No. 17 Princeton Set to Host LIU

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Princeton vs LIU
Feb. 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Dillon Gym
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 17 Princeton men's volleyball team looks to keep the ball rolling after securing back-to-back sweeps in Dillon Gym. The Tigers are on a three game win streak heading into the matchup versus LIU. First serve is set for 7:00 PM on Friday, Feb. 7.

About the Tigers

Princeton swept FDU on Friday, (25-22, 25-17, 25-10) to improve to 4-0 all time versus the Knights.
Tristan Whitfield made five blocks in the victory over FDU and almost doubled his season total in one performance.
Senior Nyherowo Omene earned his second career EIVA Offensive Player of the Week honors. Omene notched 13 kills, recorded a .813 hitting percentage and added an impressive six service aces. Omene actively leads the EIVA in total career aces with 110 which ties him for fifth in the nation.
Omene sits in the top 50 in multiple statistical categories across D1 volleyball. Omene is currently 18th in service aces per set, 19th in points per set and 29th in kills per set.
Henry Wedbush has racked up 175 assists this season including 26 against FDU. The senior leads the squad and sits at number five in the EIVA with a 8.33 average per set.
Omene leads Princeton, averaging 3.52 kills per set with Mason Rice behind him in tenth in the conference with a 3.00 average.
Rice has had a strong start to his collegiate career and is sixth in the EIVA in hitting percentage and is second on the Tigers' roster with 68.0 points, good for an average of 3.40 per set.
Omene has also become a career leader in kills, currently ranking 33rd nationally with 779 total.
Roan Alviar leads Princeton in digs, averaging 1.90 per set with 38. He now ranks fourth in the EIVA.
The Tigers were picked to finish fourth in the EIVA preseason standings. Princeton was also tied for 17th in the latest AVCA poll.
Omene and Wedbush were named to the 2025 EIVA Players to Watch list. Both seniors were named to the All-EIVA First Team at the conclusion of last season.
Joining the Tiger squad this year are five newcomers in the class of 2025, including Alviar, Ambrose Engling, Rice, Kevin Yang and Ethan Wells.
First-years Alviar and Engling were named to the 2025 VolleyballMag Boys Fab 50 list.
Princeton ended the 2024 season with a trip to the EIVA quarterfinals and an AVCA ranking of 18 in the final coaches' poll. The Tigers went 12-12 overall and 5-5 in conference play.
Tristan Whitfield was named the 2024 EIVA Freshman of the Year. Now entering his sophomore season, Whitfield led the EIVA in blocks last year with 80.0 while also recording 23 digs, 65 kills (1.08 per set), and six service aces.
In 2023, Wedbush led the Tigers in assists with 732, also recording a team-best 131 digs. Wedbush also notched a third-best 25 service aces on the season.
Omene was also among the leaders for Princeton in three stat categories last season, recording a second-best 311 kills and 36 service aces while notching a fourth-best 77 digs.
The Tigers are led by Sam Shweisky, who has coached the Tigers to 2 EIVA Championships and 6 EIVA Finals. Shweisky is in his 16th year as head coach of the Princeton men's volleyball program, and he is assisted by Joe Norton in his second year.

About LIU

LIU holds a 4-2 record coming into the Friday night match. In the Sharks' most recent outing, they were swept by EIVA foe NJIT.
Spencer Kale leads the team with 4.00 kills per set while Roei Horovitz has recorded a team-high 8.82 assists per set.
On the defensive side, Luca Holanda leads the Sharks with 1.75 digs per set. Drew McNellis has tallied 12 blocks thus far and is averaging 1.00 per set.

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Ambrose Engling

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Mason Rice

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Ethan Wells

Tristan Whitfield

Kevin Yang

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