens Institute of Technology. Leading the Way: Tim Zyburt ’16 leads the way on offense with 3.50 kills per set while Grant Levermore ’16 is behind him with 2.98 kills per set. Jake Kemp ’18 has been setting up the attack with 8.50 assists per set while Levermore leads on defense with 1.41 digs per set. Luke Lawatsch ’15 posts a team-leading 1.21 total blocks per set. Number One in the Country: Luke Lawatsch ’15 is also boasting a hitting percentage of .475 this season. This is good to rank first in NCAA Division III men’s volleyball. He is .007 ahead of second placed Christopher Husmann of SUNY New Paltz. UVC Rookie of the Week: For the second time in three weeks, Jake Kemp ’18 was named the UVC Rookie of the Week. In a pair of 3-0 sweeps last week, Kemp totaled 48 assists to average 9.60 assists per set. All-Time Series: The EC men have taken on Nazareth a total of eight times prior to this matchup. The Golden Flyers own a 7-1 all-time record against the Soaring Eagles, however, Elmira earned their first ever win, 3-1, against the then No. 9 Nazareth in their most recent meeting, on March 30th, 2014.
Hometown--Secondary School Victor, NY -- Victor Phelps, NY -- Midlakes Columbus, OH -- Bishop Watterson Fairport, NY -- Fairport Zion, IL -- Zion-Benton Lindenhurst, NY -- Lindenhurst Rochester, NY -- Penfield Derby, NY -- Lake Shore Hawthorn Woods, IL -- Lake Zurich Penfield, NY -- Penfield Big Flats, NY -- Horseheads Delmar, NY -- Bethlehem Wheaton, IL -- Wheaton Warrenville South Loomis, CA -- Del Oro Hamburg, NY -- Hamburg Hampton, GA -- Luella Milford, MA -- Milford
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2015 United Volleyball Conference Standings
School Stevens NYU MIT New Paltz Nazareth Elmira Vassar SUNY IT Penn State-Behrend Bard
Conf CPct. Overall Pct. Streak 3-0 1.000 12-4 0.750 W3 2-0 1.000 7-3 0.700 W2 2-1 0.667 10-2 0.833 W3 2-1 0.667 6-2 0.750 L1 1-1 0.500 14-2 0.875 W2 1-1 0.500 11-8 0.579 L1 1-2 0.333 9-7 0.563 W2 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1 0-2 0.000 6-4 0.600 W1 0-3 0.000 5-12 0.294 W1
2015 Elmira College Men's Volleyball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 24, 2015) All matches RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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10 2 3 20 15 11 6 7 18 4 19 12 16 5
Player
Erik Griffin Mike Ellison Felix Garcia Ramos Matthew Buffum Mark Kawecki Tyler Smith Dylan Kuhn Ryan Lamparter Andrew Johnson Carlos Faccio Matthew Bryk Alex Rose Rob Shade Evan Clarke TEAM ELMIRA Opponents
Team Statistics ATTACK Ki l l s Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET As s i s t s Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral site #/Avg Current win streak Home win streak
sp
60 39 29 66 55 53 47 20 48 72 9 34 69 24 72 72
k
OVERALL 11-8 1-1 10-7
k/s
Attack e
252 4.20 97 122 3.13 58 57 1.97 25 101 1.53 39 76 1.38 49 68 1.28 43 59 1.26 34 21 1.05 15 49 1.02 28 44 0.61 28 5 0.56 6 1 0.03 0 1 0.01 1 0 0.00 0 856 11.89 423 706 9.81 375
ELMIRA
OPP
856 423 2012 .215 11.9
706 375 1826 .181 9.8
802 11.1
668 9.3
137 305 1440 .788 1.9
83 266 1328 .800 1.2
75 1.0 1101 .932
140 1.9 1168 .880
599 8.3
602 8.4
43 177 131.5 1.8 20 21
57 234 174.0 2.4 21 16
225 3/75 14/77 0 1
968 2/484 -
ta
pct
HOME 1-2 1-1 0-1 Set a a/s
sa
Serve se sa/s
520 .298 8 0.13 11 39 275 .233 9 0.23 10 35 169 .189 0 0.00 7 25 218 .284 2 0.03 11 19 174 .155 6 0.11 21 55 172 .145 5 0.09 12 12 157 .159 1 0.02 1 5 55 .109 0 0.00 4 9 116 .181 3 0.06 2 7 120 .133 714 9.92 51 75 20 -.050 0 0.00 1 2 1 1.000 0 0.00 4 12 12 .000 48 0.70 0 2 3 .000 6 0.25 2 8 2012 .215 802 11.14 137 305 1826 .181 668 9.28 83 266 Date 01/16/15 01/17/15 01/17/15 01/23/15 01/23/15 01/23/15 01/31/15 01/31/15 02/01/15 02/01/15 02/05/15 02/06/15 02/06/15 02/07/15 02/07/15 *02/15/15 *02/15/15 02/21/15 02/21/15
AWAY 0-2 0-0 0-2
0.18 18 0.26 6 0.24 12 0.17 0 0.38 6 0.23 1 0.02 1 0.20 0 0.04 1 0.71 0 0.11 0 0.12 2 0.00 20 0.08 1 7 1.90 75 1.15 140
Opponent at #6 Kean University vs Endicott College vs Hunter College at #1 Juniata vs #13 BARUCH vs Thiel vs Penn State - Altoona vs Mount St. Joseph vs Lakeland College vs Fontbonne #7 UC SANTA CRUZ vs Thiel vs Ramapo vs Medaille vs Wells #10 NYU VASSAR COLLEGE vs Medaille vs Ramapo
Record in 3-set matches: 6-3 Record in 4-set matches: 4-1 Record in 5-set matches: 1-4
re
Dig dig dig/s
91 49 36 12 36 35 7 7 9 101 0 8 190 18 599 602
L W W L L W W L L W L W W W W L W W L
NEUTRAL 10-4 0-0 10-4
bs
Blocking ba total blk/s be bhe
1.52 1.26 1.24 0.18 0.65 0.66 0.15 0.35 0.19 1.40 0.00 0.24 2.75 0.75 8.32 8.36
9 28 37 1 8 9 4 7 11 13 39 52 2 6 8 0 13 13 1 26 27 0 2 2 8 25 33 5 20 25 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 177 131.5 57 234 174.0
0.62 3 0.23 0 0.38 1 0.79 3 0.15 3 0.25 2 0.57 2 0.10 0 0.69 4 0.35 1 0.33 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 - 1.83 20 2.42 21
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 1 0 21 16
Score 2-3 3-0 3-0 0-3 2-3 3-1 3-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 2-3 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 2-3
Score by set 25-27,26-24,18-25,26-24,13-15 25-23,25-18,25-12 25-13,25-18,25-22 21-25,21-25,20-25 21-25,22-25,27-25,25-22,19-21 25-18,25-14,20-25,27-25 25-20,25-23,25-19 14-25,22-25,18-25 20-25,25-27,25-27 25-21,25-21,25-18 25-21,28-30,25-23,19-25,11-15 25-14,25-20,25-17 25-14,25-16,25-17 28-30,19-25,25-12,25-17,19-17 22-25,25-18,25-21,25-19 27-25,22-25,21-25,22-25 25-19,23-25,25-16,25-9 25-22,22-25,25-20,25-19 25-18,25-23,21-25,18-25,13-15
points
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Att. 113 66 77 855 50 100 35 75 0 25 112 67 58 85 201 52 61 113 124