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 NotesLast Time Out: The Purple and Gold are coming off a two-match split at the Nazareth College Quad-Match last weekend. Elmira defeated Medaille College, 3-1, before fall-ing to Ramapo College in five sets. Erik Griffin ’16 led with 40 total kills while Carlos Faccio ’16 posted 91 assists over the day.

A Couple of the Best in the Country: Erik Griffin ’16 and Carlos Faccio ’16 both rank in the top-five in multiple statistical categories in NCAA Division III men’s volleyball. Griffin ranks third in the nation in points per set with 4.77 and fifth in kills per set with 4.20. Faccio is averaging 9.92 assists per set and 0.92 aces per set to rank fourth and fifth in the country, respectively.

Faccio on the Serve: Just past the halfway mark for the 2015 regular season, Carlos Faccio ’16 has already posted 51 total aces. He is just two aces away from tying an EC single-season record for most aces in a single season, which is owned by former standout Ryan Gelenitis ’14.

Moving on Up: Dylan Kuhn ’16 has upped his career total blocks to 201 with six total blocks last weekend. He is just five total blocks away from taking sole possession of second place on the EC career total block list. With six total blocks, Kuhn would pass former teammate Ryan Nerney ’14.

Looking Ahead: Elmira will compete next this weekend when they host the Mark Twain Cup on February 27th and 28th. The EC men will take on Stevenson University and SUNY IT on Friday before squaring off against Penn St.-Behrend and Wells College on Saturday.

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* L, 1-3 15 VaSSar* W, 3-1 21 vs. Medaille W, 3-1 21 vs. Ramapo L, 2-3 25 VS. 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* 7:00 p.m. 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 (11-8, 1-1 uVC)

nazarEth CollEgE golDEn FlyErSHead Coach: Todd Hollenbeck

Assistant Coaches: Kyle Salisbury, Bill Gimello, Sandy Kleinberg, & Mary CushmanNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Chris Mahan ’16 MB 6’6” Victor, NY -- Victor 2 Jake Kemp ’18 S 6’2” Phelps, NY -- Midlakes 3 Cory Randolph ’16 L-DS 6’3” Columbus, OH -- Bishop Watterson 4 Grant Levermore ’16 OH 6’5” Fairport, NY -- Fairport 5 Josh Hieb ’16 RS 6’5” Zion, IL -- Zion-Benton 6 Robert Sarneckis ’17 OH 6’3” Lindenhurst, NY -- Lindenhurst 7 Sam Bittker ’18 OH 6’4” Rochester, NY -- Penfield 8 Nick McDonagh ’15 S 6’4” Derby, NY -- Lake Shore 9 Coulton Every ’16 MB 6’6” Hawthorn Woods, IL -- Lake Zurich 10 Luke Lawatsch ’15 MB 6’5” Penfield, NY -- Penfield 11 Bobby Beeman ’16 OH 6’2” Big Flats, NY -- Horseheads 12 John McCarty ’16 L-DS 6’2” Delmar, NY -- Bethlehem 13 Tim Zyburt ’16 OH 6’6” Wheaton, IL -- Wheaton Warrenville South 14 Brody Cord ’15 OH 6’4” Loomis, CA -- Del Oro 16 Pat Stroh ’18 OH 6’5” Hamburg, NY -- Hamburg 18 André Richardson ’17 OH 6’2” Hampton, GA -- Luella 19 Kane Wittorff ’17 RS 6’5” Milford, MA -- Milford

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Match NotesA Glance at the Golden Flyers: Nazareth enters the con-test with a 14-2 overall record and a 1-1 mark inside the UVC. The Golden Flyers are ranked No. 6 in the country, according to the most recent AVCA Division III National Coaches Poll. The Golden Flyers’ only losses this season came to the hands of Medaille College and then-No. 1 Ste-vens Institute of Technology.

Leading the Way: Tim Zyburt ’16 leads the way on offense with 3.50 kills per set while Grant Levermore ’16 is behind him with 2.98 kills per set. Jake Kemp ’18 has been set-ting up the attack with 8.50 assists per set while Levermore leads on defense with 1.41 digs per set. Luke Lawatsch ’15 posts a team-leading 1.21 total blocks per set.

Number One in the Country: Luke Lawatsch ’15 is also boasting a hitting percentage of .475 this season. This is good to rank first in NCAA Division III men’s volleyball. He is .007 ahead of second placed Christopher Husmann of SUNY New Paltz.

UVC Rookie of the Week: For the second time in three weeks, Jake Kemp ’18 was named the UVC Rookie of the Week. In a pair of 3-0 sweeps last week, Kemp totaled 48 assists to average 9.60 assists per set.

All-Time Series: The EC men have taken on Nazareth a total of eight times prior to this matchup. The Golden Fly-ers own a 7-1 all-time record against the Soaring Eagles, however, Elmira earned their first ever win, 3-1, against the then No. 9 Nazareth in their most recent meeting, on March 30th, 2014.

2015 Elmira College Men's VolleyballElmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 24, 2015)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 11-8 1-2 0-2 10-4CONFERENCE 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 10-7 0-1 0-2 10-4

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 60 252 4.20 97 520 . 2 9 8 8 0.13 11 39 0.18 18 91 1.52 9 28 37 0.62 3 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 29 57 1.97 25 169 . 1 8 9 0 0.00 7 25 0.24 12 36 1.24 4 7 11 0.38 1 1 -20 Matthew Buffum 66 101 1.53 39 218 . 2 8 4 2 0.03 11 19 0.17 0 12 0.18 13 39 52 0.79 3 0 -15 Mark Kawecki 55 76 1.38 49 174 . 1 5 5 6 0.11 21 55 0.38 6 36 0.65 2 6 8 0.15 3 0 -11 Tyler Smith 53 68 1.28 43 172 . 1 4 5 5 0.09 12 12 0.23 1 35 0.66 0 13 13 0.25 2 0 -6 Dylan Kuhn 47 59 1.26 34 157 . 1 5 9 1 0.02 1 5 0.02 1 7 0.15 1 26 27 0.57 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 -18 Andrew Johnson 48 49 1.02 28 116 . 1 8 1 3 0.06 2 7 0.04 1 9 0.19 8 25 33 0.69 4 0 -4 Carlos Faccio 72 44 0.61 28 120 . 1 3 3 714 9.92 51 75 0.71 0 101 1.40 5 20 25 0.35 1 18 -19 Matthew Bryk 9 5 0.56 6 20 - . 0 5 0 0 0.00 1 2 0.11 0 0 0.00 0 3 3 0.33 1 0 -12 Alex Rose 34 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 0 0.00 4 12 0.12 2 8 0.24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -16 Rob Shade 69 1 0.01 1 12 . 0 0 0 48 0.70 0 2 0.00 20 190 2.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 -5 Evan Clarke 24 0 0.00 0 3 . 0 0 0 6 0.25 2 8 0.08 1 18 0.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - -ELMIRA 72 856 11.89 423 2012 . 2 1 5 802 11.14 137 305 1.90 75 599 8.32 43 177 131.5 1.83 20 21 -Opponents 72 706 9.81 375 1826 . 1 8 1 668 9.28 83 266 1.15 140 602 8.36 57 234 174.0 2.42 21 16 -

Team Statistics ELMIRA OPPATTACK K i l l s 856 706 E r r o r s 423 375 Total Attacks 2012 1826 Attack Pct . 2 1 5 . 1 8 1 K i l l s / S e t 11.9 9.8SET A s s i s t s 802 668 A s s i s t s / S e t 11.1 9.3SERVE A c e s 137 83 E r r o r s 305 266 A t t e m p t s 1440 1328 Serve Pct . 7 8 8 . 8 0 0 A c e s / S e t 1.9 1.2SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 75 140 E r r o r s / S e t 1.0 1.9 A t t e m p t s 1101 1168 Reception Pct . 9 3 2 . 8 8 0DEFENSE D i g s 599 602 D i g s / S e t 8.3 8.4BLOCKING Block Solo 43 57 Block Assist 177 234 Total Blocks 131.5 174.0 B l o c k s / S e t 1.8 2.4 Block Errors 20 21Ball handling errors 21 16ATTENDANCE T o t a l 225 968 Dates/Avg Per Date 3/75 2/484 Neutral site #/Avg 14/77 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 1 -

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

*02/15/15 #10 NYU L 1-3 27-25,22-25,21-25,22-25 52*02/15/15 VASSAR COLLEGE W 3-1 25-19,23-25,25-16,25-9 6102/21/15 vs Medaille W 3-1 25-22,22-25,25-20,25-19 11302/21/15 vs Ramapo L 2-3 25-18,25-23,21-25,18-25,13-15 124

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

SChool ConF CpCt. oVErall pCt. StrEakStevens 3-0 1.000 12-4 0.750 W3NYU 2-0 1.000 7-3 0.700 W2MIT 2-1 0.667 10-2 0.833 W3New Paltz 2-1 0.667 6-2 0.750 L1Nazareth 1-1 0.500 14-2 0.875 W2Elmira 1-1 0.500 11-8 0.579 L1Vassar 1-2 0.333 9-7 0.563 W2SUNY IT 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1Penn State-Behrend 0-2 0.000 6-4 0.600 W1Bard 0-3 0.000 5-12 0.294 W1

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