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VOLLEYBALL at ACTIVE ANKLE CLASSIC
When: Thursday-Friday,
March 14-15
Where: Walter
Pyramid, Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats (Thursday vs.
IPFW): Click Here
Live Stats (Friday vs.
Long Beach): Click Here
The Mason men's volleyball team
will take a break from EIVA play this week, traveling to Long Beach, California
to take on IPFW and No. 3 Long Beach State at the Active Ankle Classic, hosted
by Long Beach State.
Mason enters the tournament with
an overall record of 9-8 and broke into the AVCA Coaches' Poll this week at No.
15. The Patriots battled in a five-set loss to No. 8 Lewis on Wednesday before
sweeping conference opponents NJIT and Rutgers-Newark over the weekend.
For their performances in the
three matches, senior Mark Jones and junior Pat Sibley were named the EIVA
Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively. Jones posted a
combined 45 kills, 22 digs and three services aces, and currently leads the
team with 173 total kills and a 3.33 kills/set average. Sibley totaled 12
blocks, 23 kills and a service ace during the week. He trails only Piotr
Dabrowski (1.29 blocks/set) on the team with his average of 1.06 blocks/set
this season.
Scouting IPFW
The Mastodons come into the tournament with an overall record of 8-7. IPFW
hosted a pair of EIVA opponents last weekend, topping Sacred Heart 3-1 and
upsetting No. 10 Penn State, 3-2. Eddie Rivera leads the team with an average
of 3.12 kills/set, 0.28 aces/set and 1.77 digs/set. Ramon Burgos has a
team-best 1.16 blocks/set and Omar Rivera leads the team with 9.87 assists/set.
Scouting Long Beach State
The 49ers are in the midst of an eight match home streak and are currently
ranked third in the latest AVCA Coaches' Poll. LBS will host No. 5 UCLA on
Wednesday before taking on the Patriots Friday. Offensively, junior Taylor
Crabb is averaging a team-best 4.33 kills set and junior Connor Olbright leads
the team with 10.93 assists/set. On the defensive side, freshman Andrew Sato
averages 1.88 digs/set, and classmate Taylor Gregory has a team-best 1.40
blocks/set.
