KENOSHA, Wis. – Following a weekend with two 3-0 sweeps of their opponents, the Carthage College men's volleyball team (22-1, 10-0 Midwest Collegiate Volleyball Conference) will return to the court with a home match at Tarble Arena against the Raiders of the Milwaukee School of Engineering (15-6, 10-0 MCVL). The two teams will face off on Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. The Red Men earned the No. 3 ranking for the seventh week in a row in the March 22 AVCA Men's Division III Top 15 Poll. The Raiders are ranked 14^th in the poll.
 
Carthage College Red Men
Record: 22-1, 10-0 MCVL
National Ranking: No. 3
 
The Red Men return to the court this weekend following a 3-0 sweep of Marian University (Wis.) on Friday, March 18 and another 3-0 sweep of Lakeland College on Saturday, March 19. Carthage is currently ranked first statistically in the nation for blocks per set with an average of 2.82 blocks/set. The Red Men also lead the nation in win/loss percentage with a win percentage of 0.957. Carthage leads the MCVL is currently ranked eighth in the nation and leads the MCVL in hitting percentage with a percentage of 0.288. J.P. Tulacka is ranked second in all of Division III and first in the MCVL for blocks per set with an average of 1.41 blocks/set. Zach Lillig accompanies Tulacka in blocks per set with a national ranking of No. 7 and an MCVL ranking of No. 2 with an average of 1.11 blocks/set. Griffin Shields is ranked fourth in NCAA Division III and first in the MCVL for points per set with a 4.86 points/set average. Shields is also ranked fifth in the nation and fifth in the MCVL in kills per set with an average of 3.90 kills/set. Matt Reinsel earns the No. 10 ranking nationally and the second spot in the MCVL for assists per set with an average of 10.21 assists/set.
 
Carthage Statistical Leaders
 

##	ATTACK (by K)	S	K	K/Set	E	TA	Pct
15	Shields, Griffin	71	277	3.90	92	554	.334
3	Craft, Will	71	195	2.75	73	455	.268
12	Tulacka, J.P.	70	126	1.80	33	246	.378

 

##	SET (by A)	S	Ast	Ast/Set	TA	Pct
4	Reinsel, Matt	73	745	10.21	1215	.613
5	Figueroa, Ricky	8	35	4.38	66	.530
7	Hansen, Marc	73	19	0.26	147	.129

 

##	BLOCK (by Total)	S	BS	BA	Total	Blk/Set	BE
12	Tulacka, J.P.	70	10	89	99.0	1.41	8
6	Lillig, Zach	71	11	68	79.0	1.11	6
15	Shields, Griffin	71	8	62	70.0	0.99	12
3	Craft, Will	71	4	40	44.0	0.62	4

 

##	KILL (by K)	S	K	K/Set
15	Shields, Griffin	71	277	3.90
3	Craft, Will	71	195	2.75
12	Tulacka, J.P.	70	126	1.80
6	Lillig, Zach	71	121	1.70

 

##	SERVE (by SA)	S	SA	SE	TA	Pct	SA/Set
3	Craft, Will	71	30	56	340	.835	0.42
15	Shields, Griffin	71	29	59	266	.778	0.41
12	Tulacka, J.P.	70	28	47	275	.829	0.40

 
MSOE Raiders
Record: 15-6, 10-0 MCVL
National Ranking: No. 14
Game: Thursday, March 23 – 7 p.m. – Kenosha, Wis. – Tarble Arena
 
The Raiders of the Milwaukee School of Engineering will hit the road to take on the Red Men on Thursday. The Raiders won 3-1 over Lakeland on Friday, March 18 and 3-0 over Marian (Wis.) on Saturday, March 19. Scott Boyk leads MSOE in kills with a collective total of 213 kills and an average of 3.74 kills/set. Ben Clarke leads the team in blocking with 51 total blocks and an average of 1.09 blocks/set. The Raiders are coached by Shane Reid.
 
 
With both teams sporting a 10-0 conference record, the winner of this match will break the tie for first-place in the MCVL and will take over the first place position in the team rankings.