{"id":8803,"date":"2026-03-12T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:58:07","slug":"noke-mens-volleyball-sweeps-averett-university-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=8803","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Noke Men\u2019s Volleyball Sweeps Averett University 3-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s Volleyball portrayed a fierce display this past Tuesday in the Cregger Center, demolishing Averett University in all three sets. Although Averett began to pick up steam as each set progressed, the formidable Maroons respectively ended each in victory; the first being 25-14, second 25-19, and third 25-22.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cougars pushed for a fourth set in hopes of turning the tide, but our athletes such as #13 senior Nathan Scherber blocked any aspiring dreams they had left to leave an impression on the game. #14 junior Andre Gates also displayed incredible skill throughout, managing to churn out six kills, two blocks, and even an ace\u2013 a beautiful balance between offense and defense as the team\u2019s middle hitter. #23 Senior Micheal Cummins pushed this aggressive offense furthermore, snagging four kills for himself alongside duo #18 senior Pierce Faucon\u2019s three. But it wasn\u2019t just in this game against Averett that \u2018Noke Men\u2019s Volleyball shone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of this writing, Roanoke College currently has not only the highest number of points across every ODAC contender, 1154, but also the highest point average per set with 16.97. The Maroons also hold the highest overall stats for assists out of the ODAC roster, even second behind Randolph-Macon for the greatest overall hitting percentage. On top of \u2018Noke having the best stats for kills and digs, it&#8217;s clear that the boys this season are determined to win the entire championship. If there\u2019s any team to keep a close eye on, Men\u2019s Volleyball should draw your attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to cheer them on today, at 5p.m., as they head to Virginia Beach to fight off against Regent University!<\/p>\n<p><\/span>Zachary Bayers<\/p>\n<p>Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men\u2019s Volleyball portrayed a fierce display this past Tuesday in the Cregger Center, demolishing Averett University in all three sets. Although Averett began to pick up steam as each set progressed, the formidable Maroons respectively ended each in victory; the first being 25-14, second 25-19, and third 25-22.\u00a0 The Cougars pushed for a fourth set&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}