Greaves
Signs with Volleydons
IPFW
Men's Volleyball Head Coach Arnie Ball has announced that Andrew
Greaves has signed his National Letter of Intent
to play volleyball for the Mastodons in the fall of 2006. (more)
Volleydons
Fall in Exhibition
IPFW
opened the exhibition portion of their 2005-06 season on
Friday night, at the Hilliard Gates Center, dropping
a 3-1 decision to the Long Beach State 49ers. (more)
Findlay
Transfer Enlists in Arnie's Army
Former
University of Findlay Oiler outside hitter C.J. Macias
has transferred
to IPFW for the 2006 men's volleyball season. (more)
Arnie's
Army Reloads
After
finishing one game shy of the NCAA men's volleyball tournament
in 2005, IPFW head coach Arnie Ball has announced
the signing of three impact players for the 2006 season. (more)
MIVA
All-Academic Team Announced
Seven
members of the IPFW men's volleyball team have been named
to the MIVA All-Academic Team. To be eligible for
the All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have at least
a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
(more)
Mastodons
Fall in MIVA Final
Ohio State (24-7) defeated IPFW (13-17), 3-1 with scores of
30-23, 30-18, 27-30, 30-24 to clench the 2005 MIVA Championship
crown. The Buckeyes will now travel to Los Angeles to NCAA Final
Four. (more)
Volleydons
Shock #1 Ramblers in MIVA Semi Finals
The
IPFW men's volleyball team reached the finals of the MIVA tournament,
on Friday night in Chicago, Illinois, with a 3-2 upset of tournament
top seed and host Loyola-Chicago. (more)
'Dons
Roar Back to Win Quarter Final
The Volleydons battled back from a 2-1 deficit, and fought off
a match point, stopping Findlay, 3-2 on Saturday night in MIVA
Quarter Final action at the Gates Center. (more)
Zbyszewski/Sikca
Named All-Conference
Senior
opposite Matt Zbyszewski and junior middle hitter Serdar
Sikca have been named to the MIVA All-Conference
First-Team in voting conducted by conference coaches. (more)
#11
Ohio State Survives in Five
The Ohio State Buckeyes got up off the canvas to score
a five-game come from behind win over the IPFW men's volleyball
team Saturday night, at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Volleydons
Win Final Non-Conference Match
The IPFW men's volleyball team tuned up for their final
conference match of the year, on Friday night, with a 3-1
win over non-conference foe Rutgers-Newark. (more)
Missed
Opportunities
It's
not often that you play so well and come away with so little,
but that is exactly what happened on Wednesday night for the
IPFW Volleydons in their MIVA match with Lewis. (more)
Cards
Survive Furious Rally
Ball State University made it to the finish line, but barely,
on Saturday night, tripping up the Mastodons 3-1, in MIVA
play at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Volleydons
Make Quick Work of Hawks
In a match that lasted just under an hour and a half, IPFW
swept through Quincy University, 3-0 on Friday night at
the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Zbyszewski
Tabbed as MIVA POW
Matt
Zbyszewski, a 6-5 senior outside hitter for IPFW, has been
named
the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player
of the Week. (more)
Volleydons
Split Weekend Conference Action
The
IPFW men's volleyball team returned to conference action, after
playing non-conference matches for more than two weeks. The
'Dons dropped a five set heartbreaker at Loyola Chicago, but
came back this afternoon to blast Clarke College 3-0. (more)
UCSN
Completes Sweep of Mastodons
#8
Cal. State Northridge completed a weekend sweep of IPFW with
a 3-0 win, Saturday night at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.
(more)
#8
Northridge Powers Past IPFW
The
hard hitting Matadors of Cal. State Northridge used a 24
kill performance from Nils Nielsen to stop IPFW 3-1
on Friday night at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
#7
49ers Sweep 'Dons
The
No. 7-ranked Long Beach State men¹s volleyball
team defeated the IPFW Mastodons, 3-0 in the final day of
the Carson Double Tree/Active Ankle Volleyball Tournament
at The Pyramid on Saturday night. (more)
Volleydons
Fall to #5 Santa Barbara
The IPFW men's volleyball team dropped their first match
of the Long Beach State Active Ankle Beach Bash, on Friday
night in California. The 'Dons were shutout by #5 UC-Santa
Barbara, 3-0. (more)
No
Answer For the Nittany Lions
For
the third time this season, the IPFW men's volleyball team
faced #4 Penn State. Unfortunately for the 'Dons,
the outcome has been the same. The Nittany Lions swept
IPFW 3-0, on Saturday night in State College, Pennsylvania. (more)
IPFW
Holds Off Lakers
Mercyhurst
College's all-time record against IPFW is 0-19. Win number
twenty was no walk in the park for the Mastodons
on Friday night, at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center. (more)
IPFW
Rebounds with win over Clarke
The
IPFW men's volleyball team broke a two game losing streak
,with a 3-0 win over Clarke College, on Saturday
afternoon at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Buckeyes
Sweep IPFW
After
dropping three straight matches, #14 Ohio State won their third
straight match, with a 3-0 sweep of IPFW, Friday night in Columbus,
Ohio. (more)
Meyers
Leads Cardinals to MIVA Win
Sophomore
outside hitter Nick Meyer put down a game-high 28 kills as Ball
State topped IPFW, 3-1, on Friday night at Worthen Arena. (more)
'Dons
Bounce Back at Golden Dome
The
IPFW men's volleyball team bounced back after a loss to #5 Penn
State, in the opening round of the Rutgers-Newark Golden Dome
Classic, to top the host Scarlet Raiders, 3-1, on the tournament's
final day. (more)
PSU
Sweeps IPFW at Golden Dome
#5 Penn State topped IPFW in straight sets, in the opening round
of the Rutgers-Newark Golden Dome Classic, Friday night in Newark,
New Jersey. (more)
Volleydons
Rebound with Sweep of 'Hurst
A
tough five game loss to Loyola-Chicago last night was softened
a little with a three game sweep of Mercyhurst College, on Saturday
night at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Ramblers
Roll in Five
IPFW
held a 2-1 lead in Friday night's MIVA match against Loyola
University-Chicago, but it was the Ramblers who
put the pedal to the metal, topping the 'Dons in five,
3-2. (more)
Zbyszewski
Named MIVA Player of the Week
Senior
outside hitter Matt Zbyszewski (Sr.,
6-5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Martingrove) has been selected
as the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player
of the Week.
Volleydons
Take Hawks in Five
The Volleydons defeated the Hawks of Quincy University
in five games Saturday night at Quincy. This was the fourth
MIVA match in a row for the Dons, who are now 3-1 in conference
play and 4-3 overall. (more)
IPFW
Downs Findlay, 3-1
IPFW traveled
to Findlay tonight for their second match against the University
of Findlay in MIVA play. The Volleydons
once again downed the Oilers with final scores of 30-26,
30-22, 28-30, and 30-22. IPFW is now 3-3 and 2-1 in the
MIVA. (more)
400!!!!
IPFW
head men’s volleyball coach Arnie Ball reached
a coaching milestone on Saturday night at the Hilliard
Gates Sports Center. Ball, in his 25th year with the Mastodons,
won his 400th career match, as IPFW beat the University
of Findlay, 3-1 in a conference match. (more)
Volleydons
Fall to Lewis in Five
IPFW
took a 6-2 lead in game five, of their first conference
match of the year against Lewis, but couldn’t finish, losing
to the Flyers 3-2. (more)
Penn
State tops IPFW in Four
Playing
a young, and unproven lineup for most of the match, IPFW
fell to Penn State, 3-1 on Saturday night at the Gates
Sports Center. (more)
Powell’s
39 Kills lead Mason past IPFW
George
Mason junior outside hitter Shaun Powell’s career night
powered the Patriots past IPFW, 3-2 on Friday night
at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. (more)
Volleydons
Survive Juniata
The
top-ranked team in Division III gave IPFW a run for their
money on Saturday night, in men’s volleyball at the
Gates Center. After rolling out to a 2-0 lead, the Mastodons
held off Juniata College (PA), 3-2. (more)
Volleydons
Open 2005 Season in Canada
The 26th annual Killer Instinct Excalibur
Volleyball Classic begins at York University's Tait McKenzie
Centre on Friday, January 7, kicking off the second half
of the men's volleyball season in Canada, but opening up
the exhibition season for the IPFW Mastodons. (more)
Arnie
Ball to be Honored by the Fort Wayne Sports Corp.
On November 18, the Fort Wayne Sports
Corporation will honor local college coaching legends Arnie
Ball and Kevin Donley at the Allen County Memorial
Coliseum. (more)
