2018 MEN’S MEDIA GUIDE

Men’s Volleyball St. Denis Centre. Faculty of Human Kinetics. The . Windsor, , Canada. N9B 3P4. Telephone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2475

General Quick Facts: Name ...... University of Windsor Location ...... Windsor, Ontario Table of Contents: Founded ...... 1857 Enrollment ...... 16,000 Team Name ...... Lancers 2017-18 ROSTER ...... 3 Colour...... Navy Blue & Gold Gym...... St. Denis Centre THE GRAVELLE FILE ...... 4 Gym Capacity ...... 2,000 Conference ...... OUA (Ontario University Athletics) PLAYER PROFILES ...... 5 League ...... (University Sports) SEASON REVIEW ...... 9 Lancer Men’s Volleyball Staff: 2017-18 SEASON STATISTICS ...... 10 Head Coach ...... James Gravelle - Team Statistics, 8 Assistant Coach ...... Will Alexander - Individual Statistics, 9 Assistant Coach ...... Ryan Leknois Assistant Coach...... Shawn Reaume Assistant Coach ...... Andre Khayat Student Trainer ...... Zach Mougenot

Athletics & Recreational Services: Director of Athletics ...... Mike Havey Associate Athletic Director ...... Eric Vandenbroucke Sports Information Coordinator ...... Elisa Mitton Marketing & Sponsorship ...... Mona Sleiman Business Manager ...... Helen Ellis-Govette

Medical & Support Staff: Athletic Therapist ...... Natalie Paladino Athletic Therapist ...... Dave Stoute Athletic Therapist ...... Adam Ellewood Equipment & Events Technician ..... Trevor Dinham 2017-18 WINDSOR LANCERS MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE

2017-18 Lancer Men’s Volleyball Roster

No. NAME POS HT EL PROGRAM HOMETOWN 2 Matthew Pe Benito LS/S 5-7 3 Business LaSalle, ON 3 Marc Pineault MB 6-6 2 Engineering Windsor, ON 4 Nolan Langley S 5-8 2 Criminology Uxbridge, ON 5 Josh Rankine Libero 6-0 5 Business Windsor, ON 7 Pierce Johnson OH 6-5 2 General Arts Chatham, ON 8 Brad Gyemi RS 6-5 3 Engineering Tecumseh, ON 9 Sean Spencer OH 6-2 1 Criminology Richmond Hill, ON 10 Roland Bouchard OH 6-2 3 French , ON 11 Dami Alalade MB 6-5 2 Engineering Windsor, ON 12 Anthony DeGirolamo S 6-1 1 Engineering Newmarket, ON 15 John Moate MB 6-8 3 Human Kinetics Oakville, ON 16 Adam Child OH 6-5 2 Human Kinetics Toronto, ON 18 Kevin Hillman MB 6-6 3 Criminology Windsor, ON

3 THE GRAVELLE FILE James Gravelle, Head Coach

Since taking over the Lancers in 2013, James has re-focused the team on the fundamentals, stressing individual skill-building and steady development of every player on the roster. A great deal of the Lancers development model comes from Coach Gravelle’s time spent with Team Canada as an assistant coach (National B Team in 2015 and 2016) and head coach of the Canadian Universiade team (Taipei, Taiwan in 2017). James was also the 2017 Team Ontario 17U Boys head coach.

The steady improvement of the Lancers over the past five seasons has been highlighted this season as they qualified for the national championship tournament for the very first time in program history, while also winning the program’s first provincial medal following a victory over the in the OUA bronze medal game.

The 2017-18 season is the second time in James’ five year tenure that the program advanced to the OUA Final Four. As well, several Lancers have been selected as OUA all-stars under Coach Gravelle including current Lancers John Moate, Brad Gyemi, Pierce Johnson, and Anthony DeGirolamo who was named to the OUA all- rookie team. The Gravelle File Date of Birth: March 8, 1975 Birthplace: Windsor, ON A Windsor native and proud Lancer alumnus, James brings an impressive playing resume to the table. He Hometown: Windsor, ON was a four-year member of the Lancers (1994-98), High School: Holy Names High School team captain from 1996-98, selected two-time team MVP (1996-98), and a two-time OUA West First Team University: 1994-98: Windsor (B.Arts. English) All-Star (1996-98). 2012-13: Windsor (Bachelor of Education)

Coaching Experience: Following graduation in 1998 Gravelle trained for a 2013 -Present: University of Windsor (Head Coach) beach volleyball career that included a three-year run on the FIVB World Tour (2000-02) and a spot on the 2015 & 2016: Team Canada Men’s B Team (Assistant Coach) Canadian National Beach Volleyball Team. 2017: Team Canada Men’s FISU Team (Head Coach) 2017: Team Ontario Boys 17U (Head Coach)

James is an NCCP Certified Level 3 Coach.

4 PLAYER PROFILES

Matthew Pe Benito 2 Marc Pineault 3 Position: L/S Position: MB Elig. Yr: 3 Elig. Yr: 2 Height: 5’7 Height: 6’6 Program: Business Program: Engineering Hometown: LaSalle, ON Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Villanova SS High School: St. Joseph’s

2017-18: Appeared in all 17 matches; 127 digs, 1.87 digs per game 2017-18: Appeared in 9 matches, 18 kills, 16 blocks, 32 points

2016-17: Appeared in 13 matches; 1 kill, 5 assists, 25 digs. 2016-17: Appeared in 6 matches; 11 kills, .333 hitting %, 2 assists, 2 digs, 3 total blocks, 1.0 points per set. 2015-16: Appeared in 19 matches; 1 kill, .250 hitting%, 68 assists, 107 digs, 1.67 digs per set. 2nd best in OUA in terms of reception errors (26).

Nolan Langley 4 Josh Rankine 5 Position: Setter Position: Libero Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 5 Height: 5’8 Height: 6’0 Program: Criminology Program: Business Hometown: Uxbridge, ON Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Uxbridge HS Last Team: Walkerville

2017-18: appeared in 16 matches; 517 assists, 9.4 assists per set (4th in 2017-18: Appeared in 11 matches; 10 digs OUA), 80 digs, 13 points 2016-17: Appeared in 10 matches; 2 assists, 46 digs, 1.53 digs per set. 2016-17: OUA all-rookie team; appeared in 17 matches; 14 kills, .323 hitting %, 538 assists, 75 digs, 13 total blocks, 0.5 points per set

Pierce Johnson 7 Brad Gyemi 8 Position: OH Position: RS Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’5 Height: 6-5 Program: General Arts Program: Software Engineering Hometown: Chatham, ON Hometown: Tecumseh, ON High School: Chatham-Kent High School: St. Anne’s

2017-18: OUA first-team all-star; appeared in 16 matches; 228 kills, 2017-18: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in all 17 matches; 205 kills, 3.6 3.51 kills per set (7th in OUA), 271.5 total points, 4.2 points per set kills per set (6th in OUA); 236.5 points, 4.1 points per set

2016-17: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in 16 matches; 195 kills, .200 2016-17: OUA all-rookie team; appeared in 17 games; 123 kills, .150 hitting %, 4 assists, 90 digs, 19 total blocks, 3.9 points per set and was named an hitting %, 8 assists, 55 digs, 20 total blocks, 2.8 points per set OUA second team all-star.

2015-16: OUA & U SPORTS all-rookie teams. Appeared in 16 matches; 176 kills, .127 hitting %, 8 assists, 85 digs, 23 total blocks, 3.6 points per set. 5 PLAYER PROFILES

Sean Spencer 9 Roland Bouchard 10 Position: OH Position: OH Elig. Yr: 1 Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’2 Height: 6’2 Program: Criminology Program: French Hometown: Richmond Hill, ON Hometown: Toronto, ON High School: Richmond Hill High School:John A. MacDonald

2017-18: Appeared in 6 matches (7 sets); 2 kills, 1 assist, 2 digs, 3 2017-18: Appeared in 15 matches; 109 kills, .222 hitting %, 84 digs, 24 points total blocks, 2.3 points per set

2016-17: Appeared in 15 matches; 55 kills, .066 hitting %, 4 assists, 65 digs, 13 total blocks, 1.5 points per set.

2015-16: Appeared in 13 matches; 44 kills, .060 hitting %, 7 assists, 29 digs, 10 total blocks, 1.7 points per set. Dami Alalade 11 Anthony DeGirolamo 12 Position: MB Position: Setter Elig. Yr: 2 Elig. Yr: 1 Height: 6’5 Height: 6’1 Program: Engineering Program: Engineering Hometown: Windsor, ON Hometown: Newmarket, ON High School: St. Joseph’s High School: William Mulock

2017-18: Appeared in 12 matches; 24 kills, .345 hitting %, 15 digs, 25 2017-18: OUA all-rookie team. Appeared in 11 matches; 161 assists, total blocks, 1.2 points per set .167 hitting %, 26 digs, 8 total blocks

2016-17: Appeared in 10 matches; 4 kills, .300 hitting %, 1 assist, 1 dig, 2 total blocks, 0.2 points per set.

John Moate 15 Adam Child 16 Position: MB Position: OH Elig. Yr: 3 Elig. Yr: 2 Height: 6’8 Height: 6’5 Program: Human Kinetics Program: Human Kinetics Hometown: Oakville, ON Hometown: Toronto, ON High School: Iroquois High High School: Greenwood

2017-18: U SPORTS second-team all-Canadian, OUA first-team all-star. Appeared in all 17 matches; 135 kills, .429 hitting %, 10 assists, 38 digs, 87 total blocks, 206 total 2017-18: Appeared in 13 games; 38 kills, .180 hitting %, 59 digs, 12 points, 3.0 points per set total blocks, 1.2 points per set

2016-17: OUA second-team all-star. Appeared in 17 matches; 146 kills, .412 hitting 2016-17: Appeared in 7 games; 21 kills, .279 hitting %, 1 assist, 9 digs, %, 4 assists, 38 digs, 49 total blocks, 3.2 points per set. Ranked #4 in U SPORTS in hitting %(.412) and #7 in solo blocks (22). 1 block, 1.8 points per set.

2015-16: OUA all-rookie team. Appeared in 20 matches; 110 kills, .309 hitting %, 3 assists, 24 digs, 49 blocks, 2.3 points per set. No. 1 in the OUA in solo blocks (30)

6 PLAYER PROFILES & 2017-18 SEASON REVIEW Kevin Hillman 18 Position: MB Elig. Yr: 3 Height: 6’6 Program: Criminology Hometown: Windsor, ON High School: Villanova SS

2017-18: Appeared in 2 matches; 1.00 hitting %, 2.5 points per set

2016-17: Appeared in 4 matches; 2 kills, 7 digs, 0.7 points per set

2015-16: Appeared in 4 matches; 5 kills, .308 hitting %, 1 assist, 1 block, 1.3 points per set. 2017-18 SEASON REVIEW

Key Players Roland Bouchard OH, 3rd yr, Toronto, Ontario Brad Gyemi RS, 3rd yr, Tecumseh, Ontario Pierce Johnson OH, 2nd yr, Chatham, Ontario John Moate MB, 3rd yr, Oakville, Ontario Matthew Pe Benito L/S, 3rd yr, LaSalle, Ontario

The Lancers are making their very first appearance in program history at the 2018 U SPORTS men’s volleyball championships. Windsor claimed the OUA bronze medal by defeating the Ryerson Rams to qualify for the tour- nament. 2017-18 was a breakout year for the Lancers as they finished the year with a 10-7 record to place third overall in the OUA west division. The Blue & Gold upset the in the conference quarter-finals to advance to the final four for the second time in four years, and only the fourth time in program history. The OUA all-star trio of John Moate, Pierce Johnson and Brad Gyemi will boast a big offensive threat at the championships as all three finished amongst the league leaders in multiple categories. This is the second straight year that Moate, Johnson, and Gyemi have been recognized by the league for their athletic accomplishments. An OUA first team all-star, Moate finished the year atop the league in blocks per set, averaging 1.26.

Johnson, a 2017 all-rookie team member, was also a first-team all-star finishing third in the league in total kills with 228, while Gyemi made his second straight appearance as a second-team all-star, finishing the year with 205 total kills, to place him 5th in the OUA.

Rookie setter Anthony DeGirolamo also had a stellar first year finishing second on the team in assists with 161 to be named to the OUA all-rookie team. Playoff Finish: OUA Bronze Medalist Last U SPORTS Championship: First Appearance Total U SPORTS Championships: 0 Team Leaders: Kills per set – Brad Gyemi: 3.60 (6th in OUA) Blocks per set – John Moate: 1.26 (1st in OUA) Assists per set – Nathan Langley: 9.40 (5th in OUA)

7 2017-18 SEASON STATISTICS

2017-18 TEAM STATISTICS

Category - Regular Season Total Overall in U SPORTS Matches 17 21st Sets 69 16th Kills 769 17th Kills per set 1.14 17th Errors 318 20th Total Attacks 1864 16th Hitting Percentage .242 11th Assists 735 16th Assists per set 10.65 15th Service Aces 91 18th Service Errors 181 26th Service Aces per set 1.32 16th Reception Errors 67 22nd Digs 637 18th Digs per set 9.23 15th Block Solo 71 6th Block Assist 179 20th Block Total 161 14th Blocks per set 2.33 10th Block Errors 18 9th Ball Handling Errors 2 25th Points 1020.5 16th Points per set 14.8 16th Home Attendance 4239 9th Home Attendance average 471 5th

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2017-18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

REGULAR SEASON

NO. NAME M S K K/S DIGS D/S BS BA TOT B/S PTS PTS/S 2 Pe Benito 17 68 0 0.00 127 1.87 0 2 2 0.03 1.0 0.0 3 Pineault 9 29 18 0.62 10 0.34 2 14 16 0.55 32.0 1.1 4 Langley 16 55 4 0.07 80 1.45 1 8 9 0.16 13.0 0.2 5 Rankine 11 25 0 0.00 10 0.40 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 7 Johnson 16 65 228 3.51 106 1.63 9 21 30 0.46 271.5 4.2 8 Gyemi 17 57 205 3.60 80 1.40 5 31 36 0.63 236.5 4.1 9 Spencer 6 7 2 0.29 2 0.29 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.4 10 Bouchard 15 61 109 1.79 84 1.38 6 18 24 0.39 139.0 2.3 11 Alalade 12 41 24 0.59 15 0.37 11 14 25 0.61 49.0 1.2 12 DeGirolamo 11 26 3 0.12 26 1.00 1 7 8 0.31 11.5 0.4 15 Moate 17 69 135 1.96 38 0.55 33 54 87 1.26 206.0 3.0 16 Child 13 45 38 0.84 59 1.31 2 10 12 0.27 52.0 1.2 18 Hillman 2 2 3 1.50 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.50 5.0 2.5

Totals 17 69 769 11.14 637 9.23 71 179 161 2.33 1020.5 14.8 Opponent 17 69 827 11.99 666 9.65 70 138 139 2.01 1039.0 15.1

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