CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Thursday afternoon will start postseason play for the Campbellsville University men's volleyball team as they will look to double up on Mid-South Conference championships starting at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT in Bowling Green, Ky. at Ephram White Gym.
Originally, the Tigers were going to have to wait for the result of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchup between Midway and Bluefield but due to COVID-19 protocols Bluefield has dropped out of the tournament, creating a no-contest and advancing Midway to the quarterfinals.
Tickets are available for the tournament and can be purchased at
https://www.mid-southconference.org/hometown-ticketing. Live stream will be available at
https://stfanclub.com/live/ with a pay-per-view price of $5 per match.
TIGER NOTES
- Campbellsville finished the regular season 23-3 overall and 14-1 in Mid-South Conference play to earn the MSC regular season championship for the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
- As a team, CU finished with 1,176 kills and a hitting percentage of .307 for a 12.5 kills per set.
- Individually, Rafael Cruz led a group of six players that had triple-digit kills on the season as he had 228 on the year with Isaac Paches (140), Ramon Matos (123), Ho Yin Leung (119), Noah Henkel (109), and Jakob Zum Kolk (105) all going above the century mark on the year.
- Defensively, reigning Player of the Year in the MSC, Jay Montalvo kept the back row stabilized with 267 digs on the year as Jose Viera Cerame is the only other player with over 100 digs on the year.
SCOUTING MIDWAY
- The Eagles finished as the No. 8 seed in the conference with a 9-11 overall record and going 4-9 inside of conference play.
- Their conference wins came against Bluefield, Thomas More, Truett-McConnell, and St. Andrews as the Tigers and Eagles matched up twice with CU coming away with a pair of sweep wins on Mar. 6 and Mar. 16.
- Adrian Constant and Franzso Severre led MU in kills as both had over 100 with Constant finishing with 275 and Severre had 128 to finish the regular season.
- Daniel Cogo has been the primary setter for Midway as he finished the year with 632 assists and Constant is the team leader in digs with 122 in 19 matches.
LOOKING AHEAD
- With a win, the Tigers will move on to the semifinals with that match scheduled to be at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT at Bowling Green High School on Friday.
- CU would face the winner of the quarterfinal matchup between No. 4 Life and No. 5 Webber International.
