Mount Ida College men’s volleyball senior outside hitter and Captain Spencer Hastings (Orlando, FL/Timber Creak) has been named this week’s Mustang-of-the-Week by the Mount Ida Athletic Department. This is the first time this season the two-time Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) third team All-Conference player has received an honor through any capacity.
Hastings powered the Mustangs offensively in a 2-2 week capturing a Silver bracket Championship at the State University of New York (SUNY) Institute of Technology annual tournament. Hastings would record an impressive 79 kills in four matches through 15 games played on 165 attempts averaging 5.27 kills a set for a .248 hitting percentage.
Hastings notched 20 plus kills in two matches through the two day event with 21 kills in a 3-0 loss to visiting Emerson College. He would go on to tally 24 kills when Mount Ida proved victorious for their second win of the year in a 3-1 victory over Bard College. Spencer would also added 19 kills on 33 attempts in a 3-0 win over Wells College and 15 kills in a nail biting 3-2 loss to host SUNY-IT.
The Mustangs will travel to non-conference Lesley University on February 4th, 2013 with match time slated for 8:00 p.m.