Post by future on Apr 1, 2006 20:11:13 GMT -5
Gutor and Wetzel had strong games yesterday against Rutgers yesterday as well as the new libero. Today Anderson saw some action as well as O'dell ....finally....who is back on the mend.
PSU locks the EIVA's - Mason's chances are even slimmer now.
No. 11 Penn State Men’s Volleyball Downs Princeton, 3-0
Nittany Lions clinch EIVA title; Host EIVA Championship April 27 & 29
Princeton, N.J., April 1, 2006 – With a three-game victory over
Princeton Saturday afternoon (30-22, 30-22, 30-27), the Penn State
men’s volleyball team claimed its 18th Eastern Intercollegiate
Volleyball Association (EIVA) regular-season title.
The Nittany Lions (15-7, 11-1) will receive a bye in the EIVA
quarterfinals on April 22 and will host the conference tournament
semifinals and championship, slated for Thursday and Saturday, April
27 and 29. Rec Hall will also host the National Collegiate
Championship the following week, welcoming the conference tournament
champions from each of the three leagues (EIVA, MIVA, MPSF) and one
at-large team determined by the NCAA Committee. The National
Semifinals are slated for May 4 at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., with the
winners vying for the National Championship on May 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Against Princeton, senior middle hitter Nate Meerstein (Pittsburgh,
Pa.) and freshman middle hitter Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) each
posted nine kills as seniors Matt Proper (Guys Mills, Pa.) and Andrew
Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and freshman Matt Anderson (West Seneca,
N.Y.) all recorded seven kills in the outing, with Proper’s coming on
a career-high 1.000 hitting percentage (7-0-7). Junior outside Alex
Gutor (Kiev, Ukraine) contributed six kills. As a team, Penn State
attacked at a .365 clip while holding Princeton to hitting .138.
Sophomore setter Luke Murray (East Petersburg, Pa.) and senior setter
Dan O’Dell (Rochester, N.Y.), who is returning from knee surgery,
split time directing the office. Murray dished out 21 assists while
O’Dell provided 20.
The Nittany Lions won the battle from behind the service line,
racking up eight aces to the Tigers’ four. Proper tallied three
winners as Gutor posted two and Holt, O’Dell and Price all recorded one.
Each team posted nine team blocks as Meerstein led Penn State with
four stuffs, Price added three and Holt and Murray chipped in two
apiece.
The Nittany Lions return home to host Lewis in their last regular-
season home contest on Saturday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. The Senior
Night contest, honoring Dan O’Dell, Matt Proper, Kevin Wentzel,
Andrew Price and Nate Meerstein, will be televised live on WPSU-TV
and on a tape-delay basis by CSTV.
PSU locks the EIVA's - Mason's chances are even slimmer now.
No. 11 Penn State Men’s Volleyball Downs Princeton, 3-0
Nittany Lions clinch EIVA title; Host EIVA Championship April 27 & 29
Princeton, N.J., April 1, 2006 – With a three-game victory over
Princeton Saturday afternoon (30-22, 30-22, 30-27), the Penn State
men’s volleyball team claimed its 18th Eastern Intercollegiate
Volleyball Association (EIVA) regular-season title.
The Nittany Lions (15-7, 11-1) will receive a bye in the EIVA
quarterfinals on April 22 and will host the conference tournament
semifinals and championship, slated for Thursday and Saturday, April
27 and 29. Rec Hall will also host the National Collegiate
Championship the following week, welcoming the conference tournament
champions from each of the three leagues (EIVA, MIVA, MPSF) and one
at-large team determined by the NCAA Committee. The National
Semifinals are slated for May 4 at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., with the
winners vying for the National Championship on May 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Against Princeton, senior middle hitter Nate Meerstein (Pittsburgh,
Pa.) and freshman middle hitter Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) each
posted nine kills as seniors Matt Proper (Guys Mills, Pa.) and Andrew
Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and freshman Matt Anderson (West Seneca,
N.Y.) all recorded seven kills in the outing, with Proper’s coming on
a career-high 1.000 hitting percentage (7-0-7). Junior outside Alex
Gutor (Kiev, Ukraine) contributed six kills. As a team, Penn State
attacked at a .365 clip while holding Princeton to hitting .138.
Sophomore setter Luke Murray (East Petersburg, Pa.) and senior setter
Dan O’Dell (Rochester, N.Y.), who is returning from knee surgery,
split time directing the office. Murray dished out 21 assists while
O’Dell provided 20.
The Nittany Lions won the battle from behind the service line,
racking up eight aces to the Tigers’ four. Proper tallied three
winners as Gutor posted two and Holt, O’Dell and Price all recorded one.
Each team posted nine team blocks as Meerstein led Penn State with
four stuffs, Price added three and Holt and Murray chipped in two
apiece.
The Nittany Lions return home to host Lewis in their last regular-
season home contest on Saturday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. The Senior
Night contest, honoring Dan O’Dell, Matt Proper, Kevin Wentzel,
Andrew Price and Nate Meerstein, will be televised live on WPSU-TV
and on a tape-delay basis by CSTV.
