AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week: Geneva @ Hiram
The final AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week will be showdown between the final two undefeated teams in conference play.
AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week:
Geneva College @ Hiram College
Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00pm
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The final AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week will be showdown between the final two undefeated teams in conference play. Host Hiram College (6-1, 5-0 AMCC) heads into their matchup against Geneva College (9-5, 4-0 AMCC) tied atop the AMCC standings with the Tornadoes.
The Terriers have won five-straight AMCC conference matches, including a pair of five-set victories over Penn St. Behrend and Penn St. Altoona, and a sweep of Thiel College on Sunday, March 28. Junior Kilvio Montero leads the Terriers with 91 kills (3.25/set), with juniors Tom Supan and Dangelo Boehner right behind with him 59 (4.21/set) and 57 (2.04/set) kills apiece. Montero also leads the Terriers with 15 service aces, while senior Jake Lininger's notched a team-high 144 assists. Defensively, senior Cory Fischer leads Hiram with 97 digs, while Boehner's tallied a team-high 23.0 blocks.
The Geneva College men's volleyball team is riding a seven-match winning streak after defeating Penn State Behrend on Saturday, 3-1. Junior Peter Barbato had 14 kills in the match, while freshman Carter Milroy added 11 kills and sophomore Byron Spear eight kills. Geneva has been getting contributions from several different players over the past three weeks, giving the Golden Tornadoes a balanced offensive attack to defend against. These two teams matched up a month ago, and Hiram overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Golden Tornadoes in five sets, 3-2.
Geneva leads the all-time series 3-1 over Hiram, however, the Terriers opened their 2021 campaign against Geneva on Feb. 27, taking down the Tornadoes in five sets for their first victory of the year.