Thursday, April 6
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Loyola Chicago
Fort Wayne Hosts No. 10 Loyola on Thursday
4/5/2017 1:23:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne men's volleyball team is set to face off against No. 10 Loyola on Thursday at 7 p.m. on Arnie Ball Court.
Gameday Information vs. Loyola
WHEN: Thursday, April 6 | 7 p.m.
WHERE: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Arnie Ball Court
LIVE STATS: www.sidearmstats.com/fortwayne/mvball/
LIVE VIDEO: gomastodons.com/watch
LIVE AUDIO: portal.stretchinternet.com/fortwayne
PLAY-BY-PLAY: Mike Maahs
SERIES HISTORY: Loyola leads 29-19
LAST MEETING: Feb. 16, 2017 | Fort Wayne 1, No. 10 Loyola 3 (25-23, 26-28, 25-20, 25-20) | Chicago, Ill.
Fort Wayne Mastodons 5-21, 2-12 MIVA
Coach: Ryan "Rock" Perrotte | Second Season (15-38)
Kills: 1152 | Colton Stone (270)
Assists: 1083 | Michael Keegan (875)
Digs: 833 | Michael Keegan (152)
Blocks: 176.0 | Graydon Schroeder (76)
Aces: 87 | Colton Stone (24)
Attack %: .207 | Michael Keegan (.333)
Fort Wayne enters the weekend 5-21, 2-12 MIVA, coming off a pair of losses to Lindenwood and Quincy in four and five sets respectively. The 'Dons are currently sitting at ninth in the MIVA, one spot below Quincy, who is tied in conference record.
No. 10 Loyola 15-10, 11-5 MIVA
Coach: Mark Hulse
Kills: 1085 | Ben Plaisted (270)
Assists: 1022 | Ian Cowen (818)
Digs: 802 | Ben Plaisted, Collin Mahan (135)
Blocks: 239.0 | Jeff Jendryk (112)
Aces: 111 | Jeff Jendryk (22)
Attack %: .270 | Jeff Jendryk (.434)
Loyola comes to Fort Wayne with a 15-10, 7-6 MIVA record and is coming off a split of two matches with Grand Canyon. The Ramblers have strong wins over Penn State, Grand Canyon, CSUN and BYU to their credit this season. The last time the Ramblers faced Fort Wayne, they came away with a 3-1 victory over the Mastodons in Chicago.
MIVA Tournament Seeding
Seeding for the MIVA tournament between two teams with tied conference records will use the following criteria:
• Head to head competition in conference matches among tied teams.
• Total games won and lost in conference matches among tied teams.
• Total point differential in conference matches among tied teams.
• Overall conference games won and lost.
• Total point differential in all conference matches.
• Coin toss.
A Grand Outing
In Fort Wayne's second match with Grand Canyon, Nick Smalter had a career-high 29 kills. Smalter tied his previous career-high of 16 in the third set, and continued on to have the most by any MIVA player this season. Smalter finished with a .451 hitting percentage (29-6-51), while also contributing eight digs, four blocks and two service aces. This match also led the way for Smalter to earn MIVA Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
Double Trouble
Michael Keegan had a four-match streak of double-doubles this season, which had not been done since Matt Zbyszewski had four straight in April of 2005. Keegan had 39 assists and 12 digs at No. 7 Lewis, 43 and 10 at Quincy, 45 and 11 at Lindenwood and 48 and 10 at Lourdes. Keegan also had double-doubles at Harvard and against Quincy, making his season total six.
MIVA WIN No. 250
With Fort Wayne's 3-2 victory over Quincy on Friday (Feb. 24), the 'Dons reached its 250th program win in MIVA competition. Fort Wayne earned its second MIVA win of the year, its fifth under coach Ryan "Rock" Perrotte.
Five Set 'Dons
Fort Wayne has gone into five sets on seven different occasions this season. The 'Dons took Saint Francis, McKendree, No. 11 Ball State, Quincy (twice), Lindenwood and Grand Canyon to five. Fort Wayne is 2-5 in such matches. Additionally, the 'Dons have pushed four of these fifth sets to extra points (McKendree, Quincy, Lindenwood and Grand Canyon), in which they are 2-2.
Extra Point Sets
The 'Dons have gone into extra points in 16 sets throughout the season, including three sets at Quincy and the final set at Lindenwood in the same weekend (Feb. 24-25). Fort Wayne also had two extra point sets at Grand Canyon, in which they fell 30-28 and 19-17.
Last Time Out
Fort Wayne dropped a home match to Quincy at home in five sets. Alex Dickmann set a career-high 24 kills and Nick Smalter recorded his first career double-double (11k, 10d).
Next Time Up
The Mastodons conclude the regular season with a matchup against Lewis in Fort Wayne on Arnie Ball Court at 7 p.m. on April 8. The MIVA tournament begins April 15, and Fort Wayne's inclusion and opponent are to be determined based on final conference records.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Gameday Information vs. Loyola
WHEN: Thursday, April 6 | 7 p.m.
WHERE: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Arnie Ball Court
LIVE STATS: www.sidearmstats.com/fortwayne/mvball/
LIVE VIDEO: gomastodons.com/watch
LIVE AUDIO: portal.stretchinternet.com/fortwayne
PLAY-BY-PLAY: Mike Maahs
SERIES HISTORY: Loyola leads 29-19
LAST MEETING: Feb. 16, 2017 | Fort Wayne 1, No. 10 Loyola 3 (25-23, 26-28, 25-20, 25-20) | Chicago, Ill.
Fort Wayne Mastodons 5-21, 2-12 MIVA
Coach: Ryan "Rock" Perrotte | Second Season (15-38)
Kills: 1152 | Colton Stone (270)
Assists: 1083 | Michael Keegan (875)
Digs: 833 | Michael Keegan (152)
Blocks: 176.0 | Graydon Schroeder (76)
Aces: 87 | Colton Stone (24)
Attack %: .207 | Michael Keegan (.333)
Fort Wayne enters the weekend 5-21, 2-12 MIVA, coming off a pair of losses to Lindenwood and Quincy in four and five sets respectively. The 'Dons are currently sitting at ninth in the MIVA, one spot below Quincy, who is tied in conference record.
No. 10 Loyola 15-10, 11-5 MIVA
Coach: Mark Hulse
Kills: 1085 | Ben Plaisted (270)
Assists: 1022 | Ian Cowen (818)
Digs: 802 | Ben Plaisted, Collin Mahan (135)
Blocks: 239.0 | Jeff Jendryk (112)
Aces: 111 | Jeff Jendryk (22)
Attack %: .270 | Jeff Jendryk (.434)
Loyola comes to Fort Wayne with a 15-10, 7-6 MIVA record and is coming off a split of two matches with Grand Canyon. The Ramblers have strong wins over Penn State, Grand Canyon, CSUN and BYU to their credit this season. The last time the Ramblers faced Fort Wayne, they came away with a 3-1 victory over the Mastodons in Chicago.
MIVA Tournament Seeding
Seeding for the MIVA tournament between two teams with tied conference records will use the following criteria:
• Head to head competition in conference matches among tied teams.
• Total games won and lost in conference matches among tied teams.
• Total point differential in conference matches among tied teams.
• Overall conference games won and lost.
• Total point differential in all conference matches.
• Coin toss.
A Grand Outing
In Fort Wayne's second match with Grand Canyon, Nick Smalter had a career-high 29 kills. Smalter tied his previous career-high of 16 in the third set, and continued on to have the most by any MIVA player this season. Smalter finished with a .451 hitting percentage (29-6-51), while also contributing eight digs, four blocks and two service aces. This match also led the way for Smalter to earn MIVA Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
Double Trouble
Michael Keegan had a four-match streak of double-doubles this season, which had not been done since Matt Zbyszewski had four straight in April of 2005. Keegan had 39 assists and 12 digs at No. 7 Lewis, 43 and 10 at Quincy, 45 and 11 at Lindenwood and 48 and 10 at Lourdes. Keegan also had double-doubles at Harvard and against Quincy, making his season total six.
MIVA WIN No. 250
With Fort Wayne's 3-2 victory over Quincy on Friday (Feb. 24), the 'Dons reached its 250th program win in MIVA competition. Fort Wayne earned its second MIVA win of the year, its fifth under coach Ryan "Rock" Perrotte.
Five Set 'Dons
Fort Wayne has gone into five sets on seven different occasions this season. The 'Dons took Saint Francis, McKendree, No. 11 Ball State, Quincy (twice), Lindenwood and Grand Canyon to five. Fort Wayne is 2-5 in such matches. Additionally, the 'Dons have pushed four of these fifth sets to extra points (McKendree, Quincy, Lindenwood and Grand Canyon), in which they are 2-2.
Extra Point Sets
The 'Dons have gone into extra points in 16 sets throughout the season, including three sets at Quincy and the final set at Lindenwood in the same weekend (Feb. 24-25). Fort Wayne also had two extra point sets at Grand Canyon, in which they fell 30-28 and 19-17.
Last Time Out
Fort Wayne dropped a home match to Quincy at home in five sets. Alex Dickmann set a career-high 24 kills and Nick Smalter recorded his first career double-double (11k, 10d).
Next Time Up
The Mastodons conclude the regular season with a matchup against Lewis in Fort Wayne on Arnie Ball Court at 7 p.m. on April 8. The MIVA tournament begins April 15, and Fort Wayne's inclusion and opponent are to be determined based on final conference records.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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