Sacred Heart Visits Cambridge to Take on Men's Volleyball Saturday
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart (6-3, 2-1) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Harvard (6-4, 0-2) | 20 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
| Sacred Heart | Harvard |
|---|---|
|
K:
Borsay, Bradley - 12
B: Sibley, Patrick - 8 D: Harvey, Craig - 7 SA: Sibley, Patrick - 4 |
K:
Matt Jones - 14
B: Nick Madden - 6 D: Chris Gibbons - 7 SA: Rob Lothman - 3 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Sacred Heart | Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Hitting % | .297 | .151 |
| Blocks | 12.5 | 10.5 |
| Digs | 25 | 23 |
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
Derek Jansma (pictured) are 6-3 this season (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
The Particulars
The Harvard men’s volleyball team will play its second EIVA
Hay division match of the season when it hosts Sacred Heart
Saturday afternoon. The Crimson dropped its first conference match
to Juniata, 3-0.
Scouting the Crimson
Harvard, 6-3, 0-1 Hay, is coming off its first road trip of season.
The Crimson dropped both matches in its first journey away from the
Malkin Athletic Center, 3-1 at Saint Francis and 3-0 at Juniata.
Harvard began the season 6-1, playing all seven matches at
home.
The Crimson currently ranks third in the EIVA in both blocks per
set and service aces per set. Harvard is knocking down an average
of 2.58 blocks per set and collecting 1.36 aces per set this
season.
Matt Jones ranks fifth in the EIVA in kills per set tallying 3.67
in 33 sets this season. Jones is just two-hundreths of a point
behind Taylor Fauntleroy of NYU for fourth.
Scouting The Pioneers
Sacred Heart enters the match against the Crimson ranked second in
the Hay division with a 1-1 division mark and a 5-3 overall record.
Prior to a Feb. 18 loss at NYU, the Pioneers had been winners of
four straight with victories at New Haven and three wins at home
against NYU, Springfield and George Mason.
The Pioneers are second in the EIVA in kills per set, averaging 13
as a team, trailing only Penn State. Enzo Mackenzie paces Sacred
Heart with a 4.28 kills-per-set average, good for third in the
EIVA. The Pioneers’ Bradley Borsay also cracks the EIVA top
ten in kills per set, tallying 3.11 through 27 sets.
Blocked!
Nick Madden leads all Harvard student-athletes and is second in the
EIVA in blocks per set. Madden averages 1.30 rejections per set,
trailing only Shaun Sibley of George Mason who averages 1.65 blocks
per set.
Up Next
The Crimson will host division-leader Juniata Fri., March 4 before
hosting Ivy League rival Princeton the following afternoon.
