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Fort Wayne MVB Concludes Regular Season With Lewis
4/7/2017 12:13:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne men's volleyball team concludes the regular season with a home matchup against No. 7 Lewis at 7 p.m. on Saturday (April 8) on Arnie Ball Court. This match will serve as the Mastodons' senior night. Gabriel Quinones, Scott McNerney and Nick Smalter will be honored before the starting lineups are announced.
Gameday Information vs. Lewis
WHEN: Saturday, April 8 | 7 p.m.
WHERE: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Arnie Ball Court
LIVE STATS: www.sidearmstats.com/fortwayne/mvball/
LIVE VIDEO: gomastodons.com/watch
SERIES HISTORY: Lewis leads 32-24
LAST MEETING: Feb. 18, 2017 | Fort Wayne 1, No. 7 Lewis 3 (22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-17) | Romeoville, Ill.
Fort Wayne Mastodons 5-22, 2-13 MIVA
Coach: Ryan "Rock" Perrotte | Second Season (15-41)
Kills: 1197 | Colton Stone (272)
Assists: 1126 | Michael Keegan (910)
Digs: 860 | Michael Keegan (156)
Blocks: 176.0 | Graydon Schroeder (76)
Aces: 92 | Colton Stone (26)
Attack %: .210 | Michael Keegan (.348)
Fort Wayne enters the weekend 5-22, 2-13 MIVA, coming off a loss to No. 10 Loyola in four sets. The 'Dons are currently tied for eighth in the MIVA, even with Quincy, who is tied in conference record.
No. 7 Lewis Flyers 21-6, 12-3 MIVA
Coach: Dan Friend
Kills: 1306 | Mitch Perinar (321)
Assists: 1216 | Matt Yoshimoto (1042)
Digs: 886 | Michael Simmons (235)
Blocks: 280.5 | Jacob Schmiegelt (113.0)
Aces: 149 | Matt Yoshimoto (37)
Attack %: .308 | John Hodul (.417)
Lewis comes to Fort Wayne with a 21-6, 12-3 MIVA record and is coming off a four-set victory at No. 13 Ball State. The Flyers are on a four-match winning streak, with their last loss coming at the hands of the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes in five sets.
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 No. 10 Loyola in four sets. The Mastodons won the third set, which could be crucial in tiebreaking scenarios to move past Quincy into the MIVA Tournament.
Next Time Up
The Mastodons' postseason berth is dependent on results of this weekend's matches across the MIVA. The 'Dons could potentially face Ohio State in the first round of the MIVA Tournament.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
