#10 Elmira College (21-9) vs. Alderson Broaddus University (9-11)
Saturday, April 2, 2016 | 1:15 P.M. | Kidera Gymnasium – Rochester, NY
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#10 Elmira College (21-9) at #9 Nazareth College (23-8)
Saturday, April 2, 2016 | 3:30 P.M. | Kidera Gymnasium – Rochester, NY
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Elmira, NY -- The 10th-ranked Elmira College men's volleyball team wraps up the 2016 regular season this Saturday, April 2nd, with a pair of non-league matches against Alderson Broaddus University and ninth-ranked Nazareth College. EC faces the Battlers of Alderson Broaddus at 1:15 p.m., before squaring off with the Golden Flyers at 3:30 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
The Soaring Eagles downed visiting Juniata College in four sets last Monday, March 28th, on a night that Elmira recognized its graduating members of the Class of 2016. EC claimed the opening two sets by identical 25-19 scores, before dropping the third, 25-23. Elmira bounced back in the fourth, rolling to a 25-14 win, which sealed Elmira's 21st win of the year and the team's first victory over the Eagles in program history.
 
Big Night for Best
In Monday's four-set win over Juniata, Jeremy Best '19 put forth one of the best performances a rookie setter has had in EC history. Best finished with a career-high 49 assists, which was the second-highest assist total by a rookie setter in Elmira's six-year history. He was three helpers away from tying AVCA All-American Michael Vellutato's freshman record of 52, set on March 29, 2011 against Thiel College.
 
Scouting the Battlers
Alderson Broaddus enters the weekend with a 9-11 record after picking up a four-set win over the University of Charleston on March 26th. The Battlers have won two straight and are 5-5 in their last 10 matches. Obenda Besongngem is undoubtedly Alderson Broaddus' top offensive option with 229 total kills, 134 more than the next closest player. Besongngem is averaging 3.75 kills per set and leads the team in service aces with 17. Kody Deiter and Benjamin Bravo have split setting responsibilities, as the duo has combined for 599 assists; Deiter owns a slightly higher assist per set average at 8.05.
 
Scouting Nazareth
The ninth-ranked Golden Flyers have already clinched a UVC playoff spot thanks to a 5-3 conference record. Nazareth enters this weekend's matches with a 23-8 overall record, including an 8-3 showing at Kidera Gymnasium. Naz and Elmira met two-and-a-half weeks ago at Speidel Gymnasium in Elmira, NY; the Golden Flyers eked out a tight five-set win. Tim Zyburt leads Nazareth with a 3.49 kills per set average and is third on the team in digs with 134.