KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College men's volleyball team (18-1, 8-0 Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League), ranked No. 3 in the March 8^th AVCA Division III Men's Top 15 Poll, returns to Tarble Arena on Saturday, March 12^th to play host to No. 15 New York University (9-8) and No. 8 Stevenson University (17-5).

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Carthage College Red Men
Record: (18-1 8-0 MCVL)
National Ranking: No. 3
Games: Vs. NYU – 11 a.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.
              Vs. Stevenson – 4 p.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.

The Red Men return to play this weekend following a 3-2 win over No. 7 Dominican University on Thursday, March 3^rd and a 3-0 sweep of Benedictine University on Saturday, March 5^th. Carthage currently leads the MCVL with a record of 8-0. The Red Men currently lead all of NCAA Division III in blocks per set with an average of 2.70 blocks/set and in match win percentage with a percentage of 0.947. Carthage is also ranked seventh nationally and first in the MCVL in hitting percentage at 0.299. Individually, J.P. Tulacka is ranked second in the nation and first in the MCVL for blocks per set with an average of 1.30 blocks/set. Griffin Shields is ranked third nationally and first in the MCVL in points per set with 4.72 points/set. Shields is also ranked seventh in NCAA Division III and second in the MCVL for kills per set with an average of 3.75 kills/set. On March 9th, J.P. Tulacka was named MCVL Defensive Player of the Week and Zach Lillig was named MCVL Offensive Player of the Week.
 
 
Carthage Statistical Leaders

##	ATTACK (by K)	S	K	K/Set	E	TA	Pct
15	Shields, Griffin	57	214	3.75	66	423	.350
3	Craft, Will	57	144	2.53	54	343	.262
6	Lillig, Zach	57	104	1.82	21	166	.500
12	Tulacka, J.P.	56	102	1.82	25	196	.393
8	Adamczyk, Scotty	55	71	1.29	36	204	.172

 

##	SET (by A)	S	Ast	Ast/Set	TA	Pct
4	Reinsel, Matt	59	597	10.12	992	.602
5	Figueroa, Ricky	7	29	4.14	58	.500

 

##	BLOCK (by Total)	S	BS	BA	Total	Blk/Set	BE
12	Tulacka, J.P.	56	8	65	73.0	1.30	8
6	Lillig, Zach	57	10	50	60.0	1.05	5
15	Shields, Griffin	57	7	44	51.0	0.89	10
3	Craft, Will	57	3	30	33.0	0.58	4

 

##	KILL (by K)	S	K	K/Set
15	Shields, Griffin	57	214	3.75
3	Craft, Will	57	144	2.53
6	Lillig, Zach	57	104	1.82
12	Tulacka, J.P.	56	102	1.82

 

##	SERVE (by SA)	S	SA	SE	TA	Pct	SA/Set
12	Tulacka, J.P.	56	27	38	230	.835	0.48
15	Shields, Griffin	57	26	45	214	.790	0.46
3	Craft, Will	57	22	44	274	.839	0.39
4	Reinsel, Matt	59	8	28	255	.890	0.14

New York University Bobcats
Record: 9-8
National Ranking: No. 15
Games: Vs. Carthage – 11 a.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.
            Vs. Stevenson – 4 p.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.
 
The Bobcats hit the court this weekend following a 3-1 win over Penn St.Behrend and a 1-3 loss to SUNY New Paltz on March 6^th. The Bobcats also earned a 3-0 sweep of York College (NY) on March 9^th. Nick Benson currently leads the Bobcats in kills and kills per set with 168 total kills and an average of 3.06 kills/set. Benson has also recorded 24 service aces on the season. Chase Corbett currently leads in blocking with 55 total blocks and an average of 0.92 blocks/set. NYU is coached by Jose Pina.
 
 
Stevenson University Mustangs
Record: 17-5
National Ranking: No. 8
Games: Vs. NYU – 4 p.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.
             Vs. Carthage – 6 p.m. – Saturday, March 12^th – Tarble Arena – Kenosha, Wis.
 
The Mustangs of Stevenson University enter competition this weekend following two 3-1 wins over Mount St. Joseph and Wittenberg on Thursday, March 10^th. Landon Shorts currently leads the Mustangs in kills with 221 total kills and an average of 3.30 kills/set. Shorts has also collected 29 service aces this season. Kyle Pottieger has completed a total of 79 blocks and averages 1.16 blocks/set.  The Mustangs are coached by Steve Grossnickle.