Match Point 2.0: Aces Only: Recent Episodes
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Check out our website, matchpointstories.com, and social media, MatchPointMVB, on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok, for more content! This season, Aces Only will be focusing on the SIAC expansion and how men's volleyball is growing in diversity, inclusion, and overall popularity.
Vinny and TC talked with Cameron Lee and Ray Lewis from Central State about scholarship opportunities and how it helped them in their collegiate experience!
Connor and Joey meet with former Central State champion head coach Ray Lewis and how he was able to lead his team to a conference championship in his first year!
Vinny and TC talk with SIAC Head Coach of the Year Gwendolyn Rouse and outside hitter Ras Jesse Delancy from Benedict College. They discuss their diverse roster and how it gives them a competitive edge!
From Belize to Barbados to Dominican Republic, Edward Waters Men’s Volleyball has a heavy international presence. Coach Reeves discusses some of the benefits of having a high number of international players, as well as how he recruited them to Edward Waters, including freshman Kaelen Ingram of Belize.
Leo meets with Coach Lewis, the SIAC Champion and former Central State head coach, and Coach Lewis shares his thoughts on his season, winning the championship, and his future as the new head coach for Merrimack College's men's volleyball team!
The season comes to an end, and Central State stands on top of the SIAC mountain alone. Angelos and Leo explore how the season ended, the playoff results, and our thoughts on the future of the conference!
Connor and Joey sit down and talk with Zuri Williams from Fort Valley State about his experience as a volleyball player and how he came to love the sport.
March was filled with SIAC matchups. Each squad played at least five matches, one against each team. Because of that, there is clear picture of the SIAC power rankings, and Leo and Angelos explore each team's potential in the regular and post season!
Fort Valley State University's volleyball team experienced a bus crash and bomb threat within the span of weeks. Vinny Martorano and TC Deckard speak with FVSU Head Coach Larry Wrather and student-athlete Oshane Farquharson about their experiences in regard to these season halting incidents.
Bomb threats, a program debut, and a bus crash headline this crazy February for the SIAC. Some teams take an understandable dip in productivity while others continue to improve.
Aggelos joins us and shares his opinion on the month from his perspective as a D-I Volleyball player.
Every SIAC strives to become a winning program in the future, but that won't come without hard work and a long-term strategy.
Vinny Martorano and TC Deckard talk with Farleigh Dickenson's Head Coach Karl France, and Fort Valley State Head Coach Larry Wrather, about how they approach building and developing their team to become competitive teams in the near future.
Five HBCUs have finished their first month of men's volleyball in history. Although they collectively have lost most of their games, they have played against a very tough schedule early to prepare for the future and have shown tremendous promise as the season continues.
History is unfolding before our eyes as six historically black colleges and universities begin their innagural men's volleyball season in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or SIAC.
Learn how the expansion came about, interesting characters such as USA Volleyball and their role in the expansion, and the significance of the expansion in growing the diversity and inclusion of volleyball.
Parker Swartz talks with Vinnie Lopes about the Coronavirus, the conclusion of the NCAA season, the postponement of the Olympics, and the future of boy's and men's volleyball.