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2005:Was named second-team All-EIVA after leading the Patriots in hitting percentage (.401) and blocks per game (1.33)... Was 13th in the nation in blocks per game and spent much of the season among the top 20 in hitting percentage before playing several matches at outside hitter late in the season... Appeared in 25 matches and 88 games after missing four early-season matches due to injury... Had a career-high 190 kills and 117 blocks... His 190 kills and 2.16 kills per game were fourth on the team... Had a team-high 17 solo block to go with 100 block assists... His 117 total blocks were fourth-most in a single-season in Mason's rally-scoring era... Is top five all-time at Mason in kills (543 - 5th), hitting percentage (.380 - 4th) and blocks (313 - 2nd)... Named to the EIVA All-Tournament team and was an EIVA Player of the Week... Hit .800 in a win over Ball State, seventh-highest single-match hitting percentage in Mason's rally-scoring era, recording 12 kills and committing no errors on 15 attacks... Had double-digit kills 11 times... Hit .500 or better 13 times on the year... Had eight or more total blocks in a match on five different occasions... Tied his own school rally-scoring era record with 11 total blocks against University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Feb. 27. 2004: Named All-EIVA second team for the second straight year... Is currently fourth on the school's all-time list for hitting percentage in the rally-scoring era with a .370 career mark... Led the team in hitting percentage with a .337 mark... Third on the team with 177 kills and second with 2.39 kills per game... Was the team's top blocker with 77 block assists and 86 total blocks... His 1.16 blocks per game were tops on the team and placed him tenth in the EIVA... Led or tied for the team lead in kills in three matches... Had double-digit kills eight times.... Set a career-high of 16 kills against nationally-ranked Lewis and matched it two matches later against Findlay... Also set a career-high for digs in the Findlay match with eight... Recorded a career-high 10 block assists against Princeton. 2003: Was named second-team All-EIVA... Led the team in hitting percentage with a .402 mark... Was fifth on the team in kills (194), total attacks (363) and kills per game (2.11)... Was second on the team in total blocks (116) and block assists (98) and was first in solo blocks (18)... Set a career-high with 13 kills against Juniata and matched it the following match at No. 10 Penn State... Followed those matches up with 12 kills against Princeton... In that match against Juniata, set a career-high with a .750 hitting percentage, committing just one error on 16 attacks... Hit .500 or better nine times on the year... Had a tremendous blocking game against St. Francis, with three solo blocks and eight block assists... Played in 92 of 93 games and all 26 matches. PREP: A tri-sport athlete at Woodrow Wilson High School, playing volleyball and soccer for four years and basketball for two... Earned 10 letters... Named the All-Eastern District MVP as a junior and sophomore... A three-time First-Team All-Eastern District selection and a two-time first-team all-region pick... As a senior also received First-Team All-Tidewater and First-Team All-State accolades... Named to the Old Dominion Region All-Tournament team twice... Received the Cubby Morgan Sportsmanship Award and was the Portsmouth Sports Club Most Outstanding Male Athlete in the Fall of 2001... Recorded 331 kills and 120 blocks in 2001... Posted career highs of 41 kills (twice), 19 blocks, 10 digs and 10 assists... Also played club volleyball with the Tidewater Volleyball Association for one year and with the Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club for one year. PERSONAL: Born December 21, 1983... Parents are Pete and Shelley Steinfurth... Also recruited by Penn State and St. Francis... Has not declared a major... Nickname is Matty Moose... A 2002 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School.
CAREER HIGHS KILLS: 18, vs. St. Francis, 4/23/05 TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 33, at IPFW, 1/17/04 HITTING PERCENTAGE: .800 (12K/0E/15TA), vs. Ball State, 2/12/05 ASSISTS: 5, vs. St. Francis, 1/14/05 ACES: 4, vs. Rutgers-Newark, 4/9/05 DIGS: 10, vs. Juniata, 4/28/05 BLOCK SOLOS: 3, three times, last at No. 3 Penn State, 4/30/05 BLOCK ASSISTS: 10, vs. Princeton, 3/16/04 TOTAL BLOCKS: 11, three times, last vs. UPR-Mayaguez, 2/27/05 |
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