CUNYAC Men's Volleyball - March 04, 2002

Player of The Week - Owen Niles, CCNY JR, 6'3, MB, Queens, NY

The back-to-back CUNY Player of the Year put his Beavers in a position to claim the regular season title with his performances in the straight set wins over Lehman and Hunter last week. Niles (St. George, Barbados) pounded 14 kills apiece while adding an average of 8 digs and 7.5 blocks in the two wins to put the Beavers alone in first place. Niles leads the team with a .662 hitting percentage, as CCNY has won five straight after dropping New Jersey City on the road and have moved into a 14th place tie in the AVCA Division III national poll.

Rookie of The Week - Alejandro Flores, Lehman Fr, 6'7, MH, Moca, Dominican Rep.

After 15 straight victories and a #10 national ranking, the Lightning dropped one at CCNY as Flores starred nevertheless. The 6'7 opposite hitter led Lehman to a 1-1 week with 42 kills, 13 assists, six solo blocks and five digs. The powerful hitter collected 18 kills in the straight set loss to CCNY, but his team bounced back to knock off Stevens Tech on the road in three straight as Flores netted 24 kills in 32 at-tempts.

Last Week's Results

Hunter def. John Jay 30-16,30-28,28-30,30-27
M. Evers def. Brooklyn 30-23,30-22,30-23
CCNY def. Lehman 31-29,30-25,30-28
Baruch def. York 30-19,30-25,30-26,30-27,15-9

CCNY def. Hunter 30-18,33-31,30-23
City Tech def. Baruch 30-23,26-30,30-26,30-23
John Jay def. Brooklyn 30-23,27-30,30-25,26-30,15-11
Lehman def. Stevens 30-22,36-34,30-28

CCNY def. New Jersey City 30-14,30-27,30-27
Medgar Evers def. York 30-14,30-14,30-18
Hunter def. MIT 30-28,30-24,30-28
R. Williams def. Hunter 30-16,30-24,30-12

This Week’s Schedule

Monday, March 4th
Ramapo @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm
Wednesday, March 6th
Medgar Evers @ Baruch 7:00 pm
CCNY @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm
John Jay @ York 7:00 pm
Lehman @ NY City Tech 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 7th
Hunter @ New Jersey City 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 9th
CUNY Multimatch Day @ Hunter College
Baruch vs. Lehman 9:00 am
Brooklyn vs. NY City Tech 9:00 am
York vs. CCNY 9:00 am
Brooklyn vs. York 11:00 am
NY City Tech vs. Hunter 11:00 am
Medgar Evers vs. John Jay 11:00 am
John Jay vs. Baruch 1:00 pm
Medgar Evers vs. CCNY 1:00 pm
Hunter vs. Lehman 1:00 pm

CUNYAC / STATE FARM notes

LEHMAN & CCNY RANKED IN AVCA POLL
Three CUNY schools received votes in the February 26th AVCA Division III Coaches Poll, with Lehman slotted in 10th as the first NECVA school on the list, followed by CCNY in 14th and Hunter in 17th place. The new poll and stats will be released on Tuesday, March 5th.

Rank School (1st place votes)		Pts.		Record		Last Week
1	La Verne (14)	237		8-5		1
2	New York University (1)	221		9-2		2
3	Juniata	202		4-5		3
4	Springfield	194		8-4		4
5	Vassar (1)	185		12-1		5
6	UC Santa Cruz	141		2-9		6
7	Clarke	136		2-5		7
8	SUNY New Paltz	133		7-8		9
9	Roger Williams	117		10-5		8
10	Lehman	107		15-0		10
11	Johnson & Wales	78		9-6		11
12	Rivier	57		9-4		12
13	Stevens Tech	46		10-7		13-tie
14-tie	Eastern Mennonite	28		11-4		13-tie
14-tie	City College of New York	28		10-3		15

Others receiving votes: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (6), Hunter (2), Mount St. Vincent (2).

NEWS FROM AROUND CUNY...
Baruch knocked off York at home in five tough games to remain in the 6th spot overall. Senior hitter Ioannis Michaelides paced the Statesmen with 11 kills, 13 digs and 26 assists. Baruch is expected to test out their new facility before the end of the month with the dedication ceremony taking place on Tuesday, March 19th...

The young Brooklyn Bridges dropped two more contests last week to extend the current mark to six straight without a victory. Sophomore Adam Wysocki tallied 30 kills, 16 digs and 3 service aces for the week while freshman Genri Privalov adding 31 kills and 8 digs for the week...The hard-hitting duo of Owen Niles and Sebastian Hoffman has paced the Beavers to three more wins with Hoffman collecting 41 kills, 22 digs and 20 solo blocks.

With the return of Michael McFalls, Danile Torma, Welmer Magtoto and Roger Cyrus, the Beavers look solid for the stretch run. Their straight set win over Lehman gives them the tie-breaking edge for the regular season title should they both win the rest of their CUNY contests...

The Hawks went 2-2 for the week with both losses coming against nationally ranked opposition, in CCNY and Roger Williams. Senior Justin Stack paced Hunter with 64 kills and 85 digs for the week while 6'4 rookie Alan Seymour added 25 kills...The Bloodhounds went the distance for the first time this year in ousting Brooklyn. Igor Meystelman paced John Jay with 19 kills, seven digs and five blocks with Andre Patnet adding 11 smashes of his own...

The Lightning bounced back from their loss at CCNY to knock off nationally ranked Stevens Tech in three straight. Alejandro Flores nailed 24 shots to the floor while Max Valerio and Troy Jimenez added nine apiece...The Cougars have evened their record at 7-7 overall with their third straight win in CUNY action over York...

City Tech has managed to defeat each of the teams below them in the standings to remain in 4th as they beat Baruch in the most recent encounter. Sophomore Eder Mathelier had 24 kills and 32 digs in the contests with Zhou Jun Luo chipping in with 17 smashes and 34 pick-ups...York has lost three in a row with senior Binchu John being a bright spot. The outside hitter netted nine kills, 10 digs and eight assists in the loss at Medgar Evers.

CUNY'S DOMINATE NCAA STATISTICS
According to last week's NCAA stats, CUNY athletes currently hold 17 top five spots in the six individual categories- including three #1's: Hitting Perecntage (Troy Jimenez, Lehman), Blocking (Owen Niles, CCNY) and Service Aces (Daniel Torma, CCNY).