'Dons Host Ranked MIVA Opponents with Senior Day Saturday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Purdue Fort Wayne men's volleyball will play host to Lewis on Thursday (April 3) and Ball State on Saturday (April 5) for the Mastodons senior day.

Game Day Information
Who: Lewis Flyers | Ball State Cardinals
When: Thursday, April 3 - 7 PM | Saturday, April 5 - 7 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind.| Arnie Ball Court
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+ (Thursday) | ESPN+ (Saturday)
Game Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | MIVA

Know Your Foe
• Lewis has a 19-7 record up to this point and rounded out non-conference play at 7-2, beating No. 8 Penn State and losing to No. 2 Long Beach State. The Flyers have gone 9-4 in MIVA play and are currently on a three match win streak, beating Ohio State and Queens twice. Libero Nico Paula is fourth in the nation in digs per set with 2.61. Max Roquet and Oguzhan Oguz lead Lewis in hitting this year, both hitting over 3.20 kills per set and .300 hitting percentage per set. Senior Tyler Morgan is the Flyers' setter, averaging 9.49 assists per set.

• Ball State has a 17-9 record and finished non-conference play 7-3, all three losses coming against ranked opponents: Stanford and BYU twice. Ball State is 9-4 in MIVA play, only losing to Lewis, McKendree and Loyola Chicago. Raje Alleyne and Patrick Rogers are the team's leading hitters, both hitting over 3.00 kills per set and .275 hitting percentage per set.

Series History
• Lewis holds the series history at 46-27 over the Mastodons. The 'Dons own a 17-16 home record against the Flyers. Lewis won the last meeting in five-sets, Axel Melendez Watts led the team with 17 kills on a .359 percentage and seven digs.

• Ball State leads the series history 84-33 over the Mastodons. The Cardinals have won the last 10 meetings. Ball State took the last matchup in five sets, Logan Muir led the 'Dons with 17 kills and eight digs.

An Axel-lent Week
Senior Axel Melendez Watts received his first MIVA Offensive Player of the Year selection of his career (April 1) after a four-set victory over Quincy. The senior led the MIVA in points per set during the week, averaging 4.88. The Puerto Rico native also contributed 4.00 kills per set, the league's third-most on the week, on a .355 hitting percentage.

Century Club
Purdue Fort Wayne head coach Donny Gleason collected his 100th career win as a head coach following the win against Quincy (March 21).

Locked and Logan
Logan Muir has the second-most kills per set (4.05) and points per set (4.90) in the MIVA. He also sits third highest in services aces per set (0.46).

Mastodon Starters
Both Casey Lyons and Andrew Mayer have started every match for Purdue Fort Wayne this season.

He Can Do It
JP Candrian earned his first MIVA Player of the Week award, earning Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 28). Candrian led the Mastodons to a 2-0 week, beating both LIU (Jan. 23) and Lees-McRae (Jan. 25) on the Arnie Ball Court. The freshman averaged 2.67 digs during the stretch, collecting 16 in the five-set victory over LIU. The Florida native added 0.67 blocks per set to his weekly totals.

Last Time Out
The Mastodons beat Quincy (March 29) in four sets. Senior Axel Melendez Watts led the match with 16 kills and nine digs. Andrej Polomac assisted on 39 kills in the match and eight digs.

Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will cap off the regular season with two matches at the MIVA leader McKendree (April 11-12).

~ Feel the Rumble ~

'Dons Host Ranked MIVA Opponents with Senior Day Saturday

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Players Mentioned

JP Candrian

Casey Lyons

Andrew Mayer

Axel Melendez Watts

Logan Muir

Andrej Polomac

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