KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College men's volleyball team will host two Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League opponents at Tarble Arena this weekend. The Red Men will take on the Duhawks of Loras College on Friday, February 19^th at 7 p.m. and the Cardinals of North Central College on Saturday, February 20^th at 3 p.m. The Red Men were ranked No. 3 in the February 16^th AVCA Coaches Top 15 Poll.
 
Carthage College Red Men
Record: 11-1
MCVL Record: 4-0
National Ranking: No. 3
 
The Red Men are coming off two 3-0 wins over Greenville College and Fontbonne University on February 12^th & 13^th. Carthage is currently tied with Benedictine University (Ill.) and the Milwaukee School of Engineering for first place in the MCVL. Carthage holds the best overall record, followed by Benedictine at 9-5 and MSOE at 7-4. Carthage's Zach Lillig currently leads Division III men's volleyball in blocks per set with 1.25 blocks per set. Carthage is also the Division III team leader for blocks per set with 2.89 blocks per set. Other Red Men ranked nationally in statistical categories are listed in the table below.
 
Team Statistical Leaders
Kills: Griffin Shields (117 total kills, 3.66 kills per set)
Assists: Matt Reinsel (349 total assists, 9.97 assists per set)
Blocks: Zach Lillig (40 total blocks, 1.25 blocks per set, leads Division III in blocks per set)
Service Aces: J.P. Tulacka (19 total service aces, 0.61 service aces per set)
Digs: Marc Hansen (72 digs, 2.00 digs per set)
 
Carthage's NCAA Division III Statistical Leaders
Team Rankings
Aces per set - 19th D III, 3rd MCVL (1.92 aces/set)
Assists per set - 26th DIII, 5th MCVL (10.63 assists/set)
Blocks per set - 1st D III, 1st MCVL (2.89 blocks/set)
Digs per set - 20th D III, 6th MCVL (9.58 digs/set)
Hitting percentage - 8th D III, 1st MCVL (0.269)
Kills per set - 22nd D III, 4th MCVL (11.66 kills,set)
Match W-L percentage - 2nd DIII, 1st MCVL (0.917)

Carthage Individual Ranking
Aces per set
J.P. Tulacka - 19th D III, 2nd MCVL (0.61 aces/set)
Will Craft - 56th D III, 10th MCVL (0.44 aces/set)
Griffin Shields - 56th D III, 10th MCVL (0.44 aces/set)
Assists per set
Matt Reinsel - 11th D III, 4th MCVL (9.97 assists/set)
Blocks per set
Zach Lillig - 1st D III, 1st MCVL (1.25 blocks/set)
J.P. Tulacka - 7th D III, 3rd MCVL (1.16 blocks/set)
Hitting Percentage
J.P. Tulacka - 20th D III, 2nd MCVL (0.368)
Griffin Shields - 23rd D III, 3rd, MCVL (0.357)
Kills per set
Griffin Shields - 13th D III, 3rd MCVL (3.66 kills/set)
Points per set
Griffin Shields - 5th D III, 1st MCVL (4.73 points/set)


Loras College Duhawks – Friday, February 19^th at 7 p.m.
Record: 6-6
MCVL Record: 1-2
National Ranking: NR
 
The Duhawks enter the contest coming off of a 3-1 win (25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20) over North Central on Friday, February 12^th. The Duhawks's two conference losses come from Benedictine (Ill.) (3-1) and Dominican (3-0). The Duhawks's head coach is Jeremy Thornburg. Greg Kinney leads the Duhawks with 99 total kills and an average of 2.36 kills per set. Setter Shayne Marquez has collected 233 assists this season and averages 5.18 assists per set. Leading the Duhawks in blocking is Jimmy Comps with 43 total blocks and a blocks per set average of 1.16. Blair Anderson leads with 70 digs and averages 1.84 digs per set.
 
 
North Central College Cardinals – Saturday, February 20^th at 2 p.m.
Record: 2-8
MCVL Record: 1-2
National Ranking: NR
 
Before playing the Red Men on Saturday, the Cardinals of North Central College will take on the Milwaukee School of Engineering, ranked No. 15 in the most recent AVCA poll, on Friday night in Milwaukee, Wis. The Cardinals enter this weekends competitions after a 1-3 loss to Loras College on Friday, February 12^th. This is the first year of existence for the men's volleyball program at North Central College. Kyle Exline is he head coach of the Cardinals and was previously a graduate assistant coach for both the men's and women's volleyball programs at Carthage College from 2011 to 2013. Jacob Zemba currently leads the Cardinals in kills with 81 total kills and averages 2.31 kills per set. Setter Raymond Kraus has collected 248 total assists on the season and averages 7.52 assists per set. Max Lawrence leads the Cardinals in blocks with 20 total blocks and averages 0.59 blocks per set.