HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Aces were wild this season for the Coker College men's volleyball team, as they finished the 2015-16 season as the Division I/II men's volleyball statistical champion in the aces per set category. The Cobras finished the season with 172 aces in 84 sets for a 2.05 aces per set average, besting runner-up Ohio State University, who had a 1.89 aces per set average.
Individually, the Navy and Gold had four players rank inside the top 50 in DI/DII in the aces per set statistic. Artur Cabral finished his junior season ranked second with a .60 aces per set average. He had four matches of five or more aces, including belting seven aces twice. Joao Victor Santos finished the season ranked No. 11 with .42 aces per set. He had two matches of five or more aces, with his season-high of six coming in a 3-0 against Emmanuel (3/19). Gabriel Castro and Colton Parsons each finished T48, with .29 service aces per set. Castro set a Coker program record with eight aces in the opening match against Rust (1/8), while Parsons had six multi-ace matches this season.
This is the first time the Coker men's volleyball team has won a NCAA DI/DII statistical championship in its four seasons as a program.