Fox Chosen First-Team All-E8
ALBANY, N.Y. – A trio from Russell Sage College Men's Volleyball were honored by the Empire 8 Conference. Accolades, as determined by a vote conducted by the league's head coaches, were announced by the E8 office earlier today.
Junior opposite Dylan Fox (Albany, NY/Colonie Central) made the first-team, while sophomore outside hitter John Lindheimer III (Albany, NY/Colonie Central) earned a spot on the third-team.
Senior middle hitter Marcus Gentile (Delmar, NY/Bethlehem Central) represented the Gators on the E8 Men's Volleyball Tomorrow's Leaders Team. This team honors a student-athlete who has emerged as a leader not only on the field of play, but in the classroom and in the community. In addition, they "compete with honor and integrity" and have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportsmen.
The trio helped the Gators (13-17) qualify for the New England Volleyball Conference Championship Tournament for the third-straight year. RSC fell 3-2 at SUNY Potsdam in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The spring marks the fifth with Reid Hartl at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Volleyball…The Gators, which their third-straight appearance in the NEVC Tournament, were on a heater down the stretch…RSC won six of the last seven matches of the regular season, including the last four…The lone loss was a home 3-0 loss to No. 1 Springfield on March 25…RSC defeated Nichols, the three-time defending NEVC Champions, 3-2 on Wednesday, April 1…Seven players returned from last season's team…Fox, the 2024 NEVC Rookie of the Year, and sophomore setter Anthony Guetti (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) highlighted the returning Gators…Fox, voted first-team All-NEVC, headed into the postseason ranked sixth in the Conference with 291 kills…The opposite, who took home second-team All-Conference honors last season, is one of three Gators that went into Wednesday's Quarterfinal at SUNY Potsdam in the top eight of the NEVC in kills...Lindheimer III was seventh with 233 kills, while senior outside hitter Sean Pingelski (Clifton Park, NY/Shen) tallied 224 kills, good for eighth...Lindheimer III, who topped RSC with four double-doubles during the regular season, was voted second-team All-NEVC…Pingelski represented the program on the NEVC Sportsmanship Team…Guetti sits third in the Conference in assists per-set (8.93) and aces per-set (0.37)...The sophomore setter became the fourth RSC player to surpass 1,000 career assists on January 31 vs. SUNY Poly…Hartl added five newcomers to the roster…The Gators played seven programs that earned votes in the AVCA preseason coaches' national poll this spring…Fox was selected the E8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 22…The opposite registered 30 kills on .434 hitting to help the Gators have a 3-0 week, all 3-0 road victories…Sophomore middle blocker Evan Devine (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) finished the regular season ranked third in the NEVC with a .385 hitting percentage…He registered 33 kills on .588 hitting, five aces, nine total blocks, three digs, and an assist in the final week wins vs. Nichols, Fisher, and Curry.
