WVB: New York Region Spring and Fall 2021

WLCALUM83 · March 03, 2021, 09:21:48 AM

Several NJAC squads opened up play last night. In a battle of 2 ARV squads, Stockton knocked off Montclair State, 3 sets to 1.

Latest D3 Top 25 poll is due out later today.

WLCALUM83 · March 04, 2021, 06:51:16 PM

ARV Montclair State vs. NJCU up shortly.

Also keeping tabs on ARV Stockton @ Rutgers-Camden.

WLCALUM83 · March 04, 2021, 07:59:52 PM

Stockton and Montclair State are both up 2 sets to nil.

WLCALUM83 · March 04, 2021, 08:10:49 PM

Final: Montclair State over NJCU in 3
(25-6, 25-16, 25-17.)

Montclair State: .361 hitting pct for match.

WLCALUM83 · March 09, 2021, 07:06:39 PM

Final: #24 Stockton over William Paterson in 3 sets
(25-13, 25-14, 25-13.)

Stockton: 8 service aces in match.

WLCALUM83 · March 16, 2021, 10:23:02 PM

#21 Stockton and ARV Montclair State both win in 3 sets tonight.

WLCALUM83 · March 18, 2021, 06:58:34 PM

NJAC Matchups:

#3 Seed Kean vs. #6 Wm. Paterson
Kean .231 team hitting pct.
Kean: DeLio: 3rd in Conference in Service Aces/Set
Wm. Paterson: Sybello - 5.5 assists per match

#4 Rutgers-Camden vs #5 NJCU
NJCU: 1.38 Team Blocks/Match (2nd in NJAC)
R-C: Nebrich 2nd in NJAC in Service Aces/Set
Cobb: .418 hitting pct.

Kean and Rutgers -Camden won the earlier match-ups during the regular season.

WLCALUM83 · March 18, 2021, 08:27:42 PM

Final: #3 Kean over #6 Wm Paterson in 3.
(25-18, 25-14, 25-18).

Kean: .258 hitting pct. for match
Thornton .421 hitting pct. Brua .385, Fawns .286 respectively.

Final: #4 R-C over #5 NJCU in 3.
(25-23, 25-13, 25-15).
NJCU came from 10 pts down to tie Set 1 at 22 a piece before R-C finished that one off.
R-C: .264 hitting pct. for match
Choice .538 individual hitting pct. (3 other R-C players had .250 or higher hitting pct.)

Semi-Final Match-ups:

Montclair State vs. Kean
Stockton vs. Rutgers-Camden

Again, higher seeds won earlier regular season match-ups.

WLCALUM83 · March 23, 2021, 10:22:44 PM

NJAC Semi-Final Results:

Stockton over Rutgers-Camden in 3 sets.
(25-7, 25-12, 25-17.)

Stockton: 15 service aces, .456 team hitting pct. for match.

Montclair State over Kean in 3 sets.
(25-22, 25-17, 25-12.)

Montclair State: Higgins .433 hitting pct.

It'll be a Stockton/Montclair State final.

Stockton won the regular season meeting between the 2 squads.

WLCALUM83 · March 25, 2021, 08:45:47 PM

NJAC Championship Match Result:

Stockton takes the NJAC title 3 sets to 0 over Montclair State
(25-12, 25-18, 25-13)

Stockton: Sullivan .800 hitting pct. Kohloff .571 hitting pct.

WLCALUM83 · August 24, 2021, 09:51:35 AM

Rowan (NJAC) chose not to compete in Spring 2021. (Potential "X" factor this fall?

$:-\$

WLCALUM83 · August 25, 2021, 11:22:08 AM

The following New York Region Fall WVB Pre-Season Polls are now up:

Empire 8: (St. John's Fisher is picked as favorite, link too long to post here).

SUNYAC: https://www.sunyacsports.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/20210823llc5cs

NJAC: Stockton is picked to finish 1st.

WLCALUM83 · October 14, 2021, 07:04:49 PM

USMMA/Sarah Lawrence up shortly: (A Merchant Marine win gives that squad a bit more breathing room at the top of the Skyline Conference).

WLCALUM83 · October 14, 2021, 08:17:59 PM

Skyline Conference Final: USMMA over Sarah Lawrence in 3 sets:
(25-13, 25-16, 25-16)

USMMA: Outhit Sarah Lawrence .322 to -.032 for match
Steffen 12 spikes for points .455 hitting pct.

2nd Final: Manhattanville stuns St. Vincent in 5 sets
(21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-7, 15-11)

Manhattanville: Outhit MSV .074 to .000 in Set 5 to get the road win.

3rd Final: Farmingdale State over St. Joseph's LI in 5 sets:
(24-26, 22-25, 25-16, 25-11, 15-12)

Farmingdale State: Outhit SJ LI .087 to -.059 for the win.

All 3 in-conference leaders win, the Sarah Lawrence loss isn't that costly.

WLCALUM83 · November 02, 2021, 10:31:00 AM

CUNYAC Pre-Tournament Notables:

Teams: John Jay and Baruch are 14th and 19th in the nation in Aces/Set (2.95 and 2.82 respectively); Brooklyn and Hunter finished tied in Hitting Pct (.149); Brooklyn also had the lowest Opp Hitting Pct. (.097); Baruch and Brooklyn tied in Digs/Set (16.04);

Players: John Jay's Taylor Hunt is 19th in the nation in Aces/Set (0.74) and led the CUNYAC with 50 Service Aces. Hunter's Erin Hyman led the conference in Total Digs (368); Brooklyn's Aleah Rafat led in Spike Points/Set (3.33) and Points/Set (3.95).

SUNYAC:

Teams: Buffalo State led in Aces/Set (2.46); Geneseo in Digs/Set (16.87), Cortland led in all other categories.

Players: Brockport's Shelby Budnick led in Aces/Set (0.60) and Service Aces (52) Teammate Meaghan Mastro led in hitting pct. (.328); Cortland's Hannah Southcott led in 4 offense-related categories (Spikes for Points, Attacks/Set, Spike Points/Set and Total Points/Set) and Fredonia's Kourtney Krchniak led in Assists/Set (7.94) and Total Assists (122).

Action in both conferences begins later today.