2023-24 AMCC Men's Volleyball News
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McSWIGGEN NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS MVB ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM IS ANNOUNCED
April 16, 2024Saint Vincent College sophomore RS/OH Shawn McSwiggen has been tabbed as the AMCC Player of the Year. -
HIRAM CLAIMS SECOND AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TITLE
April 13, 2024The second-seeded Hiram College Terriers upset top seed Saint Vincent College 3-0 on Saturday afternoon to claim the program's second AMCC men's volleyball title, and first since 2021.
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#1 SAINT VINCENT, #3 HIRAM ADVANCE TO MEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
April 12, 2024#1 Saint Vincent College defeated #5 Penn State Behrend in a tight five-set match to advance to AMCC Championship for the first time in program history.
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#3 THIEL, #5 BEHREND EARN FIRST ROUND VICTORIES IN MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
April 09, 2024#3 Thiel College and #5 Penn State Behrend each earned victories in the first round of the AMCC Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament to advance to the semifinal round Friday evening.
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FIELD SET FOR AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
April 08, 2024The AMCC Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament kicks off Tuesday evening with first round matchups.
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Carter Milroy, Geneva College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
April 08, 2024Milroy had a strong all-around week for Geneva in three matches last week. Defensively, he finished the week with 14 blocks (1.17 b/s) and 32 digs (2.67 d/s). He was also strong offensively with 42 kills (3.50 k/s) on a .290 hitting percentage, including a career-high 21 kills against Saint Vincent. He finished the week with an impressive 4.4 pts/s.
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Avery Farabaugh, Penn State Altoona, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
April 08, 2024Farabaugh led the Lions' offense in a 3-0 week that included a pair of AMCC wins to help the team clinch a home match in the first round of the upcoming conference postseason tournament. In Wednesday night's 3-0 sweep on the road against Mount Aloysius, he totaled 11 points on seven kills, two service aces, two block assists, and a solo block. Penn State Altoona posted two more sweeps in a home tri-match with AMCC foe Penn State Behrend and non-conference opponent Bethany on Saturday. Against Behrend, Farabaugh finished with 16.5 points on 14 kills, one ace, one solo block, and one block assist. Versus Bethany, he had five points on four kills and one ace while playing just one set. On the week, Farabaugh recorded 32.5 points (4.6 points per set), 25 kills (3.57 kills per set), five total blocks (0.71 blocks per set), and four service aces (0.57 aces per set). He also compiled a .213 attack percentage.
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GENEVA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL NAMED TEAM PEAK PERFORMER
April 03, 2024On Day 2 of D3 Week, we salute our Team Peak Performers of 2023-24.
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AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: HILBERT @ PENN STATE BEHREND
April 03, 2024The Penn State Behrend Lions host the Hilbert College Hawks in the final AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week, as this week marks the final one in regular season play.
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Mason Moon, Wells College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
April 01, 2024Moon had a strong defensive week for an Express team that has been great on the receiving end of opposing attacks during the past couple weeks. The sophomore setter was all over the court during Wells' three matches this past week, recording 28 total digs and an average of 3.11 digs per set. This was all done while also adding 75 assists to his already impressive assist total for the year.
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Jackson Deubner, Hiram College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
April 01, 2024Deubner set team-highs with 12 kills against Penn State Altoona on Wednesday and a career-high 18 kills against Penn State Behrend on Saturday. His efforts lifted Hiram to a 2-0 record for the week and a 6-1 conference record for the season. The junior has recorded 12+ kills in four straight games, which is the longest such streak of his career.
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AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: HIRAM @ PENN STATE BEHREND
March 28, 2024Hiram College will be traveling to Erie, PA on Saturday afternoon to take on the Lions of Penn State Behrend in the AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week.
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Jacob Sehn, Wells College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
March 25, 2024Sehn had an outstanding week for an Express squad that played well above their normal defensive numbers. Sehn, in particular, nearly doubled his defensive production during the Express' two games this past week, logging 4.17 digs per set, almost two entire digs higher than his season average (2.63 D/S). He also impressed on many opposing serve attempts, as he only suffered one reception error in the 33 receptions he attempted, good for an impressive .970 reception percentage on the week. Coupled with his 25 total digs this past week, Sehn put forth a strong defensive week for the Express.
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Shawn McSwiggen, Saint Vincent College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
March 25, 2024McSwiggen averaged 6.13 kills per set on a .351 hitting percentage, while also averaging 3.50 digs and totaling two blocks and three service aces, over the Bearcats' 2-0 week. His biggest performance came in Wednesday's five-set win over Penn State-Altoona, as he broke his own program record with 32 kills, while adding 12 digs for the double-double. Three days later, in a 3-0 shutout of Penn State-Behrend, McSwiggen led both sides with 17 kills, while adding 28 digs, two solo blocks and three service aces. For the week, McSwiggen averaged 6.8 points per set.
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AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: GENEVA @ HIRAM
March 19, 2024The AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week features Geneva College at Hiram College on Wednesday evening. The two teams, both with 3-1 records, sit in a four-way tie for second place in conference standings.
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Conner Ebersole, Penn State Altoona, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
March 18, 2024Ebersole had an excellent week at the net for the Lions, racking up 14 total blocks in three matches. He recorded three block assists in Wednesday night's loss at AMCC opponent Geneva, two block assists and one solo block in Friday night's win at non-conference foe Houghton, and eight block assists in the Lions' 3-2 victory at Hilbert on Saturday. His eight block assists versus Hilbert tied for the second-most block assists in a match in team history. On the week, Ebersole recorded 14 total blocks, averaging 1.17 blocks per set.
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Kyle Martini, Hiram College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
March 18, 2024Martini led his team with 15 kills in a four-set win over Wittenberg on Tuesday before returning to the court with 12 kills in a four-set win at Wells on Saturday. Martini's .588 hitting percentage against the Express marked a new career-high for a single game, and his four service aces against Wells marked a new career-high for a single game. The junior leads his team in kills (212) for the entire season.
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AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: GENEVA @ PENN STATE BEHREND
March 14, 2024The AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week features the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes traveling to Erie, PA on Saturday to take on the Penn State Behrend Lions. Geneva is currently 3-0 in conference play, while Penn State Behrend carries a 2-1 record.
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Rocco Marino, Saint Vincent College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
March 11, 2024Marino totaled 15 blocks, along with 13 kills and four digs over the Bearcats' 2-1 weekend. In Friday's five-set marathon victory over Thiel, Marino recorded a career-high nine blocks (2 sol/7ast), the second-most in a match in Saint Vincent program history, and the third-most in a match by a Division III player this season. In Saturday's 3-1 loss to Arcadia, Marino went for six kills and five blocks, before closing the week with five kills and a block in a 3-0 win at Hood.
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Shawn McSwiggen, Saint Vincent College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
March 11, 2024McSwiggen recorded 29 kills on a .343 hitting percentage, while also totaling 20 digs and two blocks in Friday's five-set victory over Thiel. The 29 kills are tied for the fifth-most in a five-set match by a Division III player this season. McSwiggen would then go on to record eight kills, seven digs, and one block in a four-set loss to Arcadia on Saturday afternoon.
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Mike Pozzuto, Hilbert College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
March 04, 2024Pozzuto put up a strong defensive showing for the Hawks with 17 digs, 26 receptions at .923, and two assists. Pozzuto averaged 4.25 digs per set in a 3-1 win over Wells. For the week, he totaled 26 digs, averaging 3.71 digs per set.
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Brad Converse, Hilbert College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
March 04, 2024Converse had a dominant performance for the Hawks with 19 kills, hitting .362, while adding 11 digs, two blocks and an ace in a 3-1 victory over Wells. For the week, Converse averaged 3.86 kills and 2.29 digs per set, while hitting .315 on the week.
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AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: HIRAM @ SAINT VINCENT
February 28, 2024The AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week features Hiram College at Saint Vincent College, as both teams sit at 1-0 in AMCC play.
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Cameron Long, Thiel College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
February 26, 2024Long recorded 45 digs last week to help lead the Tomcats to a 3-0 week. He recorded 27 digs in two AMCC wins against Penn State Behrend and Penn State Altoona, including 16 against Altoona. He recorded 3.46 digs per set last week, and also had 51 receptions.
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Carter Milroy, Geneva College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
February 26, 2024Milroy led Geneva to two wins this past week, including a win over Wells to open AMCC play. He finished the week with 31 kills in three matches (3.10 k/s) on an impressive .386 hitting percentage. He also added 12 blocks (1.20 b/s) and 21 digs (2.10 d/s) and averaged 4.0 pts/s, including 6.0 pts/s against Wells.
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Lewis Rhodes, Penn State Behrend, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
February 19, 2024Rhodes tallied 13 blocks on the weekend (2.17 per set) to help the Lions go 1-1 on Saturday. He tallied six blocks, three kills and one ace in a 3-0 win against Buffalo State and then added seven blocks vs. Trine.
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Brad Converse, Hilbert College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
February 19, 2024Converse held strong for the Hawks all week long putting up 37 total kills, hitting .250 with 80 receptions, 19 digs, two assists and a block.
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Michael Pozzuto, Hilbert College, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
February 12, 2024Pozzuto helped bring together the Hawks defense last week with astounding plays on and off the stat sheet. Pozzuto earned 44 digs (3.38 digs per set), recieved 85 receptions at .953, and added five assists.
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Shawn McSwiggen, Saint Vincent College, Men's Volleyball (Offensive)
February 12, 2024McSwiggen averaged 4.75 kills and tallied six aces over the Bearcats' 1-1 week. His top performance came in Sunday's five-set loss to Penn State-Altoona, when he put down a program-record 31 kills, on a .422 hitting percentage, and added two aces. He also had seven kills, four aces, and four digs in a 3-0 win over Mount Aloysius.
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Will Piccolino, Carlow University, Men's Volleyball (Defensive)
February 05, 2024Piccolino tallied 50 digs on the week, averaging 4.17 digs per set over three games.
