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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Cards like prime matchup for senior night
No. 7 BSU to honor seniors Saturday against No. 12 GMU
Vinnie Lopes
Outside attacker Patrick Durbin said he and the two other seniors have waited a long time for Saturday's home match, especially because it's against a nationally ranked team.
Durbin, middle attacker Justin Orr and libero Ian Peckler will be honored following the No. 7 Ball State University men's volleyball team's senior-night match against No. 12 George Mason University. It is the second time in the last five seasons the Cardinals have played a top-15 ranked team on senior night.
"My freshman year for the senior night they scheduled probably the worst team in the nation and those guys were really mad," Durbin said. "Seeing the way those guys reacted to it and knowing now that we have the No. 12 team in the nation to play, I enjoy it. It gives us something a little bit more to focus about instead of coming in and jacking around."
Durbin and Peckler are fifth-year seniors for the Cardinals. Durbin is second in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association averaging 4.12 kills per game. Peckler, a 2007 second-team All-American, is fifth in the nation averaging 2.85 digs per game and has the second most digs in school history during the rally-scoring era.
Peckler hasn't thought about senior night, but he is looking forward to the match against George Mason, he said.
Coach Joel Walton said he doesn't have a preference to playing a ranked or non-ranked team on senior night. He also said he is proud of the job Durbin and Peckler have done since joining the Cardinals in 2004.
"They have worked very hard to become the leaders that they have been for our team this year," Walton said. "I'm really proud of both of them."
Orr is in his second season with the Cardinals after transferring from the University of Missouri in 2006.
Orr said playing a nationally ranked team on senior night is good because of the increased intensity the underclassmen usually have for the match.
"That will bring a lot more fire to it all," he said. "It is the seniors' big last send off and you want to do everything in your power to win."
Durbin, middle attacker Justin Orr and libero Ian Peckler will be honored following the No. 7 Ball State University men's volleyball team's senior-night match against No. 12 George Mason University. It is the second time in the last five seasons the Cardinals have played a top-15 ranked team on senior night.
"My freshman year for the senior night they scheduled probably the worst team in the nation and those guys were really mad," Durbin said. "Seeing the way those guys reacted to it and knowing now that we have the No. 12 team in the nation to play, I enjoy it. It gives us something a little bit more to focus about instead of coming in and jacking around."
Durbin and Peckler are fifth-year seniors for the Cardinals. Durbin is second in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association averaging 4.12 kills per game. Peckler, a 2007 second-team All-American, is fifth in the nation averaging 2.85 digs per game and has the second most digs in school history during the rally-scoring era.
Peckler hasn't thought about senior night, but he is looking forward to the match against George Mason, he said.
Coach Joel Walton said he doesn't have a preference to playing a ranked or non-ranked team on senior night. He also said he is proud of the job Durbin and Peckler have done since joining the Cardinals in 2004.
"They have worked very hard to become the leaders that they have been for our team this year," Walton said. "I'm really proud of both of them."
Orr is in his second season with the Cardinals after transferring from the University of Missouri in 2006.
Orr said playing a nationally ranked team on senior night is good because of the increased intensity the underclassmen usually have for the match.
"That will bring a lot more fire to it all," he said. "It is the seniors' big last send off and you want to do everything in your power to win."
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oh Vinnie
posted 4/03/08 @ 5:13 PM EST
Vinnie Lopes, once again, you have proved you're an idiot. You should not be writing about a team that you can't keep track of. The men's team is currently #6 in the nation. (Continued…)
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