2023 North Greenville Crusaders men's volleyball team

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2023 North Greenville Crusaders men's volleyball
Conference Carolinas Regular Season Champions
Conference Conference Carolinas
Record18-7 (11-3 Conference Carolinas)
Head coach
  • Matthew McManaway (1st season)
Home arena Hayes Gymnasium
Seasons
 2022
2024 

The 2023 North Greenville Crusaders men's volleyball team represents North Greenville University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Crusaders, led by first year head coach Matthew McManaway, [1] were picked to win the Conference Carolinas title in the coaches preseason poll. [2]

Contents

2023 Conference Carolinas men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Greenville  113 .786198 .704
Erskine  95 .6431413 .519
No. 15 King  y86 .5711616 .500
Belmont Abbey  86 .5711516 .484
Lees-McRae  77 .5001115 .423
Mount Olive  68 .4291117 .393
Barton  410 .286519 .208
Emmanuel  311 .214820 .286
Conference champion
2023 Conference Carolinas Tournament champion

Season highlights

Roster

2023 North Greenville Crusaders roster [3]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 2 Jackson Chadwell - Freshman
  • 4 Blake Petteway - Sophomore
  • 6 Duncan Henderson- Junior
  • 7 Andrew Davidson- Sophomore
  • 24 Jhavier Delgado - Freshman

Middle blockers

  • 16 Emanuel Adames - Junior
  • 20 Michael de la Cruz Sophomore
  • 21 Nicholas Rudge - Sophomore
 

Outside hitters

  • 5 Luke Densmore - Junior
  • 8 Tom Curry - Junior
  • 9 Diego Rosich - Senior
  • 10 Abhi Kopecky - Freshman
  • 11 Zec Johnson - Junior
  • 13 Jared Doebler - Freshman
  • 14 Gregory Torres- Sophomore
  • 18 Tyler Cohen - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 19 Yoriano Velez - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 12 Mark Autry - Junior
  • 14 Gregory Torres- Sophomore
  • 22 Jacob Brown- Freshman

Setters

  • 1 Jorge Riesgo - Junior
  • 3 Dylan Roseberry - Freshman
  • 18 Tyler Cohen - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 23 Elijah Hagen - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on Conference Carolinas DN. Most road games will also be televised or streamed by the schools television or streaming service.
Date
time
OpponentRankArena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
1/14
3 p.m.
Queens Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-21, 25–19, 25–21)
4031-0
1/19
7 p.m.
Tusculum Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-19, 32–30, 25–13)
2762-0
1/25
7 p.m.
Limestone Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-14, 25–20, 25–20)
2833-0
1/27
7 p.m.
@ Harvard Malkin Athletic Center
Cambridge, MA
ESPN+ L 0-3
(22-25, 24–26, 23–25)
03-1
1/28
4 p.m.
vs. St. Francis Malkin Athletic Center
Cambridge, MA
W 3-2
(25-16, 19–25, 25–23, 19–25, 16–14)
04-1
2/01
6 p.m.
@ Limestone Timken Center
Gaffney, SC
FloVolleyball L 2-3
(25-21, 25–20, 22–25, 19–25, 14–16)
684-2
2/03
6 p.m.
Campbellsville Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-14, 25–21, 25–9)
1835-2
2/08
7 p.m.
@ King* Student Center Complex
Bristol, TN
Conference Carolinas DNL 2-3
(25-19, 25–23, 24–26, 13–25, 8–15)
2315-3
(0-1)
2/10
7 p.m.
Barton*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-21, 25–8, 25–17)
2086-3
(1-1)
2/11
5 p.m.
Mount Olive*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-16, 25–21, 25–21)
2517-3
(2-1)
2/14
7 p.m.
Belmont Abbey*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-1
(20-25, 25–21, 25–22, 27–25)
1588-3
(3-1)
2/18
2 p.m.
Lees-McRae*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-1
(25-17, 21–25, 25–23, 25–20)
2129-3
(4-1)
2/21
7 p.m.
@ Erskine* Belk Arena
Due West, SC
Conference Carolinas DNL 1-3
(25-16, 20–25, 22–25, 21–25)
2319-4
(4-2)
2/25
2 p.m.
@ Emmanuel* Shaw Athletic Center
Franklin Springs, GA
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-2
(21-25, 25–19, 21–25, 25–18, 15–12)
5010-4
(5-2)
3/03
7 p.m.
@ George Mason Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
ESPN+L 0-3
(16-25, 19–25, 22–25)
19510-5
3/10
7 p.m.
@ Tusculum Pioneer Arena
Greenville, TN
FloVolleyball W 3-0
(25-22, 25–19, 25–19)
13611-5
3/13
6 p.m.
Reinhardt Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-23, 25–17, 25–17)
9712-5
3/14
3 p.m.
NJIT Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNL 2-3
(25-20, 25–22, 15–25, 23–25, 13–15)
8612-6
3/21
7 p.m.
King*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-1
(25-16, 22–25, 26–24, 26–24)
22613-6
(6-2)
3/24
7 p.m.
@ Mount Olive* Kornegay Arena
Mount Olive, NC
Conference Carolinas DNL 1-3
(21-25, 24–26, 29–27, 18–25)
10513-7
(6-3)
3/25
2 p.m.
@ Barton* Wilson Gymnasium
Wilson, NC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-2
(25-23, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25, 15–6)
20014-7
(7-3)
3/28
7 p.m.
@ Lees-McRae* Williams Gymnasium
Banner Elk, NC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-1
(32-30, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18)
10715-7
(8-3)
4/01
2 p.m.
Erskine*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-19, 25–23, 25–14)
28016-7
(9-3)
4/05
7 p.m.
Emmanuel*Hayes Gymnasium
Tigerville, SC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-0
(25-19, 25–17, 25–18)
30117-7
(10-3)
4/13
7 p.m.
@ Belmont Abbey* Wheeler Center
Belmont, NC
Conference Carolinas DNW 3-1
(25-12, 22–25, 25–18, 25–21)
17718-7
(11-3)
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Eastern Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
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AVCA Coaches
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^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

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References

  1. "Matthew McManaway Named New Head Coach of Men's Volleyball". North Greenville Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. "North Greenville Picked to Defend Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Title". ConferenceCarolinas.com. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  3. "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster". North Greenville Athletics.