Four members of the Misericordia University men's volleyball team have been named to the All-MAC team.
Jared Piontkowski was a first-team selection while
Anthony DePalma,
Gannon DeFrain and
Benjamin Clendening all made the second-team.
Piontkowski was a repeat selection as a first-team right side and eared All-MAC honors for the fourth time.
DePalma earned second-team status at outside hitter for the fourth time while DeFrain was a repeat selection at setter.
Clendening earned his first All-MAC honor.
Piontkowski led the MAC with 504 kills and ranks 10
th in the nation with 4.2 kills per set.
He was ninth in the league with 0.77 blocks per set and 10
th in hitting at .290.
Piontkowski had the fifth-highest single-match kill total in the league with 28 against Lasell. He had the highest three-set total with 20 kills against King's.
He is ranked fifth among active players with 1,526 career kills.
DePalma was second in the league with 386 kills and eighth with 3.24 kills per set.
He was fifth with 0.36 aces per set and 12
th in hitting % at .288.
He ranks second among active players with 1,623 career kills.
DeFrain had a league-high 1197 assists and was second with 9.73 assists per set.
He was fourth in the MAC with 215 digs and ranked 17
th with 1.75 digs per set.
DeFrain had 53 assists against Hobart which was the fifth-most in the MAC this season.
Clendening leads the nation with 138 total blocks and 1.21 blocks per set.
He had 11 blocks against Arcadia which was the highest single-match total in the league.
The Cougars finished 22-12 and advanced to the MAC semifinals while playing the seventh-toughest schedule in the nation.
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