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Messiah Dominates Mid Atlantic Conference Championships!
The Messiah Men’s Volleyball team traveled to Desales Universityon Saturday, March 31, to battle all day for the coveted MAC Championship. Messiah entered the tournament seeded second after being upset earlier the same week by Temple University who pulled of a win in five games. Messiah’s first round pool included Millersville University, Lock Haven University, and Lehigh University. The first match of the day was decided in two games as Messiah definitively outplayed their tough conference rival Millersville, 25-23, 25-17. Though sometimes slow to start the Falcons worked into a rhythm and pounded away. Lock Haven, 25-21, 25-20, and Lehigh, 25-17 , 25-15, were similarly beaten in two games with even greater efficiency, placing Messiah at the top of their pool putting them into the quarterfinals. Click Here to Read More...
Messiah Rolls Against Shippensburg
Messiah hosted Shippensburg on February 20th, 2007 and eased past them in three games. Many people came to the game and packed the stands to root for Messiah's Men's Volleyball Team. The guys proved that there matches are worth coming to putting on a show of competitive Volleyball. Although Shippensburg put up a good fight and played an intense game, Messiah showed that they are the force to be reckoned with in the MAC. Be sure to take a look at some pictures of the game. Just click on Pictures on the left hand side of the page.
Underdog Messiah Pushes to 2nd Place at Terrapin Invitational
After a big conference win over Millersville Thursday night, (3-0), the Falcons, #6 in Division II rankings, headed to the University of Maryland this past weekend to test their game against many tough Division I and Division II club teams. Messiah got off to a slow start in their first pool-play match against #3 ranked in Division I, Penn State- losing 2-0. In the following match, the guys battled back against Baldwin-Wallace, ranked #8 in Division II, to defeat them 2-1. Messiah cruised to a 2-0 victory in their last pool-play match against George Washington, leaving them in a tie for second place with Penn State. Click Here to Read More...
Second Place @ Messiah Fall Invitational. November 18, 2006
The Falcons finish second in their annual Fall Tournament on Saturday, November 18th in Hitchcock Arena to wrap up their successful fall pre-season! The tournament started at 9 am where Messiah battled the likes of MAC Conference rivals Millersville, West Chester, Temple, Susquehanna, and new-comer HACC. However, the Falcons fell short of a clean sweep at the tournament when facing a very strong and experienced adult team in the finals. 10 hours of volleyball, age and experience were all factors against the Falcons as they proudly finished second. The guys played with a lot of intensity and heart throughout the long day.
The guys are already off to a great preason start as they returned this past weekend as Tournament Champions from the University of South Carolina's Fall Invitational where they were the only Division 3 school in a Divison 1 tournament. The guys beat Georgia Tech, Michigan State, Tennesee, and top ranked Kent State to go undefeated for the tournament. It seems as if the upcoming 2007 season will be promising. Make sure to come and support the guys this year as they work for yet another MAC Championship.
Out of 48 Division Two teams, the Messiah College Men's Volleyball team finish a very prestigious 5th place, the best a Messiah Team has ever done. Messiah College entered the tournament after a very successful season, going 11-0 in regular season conference play and MAC Champions. Messiah made it to the Gold Division, beating the University of Wisconsin Eau-Clair in the first round. The next round placed the Falcons up against the defending National Champion, Dominican University. Messiah gave DU their toughest match of the entire tournament, but could not pull out the win. Dominican University went on to repeat their national championship.
After a long and grueling day of volleyball, the Messiah Falcons entered semi-finals against school rival, Millersville. The Falcons brought their A-game and took care of the Marauders in three games. Penn College beat Villinova, putting them in line to face Messiah for the Championship. The Falcons stepped up to the plate the first game and drove home a solid win. After losing the second game, it was tied 1-1 with one more game to decide the winner. As any perfect sports series, it ended up being tied 14-14 near the end of the game, sending it into overtime. The Falcons never lost hope and after battling back and forth, won the match and the championship. This is the first Messiah Championship since 1997. Congratulations, men, on a great season.
[March 29, 2006]
It has been an amazing year as the Messiah Falcons close out the 2006 regular season undefeated with a win over Gettysburg College in 3 games. The Messiah men played solid volleyball against Gettysburg and were able to give some of the starters a rest. Look for more updates here online as the Falcons prepare for MAC Championship Tournament on Saturday. After coming in second place last year, Messiah is looking to take it all and win the tournament. This would give them great position as they travel out to Salt Lake City for nationals.
[March 25, 2006]
The Messiah Men came ready to play play volleyball on Saturday as they drove 2 hours to Penn College. Penn College was first on the schedule for the evening. The Falcons came out a little slow in the first game against the Wildcats, but they soon picked up the pace and won the first game by a couple points. The second match fell apart for Messiah as the crowd got into the game. Penn College pulled out the second game and took a lot of momentum with them. The Falcons never gave up. In the third game, Messiah was able to turn back to fundamental volleyball and won the game, putting the match to 2-1. The fourth game sealed the victory for the Falcons. Messiah jumped off to a quick start and got the crowd out of the game. With this boost of confidence, the Falcons quickly finished off Penn College 3 games to 1. Next up was Penn State Altoona. These three quick games turned out to be a lot less exciting for the Falcons. Messiah was able to ride the emotional wave they got with the win over Penn College and quickly took out the Lions. With these two wins, Messiah was able to jump ahead of PSU Altoona in the division.
[Mar. 23, 2006]
The Messiah Men began their long journey to Temple University on Thursday evening. After fighting traffic for over 2 hours, the Falcons rolled in to play some volleyball. After giving up an initial lead, the Falcons fought back against Temple and gained a rather decisive lead. Messiah won the first game, 25-17. Keeping much of the same line up, the Falcons started off hot. In the middle of the match though, they allowed the Owls to come back into the game and tie up the score. After a motivating time-out, the men went back onto the court and pulled out a win by only 4 points, 25-21. In the third game, Coach Porr made a few more substitutions and the Falcons were able to win again and take the match. It was a good evening of volleyball as Messiah won a very necessary match to help improve national rankings.
[Feb. 27, 2006]
The Messiah Men brought their game on Monday night as they faced Dickinson. Right from the start, the Falcon's jumped out into the lead and never looked back. With many mistakes by Dickinson, Messiah was able to play fundamental volleyball and they won the first match 25-4. Coach Porr decided that he wanted to try something new and put in a whole new rotation, excluding the setter, Mitch Long. After a few point deficit, the Falcons kicked it in and won the match 25-10. The third game brought even more changes, including the setting debut of Jeff Hackman. Despite his lack of experience, Messiah still stomped Dickinson, 25-13.
[Feb. 23, 2006]
After a scrappy night of volleyball, the Falcons came out on top of Shippensburg. In the first game, Messiah dug themselves a nice hole they would spend the entire game trying to get out of. Finally, around the 20th point, the Falcons took the lead and were able to pull off a win 25-23. In the second game, the men played better but allowed Shippensburg to stay in the game. The Falcons finally pulled it together and won the 2nd game. As expected, the third game went pretty much the same was as the first two. Messiah snatched the win and that's what counts in the end. This improves the Falcon's record to 3-0 overall, 2-0 in the division.
The Messiah Men's Volleyball team won their Annual Fall Tournament on November 19th. After a long day of playing 13 games of volleyball, the men walked out with a first place finish. The day started against Havarford. The jumped out quickly and won both games easily and moved on to play Dickinson. Again, the men played well and won both matches. EMU was next in the pool play. The guys played well in the first game and won 25-16. EMU came back in the second match and played extremely well against Messiah, winning 14-25. Because of the two point differential, the Falcon's took a second place finish in the pool, meaning they had to play the Messiah Alumni team in the first round of playoffs. The men jumped out quickly against the old guys and won the match in two games. Next on the list was Millersville for the semi-final round. The match went to three games, Messiah winning the first and Millersville the second. In the third game, the Falcons were down 12-11. After a serving error against Messiah, the score suddenly turned from being down by one to down by three, 10-13. It was a do or die situation for the men and they stepped up to the challenge. Fighting 5 straight points, Messiah won the match and a chance to play EMU again. This time the men didn't overlook their opponents and won both games to win the whole tournament.
[Oct. 30, 2005]
The men traveled to Juniata College for their first tournament of the season against some NCAA Division III, II, and even I schools. The Men faced St. Francis first thing at 8:00 in the morning. It was a great learning experience to play against upper level schools throughout the day. The men played very well, considering the teams they played. In the afternoon, the Falcons even defeated PSU Club! It was a great day for the men as they gained a lot of experience and practice.
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