AMCC MEN'S VOLLEYBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: HIRAM @ THIEL
Hiram College (3-2) will be traveling to Greenville, PA to take on the Tomcats of Thiel College (4-1) Saturday afternoon in the AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week
AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week
Hiram College @ Thiel College
Saturday, February 25 at 1:00pm
Hiram College (3-2) will be traveling to Greenville, PA to take on the Tomcats of Thiel College (4-1) Saturday afternoon in the AMCC Men's Volleyball Game of the Week
Hiram is off to a winning start in conference play this season, with three of its four wins coming against AMCC opponents. The Terriers have dropped their last two games, including a marathon loss to Saint Vincent College that saw Kyle Martini (23 kills) and Matthew Albano (45 assists) near single-game program records. Martini leads the team with 119 kills (2.98 per set), with Jackson Deubner (75, 1.88) and Garrett Scheidegger (54 kills, 1.35) trailing behind. Connor Tilton ranks first on the team with 81 digs (2.13 per set) and Scheidegger has a team-high 25 blocks (0.63 per set). Hiram is coming off its first 20-win season in program history in 2022, which also was the program’s first year under head coach Glen Conley.
The Thiel men's volleyball team is off to its best conference start since the 2019 season. The Tomcats have won five of their last seven matches and are 4-1 in AMCC play this season, with their only conference loss this season being the conference opener against Penn-State Behrend. Since that game, the Tomcats have only dropped three sets in their four wins. The Tomcats lead the AMCC in assists (624), kills (676), digs (748) and service aces (114). The Tomcats are led offensively by senior Zac Smith (2.19 kps) and sophomore JC Govannucci (1.91 kps). Sophomore Ethan Cooper leads the Tomcats with 5.81 assists per set. Jake Dies is third in the AMCC in service aces per set (0.50) and leads the team with 31 service aces. Defensively, the Tomcats are led by freshman libero Cameron Long, who averages 2.51 digs per set, and leads the AMCC in digs (148). Smith also ranks second on the team with 2.15 digs per set, and second in the AMCC in digs (114). Dies is the team leader in blocks with 41.