Men's Volleyball Scores 3-1 Win in Alumni Match

Muncie, Ind. - - The Ball State men's volleyball team officially kicked off its 2005-06 campaign Sunday night with a 3-1 (30-18, 26-30, 30-24, 30-15) victory in its annual alumni match held in Worthen Arena.

Under the booming voice of public address announcer Steve Shondell (1974-77) - - currently the head coach at Burris H.S. in Muncie, Ind. - - junior Luis Castera (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Colegio Rosa-Bell H.S.) paced the Cardinals' attack with 13 kills on a .316 (13-4-26) attack percentage. Castera also collected team-highs of 12 digs and four blocks.

Junior Nick Meyer (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller H.S.) also turned in double-figure kill totals in the match, with 10. He finished the contest with a .286 (10-4-21) attack percentage, while scoring 10 digs and a pair of blocks.

Redshirt sophomore Doug Willman (St. Louis, Mo./Francis Howell North H.S.) paced all players with a 1.000 attack percentage, smashing kills on all four of his swings. Fifth-year senior Zoran Grabovac (Des Moines, Iowa/Hoover H.S.) also turned in solid attack numbers, slamming seven kills on nine attempts for a .777 rate of success. Both players scored three blocks and a dig.

Redshirt freshmen Ryan Clarke (Ballwin, Mo./Parkway South H.S.) and Mark Termion (Winfield, Ill./Wheaton North) also found success against the alumni defense, scoring eight and seven kills, respectively. Defensively, the pair combined for eight digs and four blocks, with Termion scoring seven digs to Clarke's one. Each had two blocks on the night.

Seniors Dave Carlson (Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids H.S.) and Evan Berg (Bristol, Wis./Central H.S.) both added four kills, while Carlson tallied seven digs and two blocks and Berg had six digs.

Also aiding in the win were junior Mark Rumschik (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park H.S.) with three kills and seven digs and sophomore Ted Summers-Torres (San Diego, Calif./University of San Diego) with two digs.

Meyer added a pair of service aces in the contest, while Castera, Termion and Torres posted one each.

On the alumni side, Kyle Weindel (2000-03) led the team with a match-high 16 kills on 28 attempts, while posting a .393 (16-5-28) attack percentage. Paul Fasshauer (1999-2002) and Mark Lau (1998-2000) both added nine kills for the alumni squad, hitting -.038 (9-10-26) and .473 (9-0-19), respectively.

Josh Hall (2000-03) totaled four kills and a .182 (4-2-11) attach percentage, while Scott Bushong (2003-05) had three kills and hit for a .125 (3-2-8) clip. Aiding in the alumni offense were Keith Schunzel (2001-04) with one kill and a -.333 (1-2-3) attack percentage; Bob Penzes (1987-90) with a -.500 (0-3-6) attack mark and Brian Winchester (2001) with a .000 (0-0-5) rate of success.

Defensively, Josh Lee (2001-03) played the libero position for the alumni, while Darrell Morken (1984-85) was the team's defensive specialist.

Current BSU assistant coach Kevin Furnish (1989-91) served as the alumni's coach and inspirational leader on the bench.

For the game, Ball State posted a .528 (65-17-41) hitting percentage, while holding the alumni team to .224 (42-24-106) mark.

The Ball State men's volleyball team will continue fall play with an Oct. 29th match at IPFW. First serve is set for 2 p.m. BSU opens its 2006 regular season January 10 vs. Rutger-Newark at 7:30 p.m. in Worthen Arena.

Ball State University Athletics

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