* Great Plains Athletic Conference Game
^ Park Tournament
# Kansas Wesleyan Tournament
! Senior Day
Thursday, March 14
William Penn at Kansas Wesleyan
Friday, March 15
St. Ambrose at Central Christian Dordt at Ottawa
Kansas Wesleyan at Missouri Valley Central Christian at Culver-Stockton
Saturday, March 16
Jamestown at Ottawa
Thursday, March 21
2024 record: 11-9 (3-0)
Head coach: Noah Marasco-Ayau (Briar Cliff)
2024 record: 12-1 (3-0)
Head coach: Travers Cox
2024 record: 3-9 (1-2)
Head coach: Chad Hanson (Washington State)
• Marasco-Ayau is the interim coach of the Mustangs. 1.
• Cox is in his first season as the leader of the Jimmies.
• Hanson is in his ninth season as the coach of the defenders.
Stat Breakdown Jimmies Mustangs Category
Quick Facts
Morningside is 3-0 to start conference play for the second consecutive season.
Owen Anderson set the career record for digs last weekend, surpassing the previous record of 608. Anderson, a junior from South Beloit, Illinois, sits at 615 digs.
Jacob DePauw passed 2,000 career assists in last weekend’s first match against Central Christian.
Both Anderson and DePauw are closing on the school record for service aces. DePauw is six aces away from passing the current record of 74. Anderson sits third all-time with 58 aces.
Morningside is looking for its first win over Jamestown, while looking for its fifth win over the Defenders.
NAIA Top-15
4. OUAZ (Ariz.)
5. Grand View (Iowa)
6. Menlo (Calif.)
7. William Penn (Iowa)
8. Georgetown (Ky.)
9.
(N.D.)
15. Indiana Tech
Sports Information Office msidemustangs.com March 14 & 16, 2024 2023 SCHEDULE
GPAC 2024 Game Notes MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Morningside 01/26 Missouri Science & Tech^ W 3-2 01/26 Brescia^ W 3-0 01/27 (RV) Westcliff^ L 3-2 01/27 Rio Grande^ W 3-0 02/02 at Clarke L 3-2 02/03 at (15) Mount Mercy L 3-0 02/09 St. Ambrose W 3-1 02/09 (5) Grand View L 3-0 02/10 (RV) Missouri Valley L 3-2 02/17 Viterbo L 3-1 02/23 Kansas Wesleyan* W 3-1 02/24 Central Christian (Kan.)*! W 3-0 02/29 Ottawa (Kan.)* W 3-1 03/01 at St. Ambrose W 3-0 03/02 vs UHSP L 3-2 03/02 at William Penn L 3-1 03/08 vs Central Christian# W 3-0 03/08 vs Simpson# W 3-0 03/09 vs St. Ambrose# W 3-0 03/09 at Kansas Wesleyan# L 3-2 03/14 Jamestown* 7 p.m. 03/16 Dordt* 5 p.m. 03/22 at Ottawa (Kan.)* 4 p.m. 03/23 vs Graceland 2 p.m. 03/23 at Mount Mercy 4 p.m. 03/29 at Central Christian* 7 p.m. 03/30 at Kansas Wesleyan* 2 p.m. 04/04 at Jamestown* 7 p.m. 04/06 at Dordt* 3 p.m.
AROUND THE
at Dordt 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 7 p.m.
Central Christian
Vanguard
(Calif.) 2. The Master’s (Calif.) 3. Park (Mo.)
Lourdes
Westcliff
Jamestown
1. Mount Mercy (Iowa) 11. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 12. Missouri Valley 13.
(Ohio) 14.
(Calif.)
Kills Per Set Hitting Percentage Assists Per Set Aces Per Set Digs Per Set Blocks Per Set Points Per Set 12.47 .280 11.67 1.42 11.14 2.52 16.4 11.74 .199 11.04 1.74 10.49 1.66 15.1
Defenders 12.03 .181 10.74 1.51 11.56 1.36 14.9
Interim Head Coach: Noah Marasco-Ayau
Noah Marasco-Ayau brings a new perspective to Morningside’s men’s volleyball program, leading the program as the first coach to have played at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics level. He also has a wealth of experience coaching, having held positions at the club and high school levels.
Marasco-Ayau spent his playing career in the blue and gold of Briar Cliff, spending time on the floor as a defensive specialist and pairing his playing time with strong academic involvement, landing on the BCU Dean’s List, the Athletic Director’s honor roll, and serving in an editor role of the Briar Cliff Review in both 2019 and 2020.
On the court, Marasco-Ayau tallied 872 digs, 172 assists, and 28 service aces, averaging 2.84 digs per game. He was named to the 2019 and 2020 American Midwest/Great Plains/Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference all-conference first team, taking the title of Libero of the Year in 2019, the final year it was offered, and second team honors in 2018.
The Honolulu, Hawaii native was an assistant coach at Dakota Valley, where he also teaches, in the fall of 2023. Previously he was a varsity assistant and head JV coach at Le Mars High School, was part of the Arena Volleyball Club’s coaching staff, and was a varsity assistant at Andes Central High School in Lake Andes, S.D.
Season Stats
2024 NUMERICAL ROSTER
1 Jacob Baynes
2 Owen Anderson
4 Ferdinando Vinti
6-1 Mankato, Minn.
JR 6-0 South Beloit, Ill.
SO 6-4 Perugia, Italy
5 Jonah Cislo S/OPP FR 5-10 Boca Raton, Fla.
6 Isaiah Baynes OH JR 6-1 Mankato, Minn.
7 Natan Alves OH SO 6-3 Vila Velha, Brazil
8 Sam Benick MB FR 6-4 Minneapolis, Minn.
9 Michael Padilla OH FR 5-11 Santa Ana, Calif.
13 Erik Krenz MB GR 6-4 Mankato, Minn.
15 Kirby Schmalz OH JR 6-6 Rogers, MInn.
16 Tucker Juhnke L FR 5-10 Lamberton, Minn.
22 Donavon Chandy L SO 5-4 Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
23 Tharen Cox MB JR 6-3 Norton, Kan.
24 Jacob DePauw S JR 6-0 South Beloit, Ill.
25 Branton Jones MB FR 6-4 Belgrade, Minn.
Pronunciation Guide
First Last Pronunciation
Ferdinando Vinti Vin-tee
Kirby Schmalz Sch-mahl-z
Tucker Juhnke Jun-kee
Jacob DePauw Duh-Paw
2023 Game Notes msidemustangs.com Roster/Coaches 2023 Game Notes msidemustangs.com @MsideMustangs SP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S DIG DIG/S BS BA BLK TL 50 107 2.14 61 265 0.174 3 0.06 9 0.18 45 0.9 2 5 7 70 3 0.04 1 12 0.167 54 0.77 23 0.33 192 2.74 0 0 0 35 14 0.4 12 46 0.043 4 0.11 1 0.03 39 1.11 0 2 2 3 1 0.33 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.67 2 0.67 0 0 0 77 218 2.83 98 551 0.218 25 0.32 16 0.21 129 1.68 5 17 22 59 230 3.9 106 527 0.235 11 0.19 16 0.27 101 1.71 3 39 42 32 31 0.97 19 82 0.146 0 0 0 0 5 0.16 1 7 8 36 23 0.64 17 59 0.102 1 0.03 15 0.42 23 0.64 0 2 2 36 41 1.14 15 101 0.257 2 0.06 0 0 6 0.17 5 19 24 36 64 1.78 51 196 0.066 1 0.03 5 0.14 30 0.83 2 8 10 52 0 0 0 4 0 12 0.23 3 0.06 79 1.52 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 2 -0.5 0 0 2 0.15 7 0.54 0 0 0 65 95 1.46 36 246 0.24 2 0.03 14 0.22 33 0.51 9 50 59 77 42 0.55 17 123 0.203 731 9.49 20 0.26 104 1.35 3 22 25 36 35 0.97 13 75 0.293 4 0.11 7 0.19 13 0.36 2 20 22 ## PLAYER 1 Jacob Baynes 2 Owen Anderson 4 Ferdinando Vinti 5 Jonah Cislo 6 Isaiah Baynes 7 Natan Alves 8 Sam Benick
Michael Padilla
Erik Krenz 15 Kirby Schmalz
Tucker Juhnke 22 Donavon Chandy 23 Tharen Cox 24 Jacob DePauw 25 Branton Jones
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13
16
GPAC Standings conference record only As of 2/28/23 Morningside ............... 3-0 Jamestown ................ 3-0 Ottawa (Kan.) ............. 2-1 Kansas Wesleyan ...... 2-3 Dordt ........................... 1-2 Central Christian ....... 0-5
# NAME POS. YR. HT. HOMETOWN
OH
SR
L
OH
Pronunciation Guide
Dylan Malit Dillion MAL-it
Sebastian Ignaczak IgNOTCH-ek
Marc De Guia Mario Da-GWEE-uh
Gabriel Ocasio OH-COSS-ee-oh
Tomasz Swiderski Thomas SWAder-skee
Caydann Cox CAY-den Cox
Downey Huynh H-WHIN
Shwaun Dizayee Schawn Da-ZAYee
Coaching Staff
Shwaun Dizayee Volunteer Assistant
Pronunciation Guide
Boris Le Lee
Ryan Dyck Dick
Robert Piekarz Pee-ay-kosh
Coaching Staff
Chad Hanson Head Coach
Marcus DeWeerd Assistant
Matt Beimers Assistant
2024 JAMESTOWN ROSTER
# NAME POS. YR. HT. HOMETOWN PREV. SCHOOL
1 Dakota Lilly OH SR 5-11 Clark, S.D. Clark High School
2 Devin Galloway MB FR 6-4 Aberdeen, Md. Aberdeen High School
3 Jahmai-Kaream Maurice MB FR 6-3 Bronx, N.Y. Cardinal Spellman
4 Dylan Malit OPP/OH JR 5-9 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. El Camino College
5 Camden Steckler MB FR 6-4 Manteca, Calif. Manteca High School
6 Garret Foster OH/OPP FR 6-3 Aurora, Colo. Overland High School
9 Jackson Robbins OH/S/L FR 5-10 Santee, Calif. Grossmont High School
10 Ajani Layne S FR 6-1 Barbados Lodge School
11 Zylon Barnett L/DS FR 5-11 Ocala, Fla. West Port High School
12 Matthew Wagner OPP/MB FR 6-8 Chandler, Ariz. Basha High School
13 Sebastian Ignaczak L SO 6-0 Rzeszow, Poland
14 William Rice L/DS/S JR 5-9 Hemet, Calif. OCC-Helen Hunt Jackson
15 Tysen Myers MB SO 6-3 Apple Valley, Minn. Eastview High School
16 Donte Jennings OH/OPP FR 6-1 Spokane Valley, Wash. Central Valley
17 Avery Harms OPP FR 6-0 Bismarck, N.D. Shiloh Christian School
18 Xavier York OPP/S SO 6-1 Chicago Heights, Ill. Bloom High School
19 Marc De Guia OH SO 5-11 Alamosa, Colo. Adams State College
20 Joshua Boze MB SR 6-5 Murrieta, Calif. Murrieta Mesa
21 Phuoc Nguyen OH/DS/L FR 5-7 Rochester, Minn. John Marshall
22 Adan Cruz L/DS FR 5-6 Cicero, Ill. J S Morton East
23 Gabriel Ocasio S SO 6-0 Denver, Colo. Northfield High School
24 Gaven Hackley S FR 6-0 Castle Rock, Colo. Douglas County
25 Markam Cook OH/OPP FR 6-2 Binscarth, Manitoba Russell Major Pratt
29 Joseph Garcia L/DS SO 5-11 Whittier, Calif. California High School
32 Kingsley Umoelin MB SO 5-8 Aurora, Colol Eaglecrest High School
35 Tomasz Swiderski OH/OPP FR 6-5 Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland
37 Caylor Cox OH SR 5-9 Helena, Mont. Capital High School
38 Jeffrey Grant Foster MB SO 6-4 Aurora, Colo. Overland High School
40 Vinny Miska MB SR 6-9 Pequot Lakes, Minn. Pequot Lakes High School
84 Caydann Cox OH/OPP FR 6-3 Jamestown, N.D. Jamestown High School
2024 DORDT ROSTER
Oklahoma 5
6
7
15
23
2023 Game Notes msidemustangs.com Opponent Roster/Coaches 2023 Game Notes msidemustangs.com @MsideMustangs
# NAME POS. YR. HT. HOMETOWN 1 Brady Fergen DS 5-11 JR Menno,
2 Boris Le S 5-8 SR Melbourne,
3 Diego Santiago OH 5-10 JR Aguadilla,
4 Nicodemus Elliott OPP 6-1 SO
Ryan Dyck DS 5-10 SR
South Dakota
Australia
Puerto Rico
Oklahoma City,
Brooks, Alberta
Ale Murdoch OH 6-0 SO
Asuncion, Paraguay
Nate Voogt OPP 6-2 JR
8 Robert Piekarz DS 6-3 JR Warsaw,
9 Joseph Jang S/OPP 6-0 FR Abbotsford,
Columbia 10 Lukas Van Groningen S 6-0 JR Ripon, California
Joel Van Groningen OH 6-5 FR Ripon,
Michael Gross OH 6-1 FR Gilbert,
Cory Kuperus MH 6-5 FR
Carman, Manitoba
Poland
British
11
California 12
Arizona 13
Ireton, Iowa
Hoogstra MH/OPP 6-5 FR
14 Travis
Lansing, Illinois
Lance Vermeer MH 6-5 FR
Cade Schmidt OH 6-2 FR Palmdale, California
Justin Hofman S/OPP 6-2 FR Ripon,
Jacob Ostergard OH/OPP 5-11 SO Rochester,
Reese Faber DS 5-10 FR
Plattsburg, Missouri 16
17
California 19
Minnesota 20
Sioux Center, Iowa
Franken MH 6-5 FR
OH 6-3 SR
21 Spencer
Gilbert, Arizona 22 Andres Guzman
Bogota, Colombia
MH 6-6 SO
Bennett Krommendyk
Hamburg, Minnesota
Head Coach: Chad Hanson Assistant Coaches: Marcus DeWeerd, Matt Beimers
Travers Cox Head Coach (1st season) Downey Huynh Graduate Assistant
