Medaille Sports

The Medaille College men’s volleyball team is only a quarter of the way through its 2010 season but they are beginning to pile up the milestones and accolades.  The first one came in the Mavs second match of the season, a win over Lasell College , when junior Dan Jackson (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) became the Mavs all time leader in digs.  He now has (729) in his career, the previous record was (655).  The Mavs then posted a monumental victory as they outlasted 7th ranked Nazareth College on January 19th in a thrilling five setter.  The Mavs would then rattle of three more victories over the weekend, all three set sweeps.  In their Sunday victory over SUNY-IT senior Ryan Metz (Cheektowaga, NY/Maryvale) became only the third player in program history to reach the (1,000) kill milestone. He now has (1,002) and is (153) kills away from sole possesion of first place all time.  The (4-0) week for the Mavs catapulted them into the AVCA Top 15 Rankings as they are holding down the 15th spot.  The strong play of Ryan Murdie (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore East) during their winning streak earned the junior middle hitter NECVA Western Division Player of the Week honors.  The Mavs (6-2) will take to the floor again on Wednesday (2/3) at 7:00pm at Hilbert College.