Hilbert College Head Coach Calvin Crosby is pleased to welcome Stephanie Ciesla to his men's and women's volleyball staff as an assistant coach at the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
The United State Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that 1,275 collegiate and high school teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2020-2021 season.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
An historic season came to an end for Hiram College men's volleyball, as they fell to the 2nd-ranked Vassar College Brewers, 3-0, on Wednesday in the opening round of the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball at the Salem Civic Center.
Supan led the Terriers to their first AMCC men's volleyball conference title. Supan was named to the 2021 AMCC Men's Volleyball All-Tournament Team. He led the Terriers in kills in both tournament matches, while setting a program record with 28 kills in the championship match against Behrend. He also picked up a double-double with 28 kills and 10 digs in the championship match on Saturday afternoon.
With their five-set, comeback win over the Penn St. Behrend Lions in the AMCC Tournament Championship game on Saturday in Price Gymnasium, the Hiram College Terriers men's volleyball team clinched their first AMCC Tournament Championship and NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Tournament appearance in program history.
No. 1 Hiram College men's volleyball swept the No. 4-seeded Penn State Altoona Lions 3-0, while No. 3 Penn State Behrend picked up the 3-0 sweep over #2 Geneva College on Wednesday in the AMCC Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament semifinals.
After the COVID-19 pandemic brought the 2020 men's volleyball season to a sudden stop mid-season a year ago, the upcoming AMCC Men's Volleyball Championship tournament brings more excitement than ever.
Dedert tallied double-digit kills in each match this week, knocking down a career-high 18 in a five-set win over Altoona to help the Lions clinch a playoff spot. For the week, he averaged 3.78 kills and 1.89 digs. Dedert tallied 17 digs, four blocks and four aces in two matches, averaging 4.6 points per set.
Pauline had a huge week for the Mavericks leading them to a 2-0 record in AMCC action. Pauline started out his week with a match-high 16 kills in a straight sets 3-0 win over Penn St.-Behrend. He also had a match-high 14 kills in a 3-0 victory over Penn St.-Altoona. On the week, Pauline averaged 5.00 kills per set, along with a .356 hitting percentage, six blocks, 13 digs and 30 kills for 6.3 points per set.
The Geneva College Golden Tornadoes men's volleyball team will travel to Erie, PA on Saturday to take on the Penn State Behrend Lions in the AMCC Game of the Week.
Montero led the Terriers to a 2-0 week in conference play, including a five-set win over Behrend in the AMCC Game of the Week. Montero recorded 17 kills in the win over Behrend, notching a double-double with a career-high 12 digs. He also posted career-highs in kills, aces and attacks. In a three-set win over Saint Vincent, he posted a career-high four blocks and tied for a team-high eight kills against the Bearcats. For the week, Montero recorded 25 kills, 16 digs, 7 service aces, and 7 total blocks.
The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball team heads to Hiram, Ohio to take on the Terriers of Hiram College in the AMCC Match of the Week on Saturday night.
Hering led the Lions to two conference wins and a 2-1 record on the week. Hering had double-digit kills in two of the three matches this week. He posted a .426 hitting percentage to go with 34 kills and 18 digs. Hering had two perfect matches, going 12-for-19 vs. Thiel and 8-for-14 in an AMCC win over St. Vincent. He averaged 4.1 points per set and added seven service aces.
The first AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week for the 2021 season features Hiram College at Medaille College. The game, which is slated for a 2pm start on Saturday, will be the conference opener for both schools. Hiram was ranked fourth in the preseason coaches poll, while Medaille was ranked fifth.
After a shortened men’s volleyball season in 2020 due to the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AMCC men’s volleyball players and coaches are ready to get the 2021 conference schedule started this weekend.
Spear collected a career high 12 kills (3.00 k/s) on a .357 hitting percentage in Geneva's 3-1 win over Penn State Behrend on Friday. He also had a team-high five blocks (1.25 b/s) to go with seven (1.75 d/s) digs.
Supan led the Terriers in kills in their comeback win over Geneva, falling one short of tying his career-high (23). Supan tied for second-most kills in a match in program history and second-most attacks in a match in program history. He averaged 4.40 kills per set along with 10 digs (2.00 digs per set) and a block in victory.
Thiel College Director of Athletics Amy Schafer recently announced that Dylan Lasher '15 has returned to his alma mater to serve as the head coach for men's volleyball.
On Tuesday, Mount Aloysius College named Ben Guiliano, as the first men's volleyball coach in school history. Guiliano will look to start the program, which is scheduled to play its first competition in the 2021-22 school year.