Men's Volleyball Visits Valley Forge on Tuesday to Open Busy Week

Men's Volleyball at University of Valley Forge
Tuesday, February 11 | 4 p.m.
*Match moved up to 4 p.m. due to Weather*
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THE STORYLINE

The Immaculata men's volleyball team (5-1) is off to the best start in program history will begin a busy week visiting the University of Valley Forge on Tuesday evening.
Immaculata enters Tuesday's match after defeating Neumann on Friday evening in a five-set thriller at Alumnae Hall.
Valley Forge (3-1, 0-0 UEC).

SERIES HISTORY

Immaculata and Valley Forge are meeting for the fourth time in their series that began in 2023.
Immaculata is 1-2 all-time vs Valley Forge.

LAST MEETING

Immaculata fell to Valley Forge 3-1 in their last meeting on February 23, 2024, at Alumnae Hall.
Josh McGurl had 13 kills, Joe Martell had 32 assists, and Matthew Pfister had 23 digs.

MIGHTY MAC NOTES

Josh McGurl led both sides on Friday night, with 18 kills and 5 service aces, while adding 8 digs and a solo block to his stat line. McGurl is averaging 3.57 kills per set.
Joe Martell dished 36 assists with 16 digs, 2 kills, and 2 service aces vs Neumann on Friday. Matell is averaging 7.87 assists per set.
Noah Zunski posted 13 kills and 8 digs on Friday night. Zunski is averaging 2.52 kills per set.
Nate Bailey had 8 kills, an assist, and a dig vs Neumann on Friday.
Matthew Pfister had a match-leading 18 digs and an assist on Friday night. Pfister is averaging 3.04 digs per set.
Christian Lee had a pair of kills and solo blocks to go along with 6 digs vs Neumann.
Jordan Brown had 3 kills, 2 solo blocks, and 3 digs on Friday night.

SCOUTING VALLEY FORGE

The Valley Forge Patriots have opened their season winning three out of four matches. They defeated PSU-Schuylkill 3-0 in their opener on 1/24. They won at Bryn Athyn on 1/29 3-0, before falling to Lehman at home 3-1 on 1/31. They defeated Yeshiva in their last match 3-0 at home on 2/03.
Junior outside hitter Toby Harris leads Valley Forge with 37 kills, averaging 2.85 kills per set.
Junior outside hitter Clay Confer has 35 kills, averaging 2.69 kills per set.
Freshman setter Zoe Lor has a team-high 40 assists, averaging 3.08 assists per set.
Senior middle blocker Nathan Whisman has a team-high of 15 digs.

MIGHTY MAC OF THE WEEK

Josh McGurl was named the Mighty Mac of the Week by the Immaculata Athletics Sports Information and Athletic Communications office.
McGurl helped lead the Mighty Macs to win all three matches this week with a combined 45 kills, 12 service aces, two total blocks, and 28 digs. McGurl had 17 kills, and 10 digs in the win over Cairn University on February 4th. He set an IU program record at Bryn Athyn on February 5th with seven service aces, to go along with 10 kills, and 10 digs in the win over the Lions. On Friday evening, he helped lead Immaculata to a five-set come-from-behind win over Neumann with 18 kills, five service aces, and eight digs.
This is the second consecutive week that a member of the men's volleyball team has been named Mighty Mac of the Week.

UP NEXT

The Immaculata men's volleyball team will back in action on Friday, February 14^th when they host Virginia Wesleyan (6-2, 1-1 ODAC) at Alumnae Hall at 7:00 p.m.
On Saturday, February 15^th Immaculata will travel to Eastern University for two matches in a Quad Match. Immaculata will play the host Eastern at 2:00 p.m. and the University of Valley Forge at 4:00 p.m.

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