2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES JANUARY #15 IPFW MASTODONS 16-7, 6-4 MIVA UCSB INVITATIONAL Coach: Arnie Ball | 35th Season 9 vs. #13 CSUN W, 3-2 Kills: 319 | Andrew Sellan 9 vs. #5 UCLA L, 1-3 Assists: 755 | Omar Rivera 10 at #4 UC Santa Barbara L, 1-3 Digs: 232 | Luis Bertran Blocks: 79 | Ramon Burgos 16 SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) W, 3-0 Aces: 33 | Alex Harthaller 17 #10 PENN STATE W, 3-1 Attack Pct.: .376 | Ramon Burgos 23 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 24 at Harvard W, 3-0 30 LINDENWOOD • W, 3-0 GAMEDAY INFORMATION DATE: Thursday, March 26 | 8 p.m. 31 QUINCY • W, 3-0 LOCATION: Chicago, Ill. | Gentile Arena LIVE STATS: Loyola Live Stats FEBRUARY SERIES HISTORY: Loyola leads 19-27 5 at #13 Ball State • W, 3-2 LAST MEETING: IPFW 0 | Loyola 3 | February 12, 2015 | Fort Wayne, Ind. 6 GEORGE MASON W, 3-0 12 #1 LOYOLA (ILL.) • L, 0-3 #2 LOYOLA RAMBLERS 8-0, 1-0 MIVA 20 #12 OHIO STATE • L, 0-3 Coach: Shane Davis | 12th Season 21 McKENDREE • W, 3-2 Kills: 218 | Thomas Jaeschke 28 at McKendree • L, 1-3 Assists: 646 | Peter Hutz Digs: 106 | Jake Selsky Blocks: 72 | Jeff Jendryk MARCH Aces: 34 | Thomas Jaeschke 6 LORAS W, 3-0 Attack Pct.: .489 | Thomas Jaeschke 9 at Erskine L, 0-3 10 at Belmont Abbey W, 3-1 11 at Limestone W, 3-1 GAMEDAY INFORMATION 14 LOURDES W, 3-1 DATE: Saturday, March 28 | 8 p.m. 17 at #3 Lewis • L, 1-3 LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hillard Gates Center LIVE STATS: IPFW Live Stats 20 at Quincy • W, 3-1 SERIES HISTORY: Lewis leads 28-24 21 at Lindenwood • W, 3-0 LAST MEETING: IPFW 0 | Lewis 3 | March 17, 2015 | Romeoville, Ill. 26 at #2 Loyola (Ill.) • 8 p.m. 28 #4 LEWIS • 7 p.m. #4 LEWIS FLYERS 17-2, 8-1 MIVA Coach: Dan Friend | 11th Season APRIL Kills: 220 | Greg Petty 4 BALL STATE • 7 p.m. Assists: 579 | Scott Fifer 11 at #11 Ohio State • 7 p.m. Digs: 120 | Lucas Yanez Blocks: 84 | Boby Walsh 17 at Grand Canyon • 8 p.m. Aces: 29 | Greg Petty 18 at Grand Canyon • 8 p.m. Attack Pct.: .365 | Geoff Powell MIVA TOURNAMENT 24 MIVA Quarterfinals TBA 2015 IPFW VOLLEYBALL ROSTER 28 MIVA Semifinals TBA No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown High School / Last School 1 Luis Bertran 5-8 L Jr. Guaynabo, P.R. Colegio Marista MAY 2 Omar Rivera 6-3 S Sr. Toa Alta, P.R. Bayamon Military 1 MIVA Championship TBA 3 Gabriel Quinones 6-3 S So. Dallas, Texas School of Science and Engineering NCAA TOURNAMENT 4 Jordan Armstrong 6-3 S R-Jr. Glenville, N.Y. Burnt Hills 7 NCAA Semifinals* TBA 5 Tyler Golsteyn 6-2 S R-Jr. Old Hickory, Tenn. Father Ryan 9 NCAA Championship* TBA 6 Scott McNerney 6-4 OH R-So. Wilmington, Del. Salesianum School 7 Collin Cohen 6-4 OPP Sr. Sacramento, Calif. Delta College • - MIVA Contests 8 Alexander Harthaller 6-6 OH Fr. Innsbruck, Austria Akademischeg Gymnasium 11 Jeremy Swartz 6-8 MB R-Jr. Altoona, Pa. Altoona Area * - NCAA Tournament held in Stanford, Calif. 12 Brett Stetson 6-5 OPP R-Sr. North Kingstown, R.I. North Kingstown - All times Eastern and subject to change 13 Bryan Saunders 6-5 MB R-Sr. Joliet, Ill. Joliet West - All home matches played at the Gates Sports Center 14 David Frazee 6-5 MB Jr. West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach State College 15 Nick Smalter 6-5 OH Jr. Hamburg, N.Y. Frontier ATHLETIC MEDIA SERVICES 16 Ramon Burgos 6-5 MB Sr. Guaynabo, P.R. Colegio San Jose Graduate Asst. / MVB Contact Ryan Syrkus 17 Tony Price 6-3 OH Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Woodlan Office Phone (260) 481-0713 Eddie Keesecker 6-4 OH Jr. Itasca, Ill. Lake Park / UW Oshkosh Andrew Sellan 6-4 OPP R-Jr. Westerville, Ohio St. Charles Prep Cell Phone (850) 980-4875 Colton Stone 6-4 OH Fr. Richmond, Va. Deep Run E-Mail [email protected] Office Fax (260) 481-6002 Head Coach: Arnie Ball Mailing Address Intercollegiate Athletics Assistant Coaches: Ryan “Rock” Perrotte, Mark Franke 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Graduate Assistant: JW Kieckhefer Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Director of Media Services Bill Salyer PRONUNCIATIONS Office Phone (260) 481-0729 Luis Bertran - LOU-ease Bur-tran David Frazee - FRAH-zee Gabriel - KEY-own-A-sss Ramon - Bur-GOES Cell Phone (260) 705-3963 Quinones Burgos Tyler Golsteyn - GOAL-steen Eddie Keesecker - KEY-seck-er E-Mail [email protected] Alex Harthaller - HART-all-er 2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES 2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES LOYOLA (ILL.) // CHICAGO, ILL. // 8 P.M. // MARCH 26 • LEWIS // FORT WAYNE, IND. // 7 P.M. // MARCH 28 LOYOLA (ILL.) // CHICAGO, ILL. // 8 P.M. // MARCH 26 • LEWIS // FORT WAYNE, IND. // 7 P.M. // MARCH 28 2015 MIVA STANDINGS MIVA Overall GENERAL INFO Team Rec. Pct. PF PA Rec. Pct. PF PA Strk. City/Zip Fort Wayne, IN / 46805 #2 Loyola (Ill.) 8-1 0.889 25 3 16-1 0.941 49 8 Won 3 Founded 1964 #4 Lewis 8-1 0.889 26 7 17-2 0.895 55 13 Won 2 Enrollment 13,459 #11 Ohio St. 7-3 0.700 23 14 16-6 0.727 53 29 Lost 1 Nickname Mastodons #15 IPFW 6-4 0.600 20 17 16-7 0.696 52 34 Won 2 Colors Royal Blue and White Ball St. 5-6 0.455 21 18 12-11 0.522 42 39 Lost 2 Affiliation NCAA Division I Quincy 4-7 0.364 15 27 11-9 0.550 38 38 Won 1 Conference MIVA Lindenwood 3-6 0.333 9 21 8-8 0.500 26 32 Lost 1 Chancellor Vicky Carwein Grand Canyon 4-8 0.333 17 29 12-10 0.545 45 41 Lost 3 Athletic Director Kelley Hartley Hutton McKendree 1-10 0.091 11 31 11-14 0.440 44 48 Won 1 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Arnie Ball As of March 25, 2015 Alma Mater ’Year Ball State ’67 Record at School/Yrs. 568-416 / 35 seasons Career Record/Yrs. Same Assistant Coach Ryan “Rock” Perrotte Assistant Coach Mark Franke Graduate Assistant Coach JW Kieckhefer MIVA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK TEAM INFORMATION OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE 2014 Overall Record 21-7 Date Player Pos. School Date Player Pos. School 2014 MIVA Record/Finish 9-5 / 4th Week 1 Michael Henchy OH Ohio State Week 1 Christy Blough S Ohio State Letterwinners Returning/Lost 15 / 4 Week 2 Greg Petty OH Lewis Week 2 Thomas Jaeschke OH Loyola (Ill.) Starters Returning/Lost 5 +Libero / 1 Week 3 Andrew Sellan OPP IPFW Week 3 Matt Walsh MH Ball State Week 4 Omar Rivera S IPFW Week 4 Matt Walsh MH Ball State HISTORY Week 5 Ryan Mather OH Grand Canyon Week 5 Luis Bertran L IPFW First Year of Volleyball 1981 Week 6 Geoff Powell OH Lewis Week 6 Luis Bertran L IPFW Week 7 Thomas Jaeschke OH Loyola (Ill.) Week 7 Nicolas Szerszen OH Ohio State Week 8 Jarrod Kelso MH Quincy Week 8 Bobby Walsh MH Lewis Week 9 Jared Wilcox RS McKendree Week 9 Hiago Garchet S Ball State Week 10 Michael Henchy OH Ohio State Week 10 Gabriel Domecus L Ohio State Thomas Jaeschke OH Loyola (Ill.) -- -- -- Week 11 Thomas Jaeschke OH Loyola (Ill.) Week 11 Jack Gamache OPP Quincy Week 12 Week 12 Week 13 Week 13 Week 14 Week 14 Week 15 Week 15 QUICK HITTERS • IPFW enters the week coming a 2-1 week in against then-No. 3 Lewis. Quincy, and Lindenwood. IPFW vs... • IPFW is 19-27 all-time against Loyola. MIVA Record Win % • The Mastodons are 24-28 against Lewis. Ball State 28-66 .298 • The Blue and White are 1-8 all-time against the No. 2 team in the nation and 1-13 all-time against the Grand Canyon 8-4 .667 fourth-ranked team in the nation. Both wins came against Penn State. Lewis 24-28 .462 • IPFW seniors have combined for a 63-42 record entering the week, including a 22-4 mark at home the past Lindenwood 4-2 .667 two seasons combined. Loyola 19-27 .413 • Luis Bertran is seventh in active career leaders for most digs, and the most among non-seniors, with 641. McKendree 1-1 .500 • Omar Rivera is third among active career leaders in assists, with 3,631. Ohio State 37-67 .356 • The Mastodons will play 13 matches with teams which were ranked or received votes in the AVCA Quincy 43-4 .915 Preseason Top-15 Poll, including two matches against defending NCAA champion Loyola-Chicago. TOTALS 164-199 .452 • Mastodon head coach Arnie Ball is in his final season wearing Blue and White before entering retirement. Ball has the third-most wins (563) among active coaches and the fifth-most overall. Ball was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2012. 2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES 2 2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES 2015 IPFW MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES LOYOLA (ILL.) // CHICAGO, ILL. // 8 P.M. // MARCH 26 • LEWIS // FORT WAYNE, IND. // 7 P.M. // MARCH 28 LOYOLA (ILL.) // CHICAGO, ILL. // 8 P.M. // MARCH 26 • LEWIS // FORT WAYNE, IND. // 7 P.M. // MARCH 28 ARNIE BALL SCOUTING THE MASTODONS MILESTONE WINS • 1997 MIVA Coach of the Year IPFW is coming off a weekend sweep at Quincy and Lindenwood, improving the 1 vs.