2015-16 AMCC Men's Volleyball News
The Penn State Behrend men's volleyball squad was named to the 2016 United Volleyball Conference (UVC) All-Academic Team for registering a team grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for the spring semester.
The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced it's 2015-16 Team Academic Award today and for the first time in the program's history, the Hilbert College men's volleyball team has been honored by the AVCA for its outstanding academic success.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Penn State Altoona sophomore outside hitter Matt Huey racked up another postseason award on Thursday when he was announced as having been voted to the second team of the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference men's volleyball team.
Penn State Altoona sophomore outside hitter Matt Huey has been selected as the AMCC men's volleyball Player of the Year.
Bloomberg played arguably the best volleyball of his career this weekend, helping the Mavericks go 2-0 and capture their second straight NEAC Tournament Championship. On Saturday against Keuka College, Bloomberg had seven kills, three digs, and four total blocks helping Medaille advance. On Sunday against the number two seeded Wildcats of SUNY Poly he was even better, hitting at a .500 clip and finishing with 10 kills, three digs, and four more total blocks. For his efforts, Bloomberg was named the Tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Medaille College followed up their fifth consecutive AMCC regular season men's volleyball title by winning the NEAC championship.
Penn State Altoona men's volleyball swept the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region weekly awards, as sophomore outside hitter Matt Huey was named Player of the Week and freshman libero Waldemar Rivera-Berrios was tabbed the Rookie of the Week on Wednesday.
Huey posted double-digit kill totals in every match during a 2-2 week for the Lions. In a tight 3-2 loss at the strong non-conference foe Juniata on Wednesday, he posted 19 kills to go along with six total blocks, four digs, and three service aces. In a 3-1 win over AMCC opponent Hilbert on Friday, he finished with 18 kills and 11 digs. On Saturday, Huey had 14 kills and three total blocks in a competitive loss to first place AMCC team Medaille before recording 15 kills, eight digs, four aces, and one total block in a 3-2 win over AMCC foe D'Youville. On the week, Huey had 66 kills (3.88 kills per set), 23 digs (1.35 digs per set), 10 total blocks (0.59 blocks per set), and seven aces (0.24 aces per set).
Schneider played one of the best matches in his career on Thursday night against AMCC foe Penn State-Behrend. Offensively, Schneider had 12 kills, 23 assists, and four service aces. He hit at a .231 clip, while also sharing the team lead in assists. He was just as impressive defensively, coming away with four digs and fiyr blocks in the 3-1 win over the Lions.
For the third time this season, Penn State Altoona men's volleyball sophomore outside hitter Matt Huey was selected as the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region Player of the Week.
Penn State Altoona men's volleyball sophomore outside hitter Matt Huey was announced as the American Volleyball Coaches Association's Division III National Player of the Week on Tuesday.
Huey continued his impressive play for the Lions, helping his team go 3-0 in NEAC action on Friday and Saturday. In a 3-1 win over Keuka, he racked up 23 kills, nine digs, and six total blocks. In a 3-0 win versus SUNY Polytechnic on Saturday, he had 15 kills, five digs, and one block. Later that day, he posted 14 kills, nine digs, and four total blocks in a victory over Wells. For the week, Matt had 52 kills (4.73 kills per set), 23 digs (2.09 digs per set), and 11 total blocks (1.00 block per set).
Penn State Altoona freshman setter Billy Smith has been selected the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region Rookie of the Week in men's volleyball.
Podgorny smacked a team high 44 kills, leading the Hawks to a 2-1 record in a make or break weekend. Podgorny posted a double-double with his 17 kill, 15 dig effort in a five-set victory against SUNY Polytechnic. He led the team in both categories against Poly. Podgorny also led the team with a .389 hitting percentage over the three match period.
Huey continued to rack up big numbers for the Lions in a 2-1 week of AMCC play. In a loss to Medaille on Friday, the sophomore had 13 kills, six solo blocks, four block assists, and two digs. In a win over D'Youville on Saturday, he finished with 19 kills, eight digs, three aces, two solo blocks, and one block assist. In another win later that day over Hilbert, he tallied 17 kills, eight digs, one ace, one solo block, and two block assists. For the week, Huey had 49 kills (4.08 kills per set), posted a .347 attack percentage, recorded 16 total blocks (1.33 blocks per set), had 18 digs (1.50 digs per set), and served up four aces (0.33 aces per set).
