NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Carthage's
Matt Slivinski and North Central's
Michael Trunzo were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Volleyball Players of the Week on Monday.
Slivinski, a junior outside hitter from Willow Springs, Illinois and Lyons Township High School, averaged 5.46 kills for the 2-1 Red Men last week. He had 24 kills, five digs and hit .340 in a five-set loss to the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) last Wednesday. He then had 19 kills, four digs and hit .378 in a sweep at California Lutheran on Friday, followed by 28 kills and five digs in a five-set win against UC-Santa Cruz on Saturday.
Trunzo, a senior setter from Valencia, California and Valencia High School, led the Cardinals with 107 set assists in three matches last week. He had 37 assists and seven assists in a sweep of Concordia-Chicago on Tuesday, followed by 37 assists and seven digs in a five-set loss to MSOE on Friday, and 33 assists and four digs in a sweep of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on Saturday. North Central hit .326 against Concordia-Chicago and a program-high .625 vs. IIT.
2020 CCIW Men's Volleyball Players of the Week
Offense
Matt Slivinski - Carthage (2/3/20)
Jason Eslinger - North Central (1/27/20)
Luis Zavala - Augustana (1/20/20)
Setter/Libero/Defense
Michael Trunzo - North Central (2/3/20)
Ryan Hirschel - Augustana (1/27/20)
Matthew Schiferl - Augustana (1/20/20)
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.