APRIL 20, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: RUDY YOVICH, SID
260-481-6646

Zbyszewski Times Four
Mastodons Ranked 12th

Columbus, OH- Matt Zbyszewski, (Sr/OH/Toronto, Canada/Martingrove High School), has been chosen the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player of the Week for the fourth time this season.

Zbyszewski had 23 kills (.288), 10 digs, six aces, five assist blocks and one assist in the 3-2 (24-30,35-33, 30-21, 17-30, 15-11) loss at Penn State.

In the 3-0 (30-28, 30-26, 32-30) win at Mercyhurst, he produced 11 kills (.318), two block assists and one dig. On the weekend, Zbyszewski averaged 4.25 kills (34) per game while hitting .303. He had a 1.38 digs per game average on 11 digs and averaged .87 blocks and .75 aces per game. Zbyszewski averaged 7.38 points per game for the weekend.

In the final conference statistics for the MIVA, Zbyszewski ranks first in points (6.69), kills (5.52) and ace serves (.58) per game. In the national statistics from last week, his 6.80 kills and 5.74 kills per game leads the nation and he was tied for fourth nationally in aces per game at .500.

In the latest USA Today/AVCA Top 15 Poll, IPFW (14-10, 12-4 MIVA) has moved up one spot to #12.

2004 MIVA Tournament Quarterfinals (by seed)
Friday, April 23, 7 p.m.
#6 Mercyhurst at #3 Loyola
Saturday, April 24, 7 p.m.
#8 Quincy at #1 Ohio State
#7 Findlay at #2 Ball State
#5 Lewis at #4 IPFW--7pm
Quarterfinal matches are played at the higher seed.
Semifinal (April 30) and championship (May 1) will be
hosted by the highest remaining seed after the
quarterfinal matches.

~Dons~