STAT REPORT
The latest CCIW women's volleyball statistics report through Wednesday, Feb. 12 can be viewed at this link.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All times Central)
Thursday, Feb. 13
7:00 p.m. | #12 Loras at Marian
7:00 p.m. | MSOE at #19 North Central
 
Friday, Feb. 14
5:15 p.m. | North Park vs. Adrian (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
7:00 p.m. | (RV) Benedictine at #5 Carthage
8:00 p.m. | Illinois Wesleyan vs. Arcadia (Springfield, Mass.)
 
Saturday, Feb. 15
TBA | Illinois Wesleyan vs. #6 Springfield or #1 NYU (Springfield, Mass.)
11:00 a.m. | North Park vs. St. Norbert (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
11:00 a.m. | Augustana at Marian
1:00 p.m. | Augustana vs. Mount St. Joseph (Fond du Lac, Wis.)
3:00 p.m. | (RV) Dominican at #19 North Central
4:00 p.m. | North Park vs. Rockford (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
 
Tuesday, Feb. 18
7:00 p.m. | North Park at #12 Loras
7:00 p.m. | #19 North Central at Illinois Wesleyan
 
Thursday, Feb. 20
7:00 p.m. | #5 Carthage at MSOE
7:00 p.m. | (RV) Dominican at Augustana
 
IN THE POLLS
Carthage moved up one spot to crack the top five of the new AVCA rankings, while North Central jumped back into the poll at #19 in the new list released on Tuesday. Loras held steady at #12, giving the CCIW three squads in the top 20.
 
NYU, Southern Virginia and Vassar maintained their claims on the top three slots in the rankings. NYU received 19 first-place votes and Southern Virginia seized the remaining 11. Stevens moved up one spot to #4.
 
NATIONAL NOTABLES
Loras senior outside hitter Corey Mayotte (Geneva, Ill.) is the Division III leader with 6.13 points per set. Mayotte is also the national leader with 5.11 kills per set and ranks 11th with 0.73 service aces per set, 13th with 9.58 attacks per set and 13th with a .423 hitting percentage.
 
North Park graduate libero Noah Chanthalangsy (Rockford, Ill.) ranks fifth in Division III with 3.46 digs per set.
 
Loras freshman setter Evan Dziadkowiec (Lockport, Ill.) ranks sixth in Division III with 10.05 assists per set.
 
Illinois Wesleyan freshman middle blocker Gavin Rohlwing (Tower Lake, Ill.) ranks 10th in Division III with 1.13 blocks per set.
 
Augustana sophomore setter Colin Schaefer (Northbrook, Ill.) ranks 11th in Division III with 9.53 assists per set.
 
North Central senior libero Danny Smithers (Naperville, Ill.) ranks 14th in Division III with 2.97 digs per set.
 
North Central senior middle blocker/opposite hitter Cooper Lundal (Madison, Wis.) ranks 19th in Division III with a .411 hitting percentage.
 
North Park senior middle blocker Sam Robinson (Chicago, Ill.) ranks 23rd in Division III with 0.97 blocks per set.
 
AROUND THE CCIW
Augustana sophomore setter Colin Schaefer (Northbrook, Ill.) became the first CCIW player to have at least 50 assists in a match this season, going for 57 in the Vikings’ five-set win over Wittenberg last Saturday. Schaefer is one of only two players to rank among the CCIW top 10 in both assists per set (9.53, second) and digs per set (2.19, seventh) and the only CCIW player to average at least 7.0 assists and 2.0 digs per set. The Vikings (8-3) have won four in a row since Feb. 1 and will aim to extend the streak Saturday in Fond du Lac, Wis. against Marian (11 a.m.) and Mount Saint Joseph (1 p.m.)
 
Carthage sophomore outside hitter Owen Otto (Hartford, Wis.) was named CCIW Hitter of the Week on Monday after an 18-kill effort for the Firebirds in their four-set road win at then-19th-ranked Dominican last Saturday. Otto, who has had 17 kills or more three times this season, is the league’s third-ranked scorer with 3.99 points per set, 3.43 kills per set and 0.32 service aces per set. The Firebirds (8-2) are on a three-match win streak and will continue non-league competition Friday night at 7 p.m. against Benedictine in Kenosha.
 
Illinois Wesleyan sophomore setter Brenden Reutter (Frankfort, Ill.) collected CCIW Setter of the Week honors on Monday and became the first Titan to earn AVCA Player of the Week honors on Tuesday after back-to-back triple-doubles in matches against Dominican last Thursday and Benedictine last Sunday. Reutter, the only CCIW player with multiple triple-doubles this season, ranks sixth among league players in both assists per set (4.74) and service aces per set (0.33). IWU (9-3) will travel to Springfield, Mass. this Friday and Saturday to face Arcadia Friday at 8 p.m. CT, followed by a match Saturday against either top-ranked NYU or host #6 Springfield.
 
North Central graduate setter Tyler Donovan (Lindenhurst, Ill.) logged 34 assists last Friday night against Adrian – third-most in a three-set match in the CCIW this season – in the Cardinals’ victory in Gregory Arena. Donovan now has 1,883 career assists and 57 career service aces, both totals ranking second-most among active league players. The Cardinals (5-3) will continue their homestand Thursday night in a 7 p.m. matchup with MSOE.
 
North Park senior outside hitter Ty Ingrao (Rockford, Ill.) stacked up 16 kills, 10 digs and three service aces to drive the Vikings to a sweep of Olivet last Saturday in Chicago. Ingrao’s 19.0 point scored were a personal season high, as was his .481 hitting percentage. For the season, Ingrao’s 2.96 kills per set and 0.33 service aces per set each rank fifth on the CCIW individual leaderboard. NPU (4-5) will play three times in the Calvin Tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich. this Friday and Saturday, starting with a 5:15 p.m. CT matchup with Adrian on Friday.