BOSTON, Mass. – For the second consecutive season and third time in the last four years, the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's volleyball team has earned a berth in the ECAC Men's Volleyball Tournament.
The second-seeded Leopards (25-8) will take on third-seeded Penn State Behrend (15-9) in a semifinal match on Saturday, April 19, at Stevenson University beginning at 1:00 p.m. The top-seeded Mustangs (21-8) will face fourth-seeded Hunter (17-14) in the opening match of the day at 11:00 a.m. with the two semifinal winners scheduled to meet in the championship match beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Enjoying its finest season in program history, the Leopards enter the tournament after dropping a 3-1 decision to Emmanuel in the semifinals of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament. That match snapped a season high 10-match winning streak for the Black & Gold, who had beaten the Saints for the first time in 14 meetings and fifth-ranked Rivier for the first time in 24 meetings during the stretch.
Five members of the Leopards were named All-GNAC, while third-year head coach Evin Giglio earned conference coach of the year honors. Freshman setter Collin Ritter (Feeding Hills, Mass.) was named First Team All-GNAC, senior outside hitter Ross Burdett (Needham, Mass.) and junior middle blocker Sean Donahue (Lincoln, R.I.) earned Second Team All-GNAC honors, while a pair of freshmen – outside hitter Jake Reed (Arvada, Colo.) and Sam Pisker (Mullica Hill, N.J.) earned a spot on the third team all-conference team.
In addition to setting the program's single season record for wins, Wentworth has set single season program records for kills (1,348), service aces (212), assists (1,217), and both matches (33) and sets (114) played.
The Leopards and the Lions will square off for the first time in program history. Should Wentworth advance, the Leopards are 1-5 all-time against Stevenson and 2-2 all-time against Hunter.
In ECAC Tournament play, Wentworth is 1-2 in its previous two appearances. In 2011 the Leopards were defeated, 3-0, by Endicott in the semifinals while last season the Black & Gold defeated Elmira, 3-0, in the semifinals before falling to The Sage Colleges, 3-1, in the championship match.
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April 19, 2014
Men's Volleyball Captures First ECAC Crown
April 15, 2014
Seven From Men's Volleyball Earn All-GNAC Honors
April 14, 2014
Men's Volleyball Selected to Play in ECAC Tournament
April 10, 2014
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April 7, 2014
Donahue, Pisker Earn GNAC Honors
April 5, 2014
Men's Volleyball Upsets Rivier, Defeats Anna Maria
April 3, 2014
Men's Volleyball Ends Drought Against Emmanuel
April 1, 2014
Men's Volleyball Wins Seventh Straight
March 30, 2014
Men's Volleyball Sets Single-Season Win Mark
March 27, 2014
Men's Volleyball Cruises to Fourth Straight Win
March 27, 2014
Men's Volleyball Earns First-Ever NCAA Regional Ranking
March 25, 2014
Men's Volleyball Wins Third Straight
March 24, 2014
Ritter Named GNAC Rookie of the Week
March 20, 2014
Men's Volleyball Edged at Emmanuel
March 18, 2014
Men's Volleyball Sweeps Past Mount Ida
March 15, 2014
Men's Volleyball Concludes Play at JWU Invitational
March 14, 2014
Men's Volleyball Splits at Johnson & Wales
March 7, 2014
Giglio Honored With AVCA's Thirty Under 30 Award
March 1, 2014
Men's Volleyball Drops Two Matches
February 26, 2014
Men's Volleyball Runs Win Streak to Five
February 24, 2014
Ritter Named GNAC Rookie of the Week
February 22, 2014
Men's Volleyball Sweeps Tri-Match
February 20, 2014
Men's Volleyball Captures Second Straight Win
February 15, 2014
Men's Volleyball Splits Home Tri-Match
February 12, 2014
Men's Volleyball Suffers First Loss of Season
February 10, 2014
Pisker Named GNAC Rookie of the Week
February 8, 2014
Men's Volleyball Runs Win Streak to Seven
February 4, 2014
Men's Volleyball Cruises Past Newbury
January 29, 2014
Men's Volleyball Opens GNAC Play Win Over Emerson
January 24, 2014
Men's Volleyball Opens With Two Wins
January 24, 2014
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