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Springfield vs. Stevens

Played in the regular season on February 12th

Springfield swept 3-0 (No Reynolds, York, Sullivan)
Stevens line-up changes
- Sherman to RS
- Lancia to OH
- Bickford and Phu-Quy Ho inserted

Previously met in NCAA Tournament 2015-2017-2018

NCAA History

Springfield (8th Appearance) – ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘17 ‘18 National Champions; ‘15 & ‘16 Runner-Ups; ‘19 Final Four

Stevens (7th Appearance)- ‘13 ; ‘14 ‘18 ‘19 Final Four; ‘15 National Champions; ‘16 Final Four; ‘17 Runner-Up;

Springfield (28-1 ; 15 match win streak) – PSU Behrend & New Paltz (3-0)

Nate Reynolds – 2019 AVCA All-American; Current leader with 399 Blocks and 1.14 Blocks/Set; 9th Nationally
Johjan Mussa Robles- 2019 & 2022 AVCA All-American; 6th in Digs with 871; 10th 2.86 D/S
Matt Lilley- 2020 & 2022 AVCA All-American; Top 20 Assists/Set; Nation’s most efficient offense .390
Liam York- 2020 HM AVCA All-American; Hasn’t started since 3/12 against MIT
Brennen Brandow – 4 Time AVCA First Team All-American (4th & 5th in History); 2019 Newcomer of Year 2020 NPoY
Chris Parker- 2020 AVCA All-American
Jarret Anderson – 3 Time AVCA First Team All-American; 2020 Newcomer of Year; 2022 NPoY; 5th in Active Hitting %; 1st in Aces/Set (Active & 2022) 3rd in Overall Aces (Active)

Stevens (30-3 MAC Champions; 19 match win streak) – Endicott 3-0; St. Joe’s (LI) 3-1

Connor Feulner – 2022 AVCA All-American; National Leader in Blocks/Set and Total Blocks
Koby Sherman – 2022 MAC Tournament MVP; 2022 AVCA All-Region Newcomer of Year FrogJump All-Freshman Team;
Jack Fyda – 2022 AVCA All-Region East

Carthage vs. Wentworth

First meeting between these programs in history.

NCAA History

Carthage (7th Appearance)- 2012 Runner-Ups- 2014 Final Four – 2016 2018 & 2019 – 2021 National Champions

Wentworth (4th Appearance) – 2016 – 2017 Final Four – 2021

Carthage (22-3 CCIW Champions; 22 match win streak) Mount Union & Dominican (3-0)

Carter Schmidt: 2 Time AVCA All-American
Kyle Cohan: 2022 AVCA All-American; 2022 CCIW DPoY
Matt Slivinski: 4 Time First Team All-American (4th & 5th in History) 5th in Active Kills; 2nd in Active Aces; 7th in Aces/Set; 2nd in Aces/Set (2022)
Gene McNulty: 2 Time AVCA All-American – 2021 Newcomer of Year; Only Active player averaging over 10 Assists/Set; 3rd in Assist/Set (2022); 2nd in Hitting % .355
Zach Bulthius: 2 Time AVCA All-American; 2 Time CCIW DPoY; National Leader in Hitting Percentage
David Markes: 2022 AVCA All-American; 2022 Newcomer of the Year; 3rd in Hitting Percentage

Wentworth (30-4 GNAC Champions; 15 match win streak) St. John Fisher (3-0) & Rutgers Newark (3-1)