A Continental Volleyball Conference record high of 74 student-athletes were named to the 2014 Academic All-Conference team. 10 schools placed a player on the team, in which a student-athlete had to maintain a grade-point average of 3.3 or above.
The Continental Volleyball Conference placed eight players on the 2014 AVCA Men's Volleyball Division III All-America Team with Juniata's Joe Bortak and Paul Kuhn as well as Carthage's Connor Wexter earning First Team honors.
In a back and forth battle of the bigs, No. 3 Juniata College men's volleyball could not find a way past No. 1 Springfield College in the 2014 NCAA Division III men's volleyball national championship on Sunday in the Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center. The two-time defending national champions won 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-21) to improve to 27-8 overall. The Eagles finished their season 29-5, setting program records for most wins and fewest losses in a single season.
The Carthage College men's volleyball team (23-7, 10-0 Continental Volleyball Conference West Division), ranked fourth in the April 15 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opened play at the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship on Friday, April 25 with 3-2 win over No. 7 Rivier College (29-7) in a quarterfinal match at Juniata College's Kennedy Sports Center in Huntingdon, Pa. Fifth-seeded Carthage's winning set scores over the fourth-seeded Raiders were 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-27 and 15-11.
Three Carthage College players were named 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III All-America. Setter Connor Wexter (Sr., New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) was named first-team All-America, with outside hitter Jon Storm (Jr., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) and middle blocker J.P. Tulaka (So., Westmont, Ill./Downers Grove-North) both earning second-team honors.
After a year that saw the Juniata College men's volleyball team spend five weeks at the top of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll, Juniata placed four on the AVCA's All-America teams. The third ranked Eagles tied Springfield College for the most selections. Juniata has had an All-American named in all 11 years of the AVCA's squads.
The 2014 Continental Volleyball Conference individual awards have been released and include Player of the Year from Paul Kuhn, Freshman of the Year Alex Vohland and Coach of the Year Dan Ames.
For just the second time in the 13-year history of the ECAC Division III men's volleyball championships, the organization will award one true champion as Stevenson was selected as the top-seed and host for the 2014 ECAC Division III Men's Volleyball Championship on Saturday, April 19 at Owings Mills Gymnasium.
Juniata College avenged a regular season loss to Stevenson University last week with a 3-0 sweep of the Mustangs in the 2014 Continental Volleyball Conference Championship match. Juniata proved to be too much this weekend, winning both their semi-finals match and championship match by way of sweeps.
The 2014 Continental Volleyball Conference All-Conference teams have been announced and feature four players that repeated as All-Conference performers from last year.
The third edition of the Continental Volleyball Conference Tournament begins this weekend in Greenville, Pa. with four nationally ranked teams among the field of six battling for an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
This week's Continental Volleyball Conference Player of the Week is once again Carthage College setter Connor Wexter. This is the second consecutive week the senior has won the weekly honor.
This week's CVC Podcast is brought to you by Danielle Dwyer and recaps this past week's conference play, a look at the upcoming week, and interviews from around the league.
The CVC Weekly report is your source for keeping up with all of the latest news and happenings in the Continental Volleyball Conference. Each week you can find news, results, statistics and other information in regards to CVC volleyball.
This week's CVC Podcast is brought to you by Danielle Dwyer and recaps this past week's conference play, a look at the upcoming week, and interviews from around the league.
The CVC Weekly report is your source for keeping up with all of the latest news and happenings in the Continental Volleyball Conference. Each week you can find news, results, statistics and other information in regards to CVC volleyball.
All four Continental Volleyball Conference teams ranked in the AVCA poll maintained their ranking from the previous week, highlighted by Juniata's top ranking in the nation.
This week's CVC Podcast is brought to you by Danielle Dwyer and recaps this past week's conference play, a look at the upcoming week, and interviews with Alec Redlich and Jim Schultz.
The Royals swept Lancaster Bible College on the road Tuesday night, improving to 11-9 while winning their sixth straight match. It's the longest winning streak for the EMU volleyball men since a six-match string in 2007, and is likely the longest winning streak in program history.
The CVC Weekly report is your source for keeping up with all of the latest news and happenings in the Continental Volleyball Conference. Each week you can find news, results, statistics and other information in regards to CVC volleyball.
Juniata College Athletics Director Greg Curley has named Pat Shawaryn ('04) the interim head men's volleyball coach after former head coach Kevin Moore resigned to pursue another coaching opportunity.
This week's CVC Podcast is brought to you by Danielle Dwyer and recaps this past week's conference play, a look at the upcoming week, and an interview with this week's CVC Player of the Week Alex Coyne.
Rutgers University-Newark has accepted membership in the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) for the 2014-15 season as the Scarlet Raiders enter their first season as a full-fledged NCAA Division III program.
With the continued growth of men's volleyball at the NCAA Division III level, the Continental Volleyball Conference has recently approved a motion that will add a three new programs while splitting into two separate single sport conferences.