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Season starts Jan. 22

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Junior outside hitter Tomas Bochicchio (Saint James, NY) led the fifth-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology men’s volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over No. 6 New York University on January 16, as the defending NECVA champion Ducks opened their 2008 season. Bochicchio registered 16 kills, five service aces and 12 digs as the Ducks prevailed 27-30, 30-27, 31-29, 30-22.

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In 2007, three of the four NECVA Tournament semifinalists came out of the Western Division, and Nazareth College, which hosted the event, has been voted as the preseason favorite to win the 2008 NECVA Western Division title, in a preseason vote by the division’s nine head coaches. The division will also gain two new teams in 2008.

Nazareth, which received seven of eight first place votes cast, was 23-7 last year and tied for first place at 8-2. The Golden Flyers, who reached the conference semifinals in its third year as a varsity program, received 79 total points.

Eastern Mennonite University has advanced to the NECVA finals in back-to-back seasons, and the Royals hope that 2008 is the year that EMU is able to get over the hump and claim the NECVA championship. The Royals went 22-11 last year and 7-3 in the division. The Royals are picked to finish second in the division, and received the other No. 1 vote and 71 total points.

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JERSEY CITY, NJ…Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which went undefeated in the New England Division in 2007 and enjoyed its best season since joining the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association in 2004, has been voted as the preseason favorite to win the 2008 NECVA New England Division title, in a preseason vote by the division’s 12 head coaches.

MIT, which went 27-6 last year and 11-0 in New England Division, returns NECVA Conference Player of the Year Praveen Pamidimukkala, and will be guided by Paul Dill, NECVA Conference co-Coach of the Year. MIT received eight of 12 first place votes and 137 of a possible 144 total points.

Newbury College was tabbed to place second in the division as the Nighthawks, who finished fourth in the league last year, look to build upon their 2007 ECAC Division III North title. Newbury received one first place vote and 126 total points after being the only team in the division to win 30 matches in 2007 (30-12, 8-3).

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DEFENDING NECVA CHAMPION STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IS UNANIMOUS FAVORITE TO PLACE FIRST IN NECVA METRO DIVISION

JERSEY CITY, NJ…Stevens Institute of Technology, the defending North East Collegiate Volleyball Association conference champions, have been voted as the unanimous favorite to win the 2008 NECVA Metro Division, in a preseason vote by the division’s 10 head coaches. Stevens, which went 33-7 last year and were 14-0 in the division, received all 10 first place votes and all 100 possible points. The Ducks enter the season with a 55-match Metro Division winning streak.

Ramapo College, which won its third straight ECAC Division III South title last year, placing third in the division, was picked second by the coaches, and received 84 points. The Roadrunners remain the last team to defeat Stevens in a divisional match, on March 1, 2003.

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ROCHESTER, NY...TOM MAVING (Tonawanda, NY/Canisius), a senior outside hitter on the Nazareth College men's volleyball team, has become the first Golden Flyer player to reach 1,000 career kills.

Maving, had 20 kills in Nazareth's five-game victory over Mercyhurst on January 17 to reach the milestone. He now has 1,005 kills overall.

Maving has been one of Nazareth's top players since the program started in 2005. He led the Golden Flyers with 369 kills in 2007 and was honored as a second-team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Nazareth finished 23-7 in 2007 and is 2-1 so far in 2008.

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