Men's Volleyball Game Day Program - 02.29.24 vs Ottawa (Kan.)

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2024 Game Notes

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

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2023 SCHEDULE 01/26 01/26 01/27 01/27 02/02 02/03 02/09 02/09 02/10 02/17 02/23 02/24 02/29 03/01 03/02 03/02 03/08 03/08 03/09 03/09 03/14 03/16 03/22 03/23 03/23 03/29 03/30 04/04 04/06

Missouri Science & Tech^ W 3-2 Brescia^ W 3-0 (RV) Westcliff^ L 3-2 Rio Grande^ W 3-0 at Clarke L 3-2 at (15) Mount Mercy L 3-0 St. Ambrose W 3-1 (5) Grand View L 3-0 (RV) Missouri Valley L 3-2 Viterbo L 3-1 Kansas Wesleyan* W 3-1 Central Christian (Kan.)*!

W 3-0 Ottawa (Kan.)* 6 p.m. at St. Ambrose 7 p.m. vs UHSP 2 p.m. at William Penn 5 p.m.

7 p.m. vs Central Christian# vs Simpson# 7 p.m. vs St. Ambrose# Noon at Kansas Wesleyan# 2:30 p.m.

Jamestown* 7 p.m.

Dordt* 3 p.m. at Ottawa (Kan.)* 4 p.m. vs Graceland 2 p.m. at Mount Mercy 4 p.m. at Central Christian* 7 p.m. at Kansas Wesleyan* 2 p.m. at Jamestown* 7 p.m. at Dordt* 3 p.m.

* Great Plains Athletic Conference Game ^ Park Tournament # Kansas Wesleyan Tournament ! Senior Day

AROUND THE GPAC Thursday, Feb. 29 Jamestown at Kansas Wesleyan

3 p.m.

Dordt at Kansas Wesleyan Jamestown at Central Christian

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

Dordt at Central Christian

1 p.m.

Friday, March 1

Saturday, March 2 Tuesday, March 5

Central Christian at Kansas Wesleyan 7 p.m.

Friday, March 8

Kansas Wesleyan at Central Christian 4:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

St. Ambrose at Kansas Wesleyan

Feb. 29, 2024

Morningside vs Ottawa (Kan.)

Where: Allee Gym, Rosen Verdoon Sports Center, Sioux City, Iowa When: 6 p.m.

Watch: msidemustangs.com/ gameday/allee-gym-video-stream

2024 record: 6-6 (2-0) Head coach: Noah Marasco-Ayau (Briar Cliff) • Marasco-Ayau is the interim coach of the Mustangs.

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Series Notes The Mustangs are 3-9 against Ottawa all-time, but went 2-0 last season against the Braves.

Morningside won both matches 3-1 in 2023.

Stat Breakdown

11.36 .187 10.81 1.60 10.57 1.82 14.8

Category Kills Per Set Hitting Percentage Assists Per Set Aces Per Set Digs Per Set Blocks Per Set Points Per Set

Quick Facts Morningside hosts their third straight conference game Thursday night against Ottawa.

Last weekend, the Mustangs took both matches of the GPAC opening weekend, defeating Kansas Wesleyan in four sets and Central Christian in three.

Jacob DePauw earned his second GPAC Setter of the Week award of the season for his performance last weekend.

Ottawa also enters Thursday’s match with a 2-0 record after sweeping Central Christian and Kansas Wesleyan.

Morningside is looking for their second straight 3-0 start to GPAC play after going 3-0 in 2023.

A win Thursday puts Morningside one win away from last season’s win total of 8.

2024 record: 4-8 (2-0) Head coach: Ashan Jordan (Ottawa, 2022) • Jordan is in his first season as the head coach of the Braves.

Braves 10.29 .156 9.76 1.33 10.16 2.21 10.50

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The Master’s (Calif.)

Park (Mo.) Vanguard (Calif.)

OUAZ (Ariz.)

William Penn (Iowa) Menlo (Calif.)

Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)

Missouri Baptist Grand View (Iowa) Georgetown (Ky.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Jamestown (N.D.) Cornerstone (Mich.)

Lawrence Tech (Mich.)

Mount Mercy (Iowa)

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Interim Head Coach: Noah Marasco-Ayau Noah Marasco-Ayau brings a new perspective to Morningside’s men’s volleyball program, leading the program as the first coach to have played at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics level.

He also has a wealth of experience coaching, having held positions at the club and high school levels.

Marasco-Ayau spent his playing career in the blue and gold of Briar Cliff, spending time on the floor as a defensive specialist and pairing his playing time with strong academic involvement, landing on the BCU Dean’s List, the Athletic Director’s honor roll, and serving in an editor role of the Briar Cliff Review in both 2019 and 2020.

On the court, Marasco-Ayau tallied 872 digs, 172 assists, and 28 service aces, averaging 2.84 digs per game.

He was named to the 2019 and 2020 American Midwest/Great Plains/Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference all-conference first team, taking the title of Libero of the Year in 2019, the final year it was offered, and second team honors in 2018.

Roster/Coaches

2024 NUMERICAL ROSTER

# NAME 1 Jacob Baynes 2 Owen Anderson 4 Ferdinando Vinti 5 Jonah Cislo 6 Isaiah Baynes 7 Natan Alves 8 Sam Benick 9 Michael Padilla 13 Erik Krenz 15 Kirby Schmalz 16 Tucker Juhnke 22 Donavon Chandy 23 Tharen Cox 24 Jacob DePauw 25 Branton Jones

POS. OH L OH S/OPP OH OH MB OH MB OH L L MB S MB

YR. SR JR SO FR JR SO FR FR GR JR FR SO JR JR FR

HT. 6-1 6-0 6-4 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-4 6-6 5-10 5-4 6-3 6-0 6-4

HOMETOWN Mankato, Minn.

South Beloit, Ill. Perugia, Italy Boca Raton, Fla. Mankato, Minn.

Vila Velha, Brazil Minneapolis, Minn.

Santa Ana, Calif.

Mankato, Minn.

Rogers, MInn. Lamberton, Minn.

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa Norton, Kan. South Beloit, Ill. Belgrade, Minn.

Pronunciation Guide First Last Ferdinando Vinti Kirby Schmalz Tucker Juhnke Jacob DePauw

Pronunciation Vin-tee Sch-mahl-z Jun-kee Duh-Paw

The Honolulu, Hawaii native was an assistant coach at Dakota Valley, where he also teaches, in the fall of 2023. Previously he was a varsity assistant and head JV coach at Le Mars High School, was part of the Arena Volleyball Club’s coaching staff, and was a varsity assistant at Andes Central High School in Lake Andes, S.D. Marasco-Ayau’s coaching philosophy places an emphasis on promoting teamwork, hard work, and passion for the sport of volleyball while molding individuals into the best people they can be, on and off the court.

Mustang Leaders KILLS

vs. the GPAC Central Christian........ 6-0 1.00 Dordt............................ 4-9 .308 Jamestown................ 0-11 .000 Kansas Wesleyan....... 5-1 .800 Ottawa (Kan.).............. 3-9 .250

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Interim Assistant Coach Student Assistant

ASSISTS

As of 2/28/23

Natan Alves SO/OH Vila Velha, Brazil

Jacob DePauw JR/S South Beloit, Ill. Hononegah H.S.

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433

DIGS

BLOCKS Owen Anderson JR//Libero South Beloit, Ill. Hononegah H.S.

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GPAC Standings conference record only

Morningside................ 2-0 Ottawa (Kan.).............. 2-0 Jamestown................. 1-0 Dordt............................ 0-1 Central Christian........ 0-2 Kansas Wesleyan....... 0-2

Tharon Cox JR/MB Norton, Kan. Northern Valley H.S.

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Pronunciation Guide Andrew Salinas Kade Zrna Alex Galvan Grant Younie Nazmi Bayoglu Akeil Williams

Salina-us Zar-nuh Gal-VAN U-nie Naz-me Bio-loo Uh-keel

Opponent Roster/Coaches

2023 KANSAS WESLEYAN ROSTER

# NAME 3 Max Baumann 4 Andrew Salinas 6 Daniel Campbell 7 Kadeem Morris 8 Francis Rivera 9 Kade Zrna 11 Alex Galvan 12 Grant Younie 13 Nazmi Bayoglu 14 Trevan Johnson 16 Akeil Williams 17 Kennard Issac, JR 19 Tim Schutzbach 20 Isaac Rollenhagen 21 Derrick Hajka 23 Norberto Dominquez

POS. DS S L MB OH S L OH OH/S OH/L MB DS OH OH/L OH DS

YR. 6-1 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-9 5-8 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-6 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-0 5-9

HT. JR SR FR SO SO FR SO SO FR JR JR SR FR JR SO FR

A/S 0.15 0.8 0.11 0 0.3 0.24 0 0 0.06 0.03 0.04 0 0.02 9.21 0.22

SA SA/S 3 0.15 16 0.35 1 0.03 2 0.67 11 0.23 10 0.24 0 0 6 0.32 0 0 5 0.14 0 0 0 0 8 0.17 11 0.23 1 0.11

HOMETOWN PREV. SCHOOL Tulsa, Okla.

Lourdes University Honduras Goshen College Kingston, Jamaica Wolmer Boys School Barbados The Lodge School Humacao, Puerto Rico Kennedale Mildura, Australia Mildura Senior College Littleton, Colo.

Red Rocks C.C. Pratt, Kan. Pratt Ankara, Turkey TVF Sport Tuscon, Ariz.

Mountain View Barbados St. Leondards Huntsville, Texas Huntsville Singer, Germany Ambrosius-Blarer Topeka, Kan. Cair Paravel Littleton, Colo.

Cardinal Stritch Univ.

Glendale, Ariz.

Glendale

Head Coach: Ashan Jordan Assistant Coaches: Lee Ragland

Season Stats ## 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 15 16 22 23 24 25

PLAYER Jacob Baynes Owen Anderson Ferdinando Vinti Jonah Cislo Isaiah Baynes Natan Alves Sam Benick Michael Padilla Erik Krenz Kirby Schmalz Tucker Juhnke Donavon Chandy Tharen Cox Jacob DePauw Branton Jones

2023 Game Notes

SP 20 46 35 3 47 41 11 19 36 36 25 2 46 47 9

K 29 2 14 1 122 152 10 4 41 64 0 0 63 22 10

K/S 1.45 0.04 0.4 0.33 2.6 3.71 0.91 0.21 1.14 1.78 0 0 1.37 0.47 1.11

E 21 0 12 1 53 68 5 4 15 51 0 1 23 15 4

TA 81 4 46 2 323 352 19 12 101 196 0 1 163 73 20

PCT 0.099 0.5 0.043 0 0.214 0.239 0.263 0 0.257 0.066 -1 0.245 0.096 0.3

A 3 37 4 0 14 10 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 433 2

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DIG 21 124 39 2 70 70 2 7 6 30 32 1 20 69 4

DIG/S 1.05 2.7 1.11 0.67 1.49 1.71 0.18 0.37 0.17 0.83 1.28 0.5 0.43 1.47 0.44

BS 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 3 0

BA BLK TL 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13 16 28 30 1 1 1 1 19 24 8 10 0 0 0 0 38 44 13 16 6 6 @MsideMustangs