1997 Season


Coach Glenn Nelson (19th Season, Orange Coast '72)
Captains Joe McCarthy '97, Jon Wimbish '97
Ranked 14th in the Nation (5 May 1997 - Final AVCA/USA Today Poll)

All-EIVA: 1st Team - Birdwell, Devens; 2nd - Eggers; Academic - McCarthy

EIVA FINALS:
FOUR GAMES w/ No. 2 PENN St
13-15, 15-13, 15-9, 15-12

1996 Record: 19-3, EIVA Runner-Up, 15th AVCA final poll



Post-game at the Pyramid, 30 Jan. 1997 >

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1997 Schedule

24-2 Overall, 6-0 EIVA EIVA Runner-Up

Home Matches Dillon Gymnasium Mon. Jan. 27 at La Verne W 15-7, 15-7, 7-15, 15-10 Tue. Jan. 28 at UC San Diego W 12-15, 10-15, 15-13, 17-15, 15-12 Wed. Jan. 29 at UC Irvine W 17-16, 15-6, 15-10 Thu. Jan. 30 at #9 Long Beach St. L 15-12, 16-14, 15-6 Fri. Feb. 7-8 at St. Francis (Pa.) Tournament First Place d. St. Francis, 3-0, d. Corcordia, 3-0 (4-0) d. E. Mennonite, 3-0, d. Juniata, 3-1. Game Story Tue. Feb. 11 at E. Stroudsburg W 15-12. 15-6, 5-15, 15-12 Thu. Feb. 13 at New York U.* W 15-3, 15-3, 12-15, 15-2 Sat. Feb. 15 GEORGE MASON W 15-3, 15-2, 15-4 Preview | Game Story Wed. Feb. 19 at Springfield* W 15-4, 15-2, 15-9 Game Story Sat. Feb. 22 JUNIATA W 15-10, 15-9, 15-13 Sun. Feb. 23 LIU-SOUTHAMPTON*W 12-15, 15-12, 15-11, 15-7 Preview | Game Story Tue. Feb. 25 NEW YORK UNIV. W 15-3, 15-11, 15-3 Wed. Feb. 26 VASSAR* W 15-11, 15-4, 15-5 Game Story Sat. Mar. 1 at Harvard* W 15-10, 15-4, 15-0 Mon. Mar. 3 at Concordia W 15-1, 15-9, 15-4 Wed. Mar. 5 E. STROUDSBURG W 15-9, 12-15, 15-1, 15-3 Game Story Fri. Mar. 7-8 at Southampton Tournament(Long Island, N.Y.) First Place vs. N.J. Tech. W 15-3, 15-6, 15-4 vs. Southampton W 15-11, 15-7, 15-12 Story Wed. Mar. 12 RUTGERS-NEWARK* W15-7, 15-11, 15-3 Preview| Game Story Wed. Mar. 26 at Queens Col. W 15-6, 15-13, 15-13 Thu. Mar. 27 UC-BERKELEY W 15-9, 15-13, 15-12 Preview | Story Sun. Apr. 6 Ivy Club Tourney (@ Brown) First Place Sat. Apr. 12 EIVA QUARTERFINALS W 15-9, 15-9. 15-11 2nd seed, vs. 7th seed GEORGE MASON Preview/Jon Wimbish Profile | Game Story EIVA Final Four @ Rutgers-Newark (Newwark, NJ Th. Apr. 17 Semis vs. 3rd seed RUTGERS-NEWARK Preview W 15-13, 16-14, 15-7 Sat. Apr. 19 EIVA Finals vs. Penn St. Preview | Game Story L 13-15, 15-13, 15-9, 15-12
Fri. May 3-4 NCAA Final Four @ Ohio St. (Columbus, OH) Not this year. Congrats to Stanford. * = EIVA Hay Division match

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1997 Roster

Name Year Height Pos. Hometown/H.S. Scott Birdwell 98 6'4" Opp. Los Angeles/Brentwood Dan Brandt 98 6'5" M Honolulu/Punahou Jim Citron 00 5'10" OH Pacific Palisades, CA/Harvard-W'lake Pablo Clarke 00 6'3" OH Santa Monica, CA/SaMoHi Jeff Cooper 98 6'4" OH Pacific Palisades, CA/Brentwood Derek Devens 98 6'4" M Plano, TX/Plano Tom Dowd 00 6'4" M Los Angeles/Harvard-Westlake Dan Eggers 97 6'4" M Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Mark McAnlis 97 6'2" S/DS Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor Joe McCarthy 97 5'11" OH Huntington Beach, CA/Edison Jason Morrow 00 5'10" S Los Angeles/Harvard-Westlake Brandon Vegter 99 6'5" M San Diego/Francis Parker Jon Wimbish 97 6'2" OH Huntington Beach, CA/Huntington Beach Note: The Ivy Group Agreement does not allow redshirts; all class years correspond to years of elegibility.