Elmira CollEgE Soaring EaglESHead Coach: Stephen England

Assistant Coach: Kyle Mars

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 2 Mike Ellison ’16 OH 6’1” Victor, NY -- Victor3 Felix Garcia Ramos ’16 RS 5’11” San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Florida International4 Carlos Faccio ’16 S 6’1” Guaynabo, Puerto Rico -- Juniata College5 Evan Clarke ’15 L-DS 5’11” Rochester, NY -- Churchville-Chili6 Dylan Kuhn ’16 MH 6’5” Fairport, NY -- Fairport7 Ryan Lamparter ’17 OH 6’4” Dover, PA -- Dover10 Erik Griffin ’16 OH 6’4” Victor, NY -- Victor11 Tyler Smith ’15 OH-OPP 6’5” North Syracuse, NY -- Pace Bootlegger12 Alex Rose ’16 L-DS 6’0” Sherrill, NY -- Vernon-Verona-Sherrill15 Mark Kawecki ’17 OH 6’0” Bangor, PA -- Bethlehem Catholic16 Rob Shade ’15 L-DS 5’10” West Irondequoit, NY -- West Irondequoit18 Andrew Johnson ’16 MH 6’6” Orlando, FL -- Dr. Phillips HS19 Matthew Bryk ’18 MH 6’6” Orchard Park, NY -- Orchard Park20 Matthew Buffum ’18 MH 6’7” Chesterfield, MO -- Parkway Central

Match NotesGetting in the Swing of Things: After starting the season 4-5, Elmira seems to have turned things around as of late, winning five of their last six matches with EC’s only loss coming against No. 7 UC Santa Cruz in five sets. The EC men enter the weekend on a four-match win streak, win-ning 12-of-15 total sets played, and took home a first-place finish at the Golden Flyer Invitational.

Golden Flyer Awards: At the Golden Flyer Invitational, Elmira received standout performances from a handful of players, including Carlos Faccio ’16, Rob Shade ’15, and Erik Griffin ’16, who were all named to the All-Tourna-ment Team. Additionally, Faccio was tabbed as the tourna-ment’s Most Valuable Player after averaging 9.73 assists per set and logging 11 aces.

Faccio Claims Honors: Carlos Faccio ’16 was not only was named to the All-Tournament Team and tabbed as the Tournament MVP at the Golden Flyer Invitational, he also earned UVC Co-Player of the Week and Corvias ECAC North Region Co-Player of the Week honors. Faccio’s awards are the first conference weekly awards for an Elmira player this season.

Looking Ahead: The Soaring Eagles will take nearly a week off from competition as Elmira’s next match is scheduled for Saturday, February 21st, when the Purple and Gold travel to Rochester, NY to take on Ramapo College at the Nazareth Quad Match. The opening serve is set to take place at 1:30 p.m.

Day DatE opponEnt timE-rESultJAN. 16 at #6 Kean L, 2-3 17 vs. Endicott W, 3-0 17 vs. Hunter W, 3-0 23 at #1 Juniata L, 0-3 24 vs. #13 Baruch L, 2-3 24 vs. Thiel W, 3-1 31 vs. Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 31 vs. Lakeland L, 0-3FEB. 1 vs. Mount St. Joseph L, 0-3 1 vs. Fontbonne W, 3-0 5 #7 uC Santa Cruz L, 2-3 6 vs. Thiel W, 3-0 6 vs. Ramapo W, 3-0 7 vs. Medaille W, 3-2 7 vs. Wells W, 3-1 15 #10 NYU 11:00 a.m. 15 VaSSar 4:00 p.m. 21 vs. Ramapo 1:30 p.m. 25 nazarEth 7:00 p.m. 27 StEVEnSon 4:00 p.m. 27 SUNY IT 8:00 p.m. 28 pEnn St.-BEhrEnD 11:00 a.m. 28 WEllS 4:00 p.m.MAR. 7 at MIT 11:00 a.m. 7 vs. Stevens Tech 2:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth Invitational TBA 21 at Nazareth Invitational TBA 28 at Springfield 3:00 p.m. 29 at SUNY New Paltz* 10:00 a.m. 29 vs. Bard* 12:00 p.m.APR. 3 BaruCh 4:30 p.m. 3 D’youVillE 7:00 p.m. 4 uC Santa Cruz 11:00 a.m. 11 UVC Championships TBA Home contests are bolded*Denotes UVC contest

2015 SChEDulE (9-6, 0-0 uVC)

nEW york uniVErSity ViolEtSHead Coach: Jose Pina

Assistant Coaches: Karl France & Ryan CaseyNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Patrick Merrick ’17 S 6’2” Yardley, PA -- Pennsbury Fairless Hills2 Derrick Chiu ’17 S 6’0” Cupertino, CA -- Monta Vista3 Benjamin Oxnard ’18 L 5’8” Yorba Linda, CA -- Esperanza4 Billy Kopenhefer ’18 L 6’0” Manhattan Beach, CA -- Mira Costa5 Andrew Quirk ’15 L 6’0” Laguna Niguel, CA -- Rancho Santa Margarita6 Jake Getz ’17 OH 6’1” Santa Cruz, CA -- Mount Madonna School7 Ryan Sharp ’16 DS 5’10” El Segundo, CA -- El Segundo8 Andrew Zhu ’18 OH 6’3” Saratoga, CA -- The Harker School10 Jaime Rivera ’18 S 6’0” San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Colegio San Jose11 John Holway ’16 S-OPP 5’11” Granite Bay, CA -- Granite Bay12 Stephen Tan’ 17 MB 6’3” Pacifica, CA -- Sacred Heart Cathedral13 Arya Amirhekmat ’15 OH 6’3” Dana Point, CA -- St. Margaret’s Episcopal School14 Chase Corbett ’18 MH 6’5” Manhattan Beach, CA -- Loyola15 Colin LaPorte ’16 OPP 6’5” Manhattan Beach, CA -- Loyola16 Phil Bueno ’16 MH 6’3” Edison, NJ -- St. Joseph17 Will Kozloski ’17 OPP 6’5” Glenview, IL -- Glenbrook South18 Drew Steiner ’16 OH 6’4” Kirkwood, MO -- De Smet Jesuit19 Nick Benson ’16 OH 6’3” Litchfield Park, AZ -- Brophy College Preparatory20 David Lauer ’16 OH 6’5” San Diego, CA -- Francis Parker21 Sean Leahy ’17 MH 6’5” Lac La Belle, Wisconsin -- Kettle Moraine22 Tristan Fauntleroy ’18 OH 6’4” Santa Barbara, CA -- Santa Barbara24 Chase Klein ’17 OH 6’2” Pacific Palisades, CA -- Harvard-Westlake25 Michael Jazgarski ’18 OPP 6’3” Woodhaven, NY -- Townsend Harris33 Jerry Henriquez ’17 S 6’1” Bronx, NY -- Bronx Science

A Look at NYU: The No. 10 nationally ranked New York University Violets enter the UVC Crossover with a 3-2 re-cord. After starting the season 2-0, NYU has dropped two of their last three contests, and are coming off a 3-0 loss to No. 3 SUNY New Paltz.

VaSSar CollEgE BrEWErSHead Coach: Robert Wolter

Assistant Coach: Henry ChuangNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Quinn Rutledge ’17 S 6’1” Chesterfield, VA --Cosby2 Luke Sobieraj ’15 RS 6’2” Chicago, IL -- Northside College Prep3 Colin White-Dzuro ’15 S 6’1” Toronto, ONT -- Royal St. George4 Jorge Rivera ’18 OH 6’0” San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Cupeyville5 Artie Blissert ’15 RS 6’0” Midlothian, VA --Trinity Episcopal6 Trey Cimorelli ’17 L 5’9” Orchard Park, NY -- Orchard Park9 Erik Halberg ’16 MH 6’3” Newark, DE -- Salesianum School10 Nick Zarchen ’17 DS 5’6” Santa Monica, CA -- Santa Monica11 Reno Kriz ’16 RS 6’3” Breinigsville, PA -- Parkland13 Matthew Knigge ’18 MH 6’7” New Egypt, NJ -- New Egypt14 Christian Lizana ’17 OH-L 6’1” Dublin, PA -- Pennridge15 Zechariah Lee ’18 S 6’2” Santa Clarita, CA -- Saugus17 Brian Manley ’18 OH 6’1” Buffalo, NY -- Orchard Park

Scouting the Violets: Nick Benson ’16 leads the offense with 4.18 kills per set while Patrick Merrick ’17 has set up the attack, averaging 10.43 assists per set. Benjamin Oxnard ’18 and Andrew Quirk ’15 have carried the load defensively with 2.38 digs per set, each.

Vassar So Far: Vassar College enters the weekend with a 6-4 overall record and are winners of three of their last four contests. The Brewers have proven they can compete with the nation’s elite, however, as Vassar boasts a nationally-ranked win against then-No. 11, NYU.

Scouting the Brewers: Vassar is led offensively by Brian Manley ’18 and Reno Kriz ’16, who average 2.50 and 2.48 kills per set, respectively. Zechariah Lee ’18 leads Vassar in assists with 8.19 per set, while Trey Cimorelli ’17 owns a team-best 2.06 digs per set.

Match Notes

Match Notes

2015 Elmira College Men's VolleyballElmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 12, 2015)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 9-6 0-1 0-2 9-3CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 9-6 0-1 0-2 9-3

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points10 Erik Griffin 43 182 4.23 73 376 . 2 9 0 5 0.12 7 28 0.16 12 73 1.70 8 15 23 0.53 1 0 -2 Mike Ellison 39 122 3.13 58 275 . 2 3 3 9 0.23 10 35 0.26 6 49 1.26 1 8 9 0.23 0 1 -3 Felix Garcia Ramos 19 43 2.26 18 115 . 2 1 7 0 0.00 5 16 0.26 8 22 1.16 4 5 9 0.47 1 0 -20 Matthew Buffum 49 72 1.47 31 164 . 2 5 0 1 0.02 8 16 0.16 0 8 0.16 10 22 32 0.65 3 0 -15 Mark Kawecki 41 57 1.39 33 122 . 1 9 7 4 0.10 17 39 0.41 3 22 0.54 2 4 6 0.15 2 0 -11 Tyler Smith 45 62 1.38 36 150 . 1 7 3 5 0.11 10 12 0.22 1 28 0.62 0 12 12 0.27 2 0 -18 Andrew Johnson 33 35 1.06 16 77 . 2 4 7 2 0.06 2 7 0.06 1 4 0.12 5 16 21 0.64 4 0 -6 Dylan Kuhn 35 37 1.06 24 100 . 1 3 0 1 0.03 1 5 0.03 0 5 0.14 1 20 21 0.60 2 0 -7 Ryan Lamparter 20 21 1.05 15 55 . 1 0 9 0 0.00 4 9 0.20 0 7 0.35 0 2 2 0.10 0 0 -4 Carlos Faccio 55 38 0.69 22 89 . 1 8 0 555 10.09 34 55 0.62 0 79 1.44 4 14 18 0.33 1 14 -19 Matthew Bryk 6 4 0.67 4 17 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 3 3 0.50 0 0 -12 Alex Rose 26 1 0.04 0 1 1.000 0 0.00 3 10 0.12 2 7 0.27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -16 Rob Shade 52 0 0.00 0 8 . 0 0 0 42 0.81 0 2 0.00 16 140 2.69 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 -5 Evan Clarke 7 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 3 0.43 0 3 0.00 0 3 0.43 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - -ELMIRA 55 674 12.25 330 1550 . 2 2 2 627 11.40 101 239 1.84 55 447 8.13 35 121 95.5 1.74 16 16 -Opponents 55 531 9.65 270 1357 . 1 9 2 498 9.05 63 204 1.15 104 447 8.13 39 171 124.5 2.26 19 11 -

Team Statistics ELMIRA OPPATTACK K i l l s 674 531 E r r o r s 330 270 Total Attacks 1550 1357 Attack Pct . 2 2 2 . 1 9 2 K i l l s / S e t 12.3 9.7SET A s s i s t s 627 498 A s s i s t s / S e t 11.4 9.1SERVE A c e s 101 63 E r r o r s 239 204 A t t e m p t s 1050 967 Serve Pct . 7 7 2 . 7 8 9 A c e s / S e t 1.8 1.1SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 55 104 E r r o r s / S e t 1.0 1.9 A t t e m p t s 802 844 Reception Pct . 9 3 1 . 8 7 7DEFENSE D i g s 447 447 D i g s / S e t 8.1 8.1BLOCKING Block Solo 35 39 Block Assist 121 171 Total Blocks 95.5 124.5 B l o c k s / S e t 1.7 2.3 Block Errors 16 19Ball handling errors 16 11ATTENDANCE T o t a l 112 968 Dates/Avg Per Date 1/112 2/484 Neutral site #/Avg 12/70 Current win streak 4 - Home win streak 0 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.01/16/15 at #6 Kean University L 2-3 25-27,26-24,18-25,26-24,13-15 11301/17/15 vs Endicott College W 3-0 25-23,25-18,25-12 6601/17/15 vs Hunter College W 3-0 25-13,25-18,25-22 7701/23/15 at #1 Juniata L 0-3 21-25,21-25,20-25 85501/23/15 vs #13 BARUCH L 2-3 21-25,22-25,27-25,25-22,19-21 5001/23/15 vs Thiel W 3-1 25-18,25-14,20-25,27-25 10001/31/15 vs Penn State - Altoona W 3-0 25-20,25-23,25-19 3501/31/15 vs Mount St. Joseph L 0-3 14-25,22-25,18-25 7502/01/15 vs Lakeland College L 0-3 20-25,25-27,25-27 002/01/15 vs Fontbonne W 3-0 25-21,25-21,25-18 2502/05/15 #7 UC SANTA CRUZ L 2-3 25-21,28-30,25-23,19-25,11-15 11202/06/15 vs Thiel W 3-0 25-14,25-20,25-17 6702/06/15 vs Ramapo W 3-0 25-14,25-16,25-17 5802/07/15 vs Medaille W 3-2 28-30,19-25,25-12,25-17,19-17 8502/07/15 vs Wells W 3-1 22-25,25-18,25-21,25-19 201

Record in 3-set matches: 6-3Record in 4-set matches: 2-0Record in 5-set matches: 1-3

SChool Conf CpCt. oVErall pCt. StrEakMIT 1-0 1.000 7-1 0.875 W3Vassar 1-0 1.000 6-4 0.600 L1Nazareth 0-0 0.000 11-1 0.917 L1New Paltz 0-0 0.000 4-1 0.800 W1Penn State-Behrend 0-0 0.000 5-2 0.714 W1Stevens 0-0 0.000 6-3 0.667 L1NYU 0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 L1Elmira 0-0 0.000 9-6 0.600 W4Bard 0-1 0.000 2-9 0.182 L5

2015 unitED VollEyBall ConfErEnCE StanDingS (aS of 2-12-15)