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: Elmira enters Thursday night’s matchup with UC Santa Cruz with a 5-5 overall record after win-ning, and losing, a pair of matches at the Thiel College Invitational. In their most recent match, Elmira cruised to a 3-0 victory over Fontbonne University. Countrymen Carlos Faccio ’16 and Felix Garcia Ramos ’16 led the way with 33 assists and 10 kills, respectively.

All-Tournament Team: Newly acquired setter, Carlos Fac-cio ’16, amassed 115 assists in Elmira’s four matches at the Theil College Tournament. He also posted a pair of 30-plus assist matches en route to being named to the Thiel Col-lege All-Tournament Team.

Way Out in Front: Through Elmira’s first 10 games, Erik Griffin ’16 has shown that he is more than capable of carry-ing the load offensively for the Soaring Eagles. In just eight matches, Griffin has logged a UVC-leading 109 kills, which are 23 more than the next closest UVC player.

Home Opener: Today’s game against UC Santa Cruz will be Elmira’s first home contest of the 2015 season. In their four year history, Elmira has gone 3-1 in home opening games, with their only loss occurring in their inaugural sea-son in 2011. Since then, Elmira has won three straight home openers, the most recent victory coming against Me-daille College, 3-1.

Looking Ahead: Elmira will have a short turnaround as the Soaring Eagles will be back at it tomorrow, February 6th when the Purple and Gold travel to Rochester, NY to compete in the Golden Flyer Tournament. EC opens play against Thiel College on the 6th at 4:00 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 5:00 p.m. 6 vs. Thiel 4:00 p.m. 6 vs. Ramapo 8:00 p.m. 7 vs. Medaille 12:30 p.m. 7 vs. Wells 2:30 p.m. 11 at Nazareth 7:00 p.m. 15 NYU 11:00 a.m. 15 VaSSar 4:00 p.m. 21 vs. Ramapo 1:30 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 (5-5, 0-0 EmpirE 8)

uC Santa Cruz Banana SlugSHead Coach: Todd Hollenbeck

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Secondary School 1 Branden Torado ’15 MB 6’3” Sacramento, CA -- Jesuit2 Ryan Mclaughlin ’18 S-OH 6’2” Mountain View, CA -- Mountain View4 Riley Rutan ’16 OH 6’5” San Diego, CA -- Patrick Henry5 Cameron Bardeau ’17 L 5’11” Hermosa Beach, CA -- Mira Costa7 Blake Chadwick ’15 S 6’2” San Diego, CA -- La Jolla8 Lake Merchen ’18 OH 6’3” Clovis, CA -- Buchanan9 Brian Campbell ’18 MB 6’6” Chandler, AZ -- Hamilton10 Ryan Manley ’18 OH 6’5” Cupertino, CA -- Monta Vista11 Evan Kittle ’18 S 6’2” Nevada City, CA -- Nevada City12 Gino Gaoa ’17 OH 6’2” Van Nuys, CA -- Bishop Alemany13 Jake Hurwitz ’15 L 5’10” Marina Del Rey, CA -- Crossroads14 Shad Harris ’18 S 6’5” Huntington Beach, CA -- Edison15 Jake Howard ’17 OH 6’5” Santa Monica, CA -- Campbell Hall16 Justin Bates ’16 MB 6’3” Northridge, CA -- Northridge Academy17 Gunnar Jaffarian ’17 MB 6’5” Norco, CA -- Centennial21 Jorge Reyes ’16 MB-OH 6’5” Chula Vista, CA -- Otay Ranch22 Cody Hiroto ’18 L 5’8” Temple City, CA -- Rio Hondo Prep23 Jake Landel ’15 OH 6’2” Long Beach, CA -- St. John Bosco24 Alec Felt ’18 OH 6’2” San Diego, CA -- Del Norte

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Match NotesA Look at the Banana Slugs: UC Santa Cruz opens their East Coast trip against Elmira College with a 6-2 overall record. Of UC Santa Cruz’s two losses, only one has come against an NCAA Division III institution, Hope College in five sets, while the other defeat came against Division I powerhouse, Stanford University.

Home Bodies: Of UC Santa Cruz’s eight matches this sea-son, only two of them have been played away from home, with the Banana Slugs going 1-1 in those two games. UC Santa Cruz has not had a great deal of success in true road games over the last three seasons, as the Banana Slugs own a 7-11 road record dating back to the 2013 season.

Young Guns: The Banana Slugs are led on offense this season by second-year talent Jake Howard ’17 and first-year standout Lake Merchen ’18. Howard leads UC Santa Cruz with 74 kills while Merchen is a close second with 70 kills.

First-Year Setter: UC Santa Cruz has relied on the help of a pair of rookie setters in Evan Kittle ’18 and Ryan Mclaugh-lin ’18. Kittle has totaled 221 assists in seven outings while Mclaughlin has 47. Although Kittle has seen more time this season, look for Mclaughlin to make an appearance as he served as the Banana Slugs’ primary setter against Stan-ford University.

Series History: UC Santa Cruz and Elmira have faced each other twice in the last four years, with both teams splitting matches. UC Santa Cruz has the most recent victory in the series, a five-set win that took place during the 2014 season.

2015 Elmira College Men's VolleyballElmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 03, 2015)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 5-5 0-0 0-2 5-3CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 5-5 0-0 0-2 5-3

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 26 109 4.19 51 241 . 2 4 1 3 0.12 3 18 0.12 8 42 1.62 5 8 13 0.50 1 0 -2 Mike Ellison 30 90 3.00 46 209 . 2 1 1 9 0.30 8 27 0.27 6 39 1.30 1 7 8 0.27 0 1 -3 Felix Garcia Ramos 12 30 2.50 10 74 . 2 7 0 0 0.00 4 11 0.33 4 16 1.33 3 2 5 0.42 1 0 -20 Matthew Buffum 31 46 1.48 24 99 . 2 2 2 1 0.03 6 7 0.19 0 4 0.13 7 11 18 0.58 1 0 -15 Mark Kawecki 21 30 1.43 18 67 . 1 7 9 2 0.10 7 17 0.33 3 7 0.33 2 2 4 0.19 2 0 -11 Tyler Smith 27 37 1.37 26 86 . 1 2 8 2 0.07 3 7 0.11 1 13 0.48 0 8 8 0.30 2 0 -7 Ryan Lamparter 16 20 1.25 14 49 . 1 2 2 0 0.00 4 9 0.25 0 7 0.44 0 1 1 0.06 0 0 -6 Dylan Kuhn 26 26 1.00 19 74 . 0 9 5 0 0.00 1 3 0.04 0 3 0.12 1 15 16 0.62 2 0 -18 Andrew Johnson 15 14 0.93 9 34 . 1 4 7 0 0.00 1 6 0.07 1 2 0.13 2 3 5 0.33 4 0 -4 Carlos Faccio 35 27 0.77 16 60 . 1 8 3 352 10.06 20 34 0.57 0 56 1.60 2 8 10 0.29 1 7 -19 Matthew Bryk 4 2 0.50 3 11 - . 0 9 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 -12 Alex Rose 17 1 0.06 0 1 1.000 0 0.00 1 6 0.06 2 3 0.18 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -16 Rob Shade 32 0 0.00 0 7 . 0 0 0 30 0.94 0 2 0.00 7 81 2.53 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 35 432 12.34 236 1013 . 1 9 3 402 11.49 58 150 1.66 38 276 7.89 23 67 56.5 1.61 14 9 -Opponents 35 347 9.91 163 874 . 2 1 1 320 9.14 46 130 1.31 61 282 8.06 25 126 88.0 2.51 17 11 -

Team Statistics ELMIRA OPPATTACK K i l l s 432 347 E r r o r s 236 163 Total Attacks 1013 874 Attack Pct . 1 9 3 . 2 1 1 K i l l s / S e t 12.3 9.9SET A s s i s t s 402 320 A s s i s t s / S e t 11.5 9.1SERVE A c e s 58 46 E r r o r s 150 130 A t t e m p t s 586 570 Serve Pct . 7 4 4 . 7 7 2 A c e s / S e t 1.7 1.3SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 38 61 E r r o r s / S e t 1.1 1.7 A t t e m p t s 479 469 Reception Pct . 9 2 1 . 8 7 0DEFENSE D i g s 276 282 D i g s / S e t 7.9 8.1BLOCKING Block Solo 23 25 Block Assist 67 126 Total Blocks 56.5 88.0 B l o c k s / S e t 1.6 2.5 Block Errors 14 17Ball handling errors 9 11ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 968 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 2/484 Neutral site #/Avg 8/54 Current win streak 1 - 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 25

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

SChool ConF CpCt. oVErall pCt. StrEakMIT 1-0 1.000 4-1 0.800 L1Nazareth 0-0 0.000 8-0 1.000 W8New Paltz 0-0 0.000 2-0 1.000 W2NYU 0-0 0.000 3-1 0.750 W1Penn State-Behrend 0-0 0.000 4-2 0.667 L1Stevens 0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 W3Vassar 0-0 0.000 4-3 0.571 L2Elmira 0-0 0.000 5-5 0.500 W1Bard 0-1 0.000 2-4 0.333 W1NYU 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 L2

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