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Post by REsults on Apr 26, 2003 20:13:10 GMT -5
Could someone please post. I hve tried the internet radio but no good.
Please help those who have the dish.
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Post by sponge13 on Apr 26, 2003 20:33:37 GMT -5
Penn State. def. George Mason 27-30, 30-23, 30-24, 34-32. Carlos Guerra match-high 20 kills with a .533 hitting percentage.
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Post by sponge13 on Apr 26, 2003 21:04:36 GMT -5
Lewis def. Loyola 30-27, 30-25, 30-26
Fabiano Barreto 23 kills on a .474 hitting percentage. Lewis, the top hitting team in the nation, hits .440 collectively.
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Post by PSU lion on Apr 26, 2003 21:19:01 GMT -5
No. 7 Penn State Men’s Volleyball Defeats George Mason to Advance to NCAA Semifinal
Lions down Patriots in four games to take conference tournament championship
University Park, Pa., April 26, 2003 Behind 20 kills from senior Carlos Guerra (Tamaulipus, Mexico), the Penn State men’s volleyball team defeated George Mason in four games (27-30, 30-23, 30-24, 34-32) to capture the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament crown and earn an automatic bid to the national semifinal match next week in Long Beach, Calif.
“We were amped up at the beginning of the match,” said head coach Mark Pavlik. “But the experience and maturity of this team, we were able to let our mistakes go and refocus and get the job done.”<br>
Penn State (26-5) had four players in double-digit kill figures led by Guerra, who became only the second Nittany Lion in history to surpass the 1,800 kill mark besides four-time All-America selection Ivan Contreras. Senior Zach Slenker (Dallastown, Pa.) pounded 16 kills while junior Keith Kowal (Reading, Pa.) chipped in 15 and junior Norm Keil (St. James, N.Y.) added 11. Penn State outhit George Mason .418 to .257 for the match.
George Mason’s Felix Campos led his squad with 19 kills with James Claney notching 10 kills on an errorless 14 swings to hit .714. Shaun Powell and Art Kulans recorded 15 and 12 kills, respectively, for the Patriots, who end their season with a 16-10 record.
Freshman Dan O’Dell (Rochester, N.Y.) directed the Penn State offense with 61 assists while junior libero Ricky Mattei (San Juan, Puerto Rico) posted a match-high 12 digs as the Nittany Lions outdug George Mason 30 to 21.
Kowal led the squad in blocking with nine, setting a new Penn State single-season blocking record with 160 total blocks. Slenker added six blocks and four other Nittany Lions added at least one as Penn State outblocked George Mason 12.5 to 4.0.
Both teams recorded four service aces with Penn State’s Nate Matthews (Rochester, N.Y.) and George Mason’s Dave Egan both notching two apiece.
Game one remained close early with George Mason capturing the 10-9 lead on a Penn State attack error. A Patriot kill from Claney gave George Mason the 17-14 lead but a block from Kowal and Guerra later tied the game at 21-21. An Art Kulans kill for GMU put them up 23-22 and Penn State was never able to close the gap. A Nittany Lion service error ended the game at 30-27. Guerra led Penn State with six kills on nine attempts while Powell added five kills for George Mason. The Patriots outhit Penn State .229 to .200 in the game.
Penn State jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the second game on a kill from Slenker and continued to hold the momentum, extending the advantage to 18-7 on a block from Kowal and senior Zeljko Koljesar (Kitchener, Ontario). But back to back kills from George Mason’s Felix Campos coupled with a Patriot block brought the visitors to within six at 22-16. The teams exchanged service errors before a Guerra kill made the score 24-17. Penn State took the second game 30-23 on a Patriot service error. Kowal recorded six kills on seven swings in the second game to go along with three blocks. Campos posted five kills for the Patriots as Penn State outhit George Mason .429 to .133 in the game.
The third game opened with back to back Patriot service aces but Penn State fought back to tie the game at 4-4. The Lions took the 9-8 lead on a Kowal kill and extended their lead to 17-12 on a George Mason service error. Back to back aces by Matthews gave Penn State the 25-16 lead before a George Mason service error ended the game at 30-24. Slenker, Guerra and Keil all recorded four kills for the Lions as Slenker added four blocks. Penn State outhit George Mason .550 to .200 for the set.
The teams traded points four times to begin the fourth game before a Campos kill followed by an ace put George Mason up 6-4. The Lions fought back to tied the game at 7-7 on a Patriot attack error but George Mason gained the momentum on a kill from Powell and went on to take the 17-12 lead. But Penn State slowly chipped away at the deficit, scoring the next two points off a Kowal kill and a bad set by George Mason to pull to within three at 17-14. A Penn State service error was followed by an overpass kill from Mattei, his first kill of the season. With the momentum, Penn State tied the game at 25-25 on a Slenker and Keil block. A Guerra kill followed by a GMU attack error and a Slenker kill forced a Patriot timeout with Penn State leading 28-25. But George Mason came out of the break scoring the next two points, and following a Penn State timeout, Slenker put away a kill to give the Lions match point at 29-27. A service error followed by a Patriot kill tied the game at 29-29 and the teams three times traded points to knot the score at 32-32. A Kowal kill gave Penn State the one point advantage before Slenker ended the game with a kill at 34-32 to give the Lions a berth in their 18th NCAA Tournament.
After the match, Slenker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament while teammates Guerra and Keil were named to the All-Tournament team, along with Campos, Claney and Steinfurth from George Mason and Rutgers-Newark’s Danko Iordanov.
Penn State now travels to Long Beach, Calif., for the NCAA semifinal, held on Thursday, May 1. The four teams participating in the NCAA Tournament will be announced on Sunday, April 27th.
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Post by MIVA Results on Apr 26, 2003 21:32:40 GMT -5
Lewis absolutely smoked Loyola. I don't think Loyola had a lead the whole night. Games 2 & 3 were nowhere near as close as the scores indicated. Lewis's Miller & Elsea totally shut down Loyola's middles. By game 2 and 3, Davis wasn't even trying to set his middles anymore. Stuntz was out of his mind, passing and digging everything. This was the best I've seen Lewis play this year.
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