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Saturday, April 19
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Ohio State
Photo by: Lucas Carter
Men's Volleyball Returns Home for MIVA Quarterfinal
4/18/2014 1:27:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
GAME NOTES (.pdf)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW men's volleyball team will end a six-year home playoff game drought, as the squad will host Ohio State on Saturday evening at the Gates Sports Center.
Who: Ohio State Buckeyes (11-15)
When: Saturday, April 19 | 7 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Series History: Ohio State leads 66-36
Last Meeting: IPFW 3, Ohio State 2 | April 4, 2014 | Columbus, Ohio
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Live Audio: GoMastodons.com Live Audio | Mike Maahs, play-by-play
Live Video: IPFW All-Access
#14 IPFW Mastodons (20-6, 9-5 MIVA)
Coach: Arnie Ball | 34th Season
Kills: 313 | Andrew Sellan
Assists: 990 | Omar Rivera
Digs: 179 | Luis Bertran
Blocks: 69 | Ramon Burgos
Aces: 33 | Eddie Rivera
Attack %: .411 | Bryan Saunders
Ohio State Buckeyes (11-15, 6-8 MIVA)
Coach: Pete Hanson | 30th season
Kills: 340 | Andrew Lutz
Assists: 853 | Christy Blough
Digs: 171 | Michael Henchy
Blocks: 91 | Driss Guessous
Aces: 22 | Miles Johnson
Attack %: .446 | Driss Guessous
QUICK HITTERS
• IPFW and Ohio State have met 103 times prior to Saturday's meeting
• The Mastodons maintained their position at No. 14 in the AVCA Top-15 Poll
• Saturday's meeting pits two of the NCAA's three winningest active coaches in IPFW's Arnie Ball and Ohio State's Pete Hanson.
• IPFW's six losses this season have come against teams that are currently in the Top 15, while Ohio State is 1-14 this season against Nationally ranked teams, with the only win coming on March 7 in Columbus against Penn State
• IPFW ranks third in the NCAA in kills per set, fourth in win percentage, and fifth in assists per set
• Andrew Sellan was named First Team All-MIVA, while Eddie Rivera and Omar Rivera were each named Second Team All-MIVA
• IPFW is 24-25 all-time in the MIVA Tournament, and is hosting its first home MIVA Tournament match since 2007
• With the teams 20th win (on April 12 against Lindenwood), the 2014 Mastodons became the 11th team in program history to reach the 20-win plateau
• The last opponent IPFW has swept three times in a season was Loyola during the 2007 season, including during the first round of the MIVA Tournament, played in Fort Wayne.
• The last time IPFW swept Ohio State three times in a season was in 1992
~ Feel the Rumble ~
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW men's volleyball team will end a six-year home playoff game drought, as the squad will host Ohio State on Saturday evening at the Gates Sports Center.
Who: Ohio State Buckeyes (11-15)
When: Saturday, April 19 | 7 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Series History: Ohio State leads 66-36
Last Meeting: IPFW 3, Ohio State 2 | April 4, 2014 | Columbus, Ohio
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Live Audio: GoMastodons.com Live Audio | Mike Maahs, play-by-play
Live Video: IPFW All-Access
#14 IPFW Mastodons (20-6, 9-5 MIVA)
Coach: Arnie Ball | 34th Season
Kills: 313 | Andrew Sellan
Assists: 990 | Omar Rivera
Digs: 179 | Luis Bertran
Blocks: 69 | Ramon Burgos
Aces: 33 | Eddie Rivera
Attack %: .411 | Bryan Saunders
Ohio State Buckeyes (11-15, 6-8 MIVA)
Coach: Pete Hanson | 30th season
Kills: 340 | Andrew Lutz
Assists: 853 | Christy Blough
Digs: 171 | Michael Henchy
Blocks: 91 | Driss Guessous
Aces: 22 | Miles Johnson
Attack %: .446 | Driss Guessous
QUICK HITTERS
• IPFW and Ohio State have met 103 times prior to Saturday's meeting
• The Mastodons maintained their position at No. 14 in the AVCA Top-15 Poll
• Saturday's meeting pits two of the NCAA's three winningest active coaches in IPFW's Arnie Ball and Ohio State's Pete Hanson.
• IPFW's six losses this season have come against teams that are currently in the Top 15, while Ohio State is 1-14 this season against Nationally ranked teams, with the only win coming on March 7 in Columbus against Penn State
• IPFW ranks third in the NCAA in kills per set, fourth in win percentage, and fifth in assists per set
• Andrew Sellan was named First Team All-MIVA, while Eddie Rivera and Omar Rivera were each named Second Team All-MIVA
• IPFW is 24-25 all-time in the MIVA Tournament, and is hosting its first home MIVA Tournament match since 2007
• With the teams 20th win (on April 12 against Lindenwood), the 2014 Mastodons became the 11th team in program history to reach the 20-win plateau
• The last opponent IPFW has swept three times in a season was Loyola during the 2007 season, including during the first round of the MIVA Tournament, played in Fort Wayne.
• The last time IPFW swept Ohio State three times in a season was in 1992
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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