Men's Volleyball

8 Dylan Buzalka
8 - Dylan Buzalka
Height: 6-4
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Carlisle, PA
High School: Cumberland Valley
Position: OH
m 28
k/s 2.20
h % .160
a/s 0.21
b/s 0.45
sa/s 0.22
d/s 2.00

Career Highlights

2022

* Played in all 30 matches
* Ranked third on the team in blocks (49)
* Registered 126 kills and 36 digs
* Posted a career-high 10 kills vs. Geneva
* Tallied season-best six blocks at Thiel 
* Registered four service aces vs. Rosemont

2021

* Made first collegiate start at Geneva 
* Registered a career-high seven kills in a win over Hilbert
* Tallied three digs on two occasions
* Had three block assists at Hiram
* Finished season with 14 kills, 14 digs and 11 blocks

2020

* Played in three matches
* Tallied two kills and one block
* Registered first collegiate kill against St. Vincent

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in marketing 

Personal

* Son of Tracy and Richard Buzalka
* Two-sport athlete at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
* Three-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball
* Scholar Athlete, MVP, All-Star
* Member of ROTC, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Mini-THON
* Father played basketball at Penn State Behrend

Recent Games
Apr 4 Mount Union L, 3-0
Apr 5 at Hilbert W, 3-0
Apr 14 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-0
Apr 15 Geneva L, 3-2
Apr 22 St. Elizabeth W, 3-0
Apr 22 New Jersey City L, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 28 13
Sets 99 45
Kills 218 104
Kills per set 2.20 2.31
Errors 116 45
Total Attacks 639 295
Hitting Percentage .160 .200
Assists 21 9
Assists per set 0.21 0.20
Service Aces 22 12
Service Errors 81 37
Service Aces per set 0.22 0.27
Receptions 510 225
Reception Errors 23 5
Digs 198 89
Digs per set 2.00 1.98
Block Solo 12 7
Block Assist 33 13
Block Total 45 20
Blocks per set 0.45 0.44
Block Errors 9 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 268.5 129.5
Points per set 2.7 2.9
Matches started 23 10
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 19 Stevenson L, 3-0 1 3 5 6 15 -.067 0 0 3 26 2 3 1 2 1 3 0 7.0
Jan 24 at Thiel W, 3-1 1 4 8 2 24 .250 1 2 3 20 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Jan 28 Concordia Wisconsin L, 3-2 1 5 7 4 25 .120 0 2 2 15 3 12 3 2 1 5 0 13.0
Jan 28 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 2 5 16 -.188 1 0 3 15 1 5 0 3 1 3 0 3.5
Feb 5 at Wells W, 3-0 1 1 5 0 10 .500 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Feb 5 Wilkes W, 3-2 1 5 7 5 29 .069 0 2 5 24 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Feb 7 Medaille W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 14 .500 0 4 2 16 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 11.5
Feb 11 at Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1 - 3 5 4 16 .063 0 0 5 8 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Feb 12 at St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-1 1 4 9 5 27 .148 1 1 0 31 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 11.0
Feb 21 Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 26 .115 1 0 5 17 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Feb 25 Penn State Altoona L, 3-2 1 5 7 9 28 -.071 1 1 6 30 2 9 1 1 1 2 0 9.5
Feb 25 Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 20 .050 1 1 1 15 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
Feb 28 Thiel W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 23 .391 0 1 4 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Mar 4 Drew W, 3-0 1 3 6 5 24 .042 1 0 4 11 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Mar 4 at Hunter W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 20 .400 0 0 3 13 1 11 0 1 1 1 0 10.5
Mar 5 at New York U. L, 3-0 - 3 7 3 19 .211 1 0 3 13 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Mar 15 Wells W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 18 .278 0 0 3 4 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 8.5
Mar 18 at St. John Fisher L, 3-2 1 5 14 7 30 .233 6 1 5 26 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Mar 21 at Medaille W, 3-1 - 4 7 3 21 .190 0 1 4 22 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 10.0
Mar 25 at Hiram W, 3-2 - 5 9 7 31 .065 2 0 0 20 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Mar 29 Carlow W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 18 .278 1 0 3 16 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Apr 1 Geneva W, 3-1 1 4 15 6 42 .214 2 1 3 21 2 24 2 2 0 4 0 19.0
Apr 4 Mount Union L, 3-0 1 2 1 1 6 .000 0 0 2 18 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
Apr 5 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 15 .400 1 1 1 15 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Apr 14 St. Vincent (Pa.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 22 .364 0 0 1 16 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 13.5
Apr 15 Geneva L, 3-2 1 5 12 11 50 .020 0 4 3 38 2 16 1 0 1 1 0 17.0
Apr 22 St. Elizabeth W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 18 .444 0 0 3 16 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Apr 22 New Jersey City L, 3-2 1 5 8 9 32 -.031 1 0 3 23 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2019-20 3 3 2 0.67 2 5 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 2.5 0.8
2020-21 10 27 14 0.52 15 55 -.018 1 0.04 0 0.00 2 0 14 0.52 6 5 11 0.41 22.5 0.8
2021-22 30 94 126 1.34 72 316 .171 9 0.10 4 0.04 20 2 36 0.38 7 42 49 0.52 158.0 1.7
2022-23 28 99 218 2.20 116 639 .160 21 0.21 22 0.22 510 23 198 2.00 12 33 45 0.45 268.5 2.7
Total 71 223 360 1.61 205 1015 .153 31 0.14 26 0.12 532 25 248 1.11 25 81 106 0.48 451.5 2.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 28 99 218 2.20 116 639 .160 21 0.21 22 0.22 510 23 198 2.00 12 33 45 0.45 268.5 2.7
Conference 13 45 104 2.31 45 295 .200 9 0.20 12 0.27 225 5 89 1.98 7 13 20 0.44 129.5 2.9
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Home 18 64 137 2.14 82 426 .129 9 0.14 16 0.25 340 17 135 2.11 9 24 33 0.52 174.0 2.7
Away 10 35 81 2.31 34 213 .221 12 0.34 6 0.17 170 6 63 1.80 3 9 12 0.34 94.5 2.7
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 19 63 151 2.40 61 414 .217 11 0.17 13 0.21 306 7 128 2.03 6 26 32 0.51 183.0 2.9
Losses 9 36 67 1.86 55 225 .053 10 0.28 9 0.25 204 16 70 1.94 6 7 13 0.36 85.5 2.4
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January 4 15 22 1.47 17 80 .063 2 0.13 4 0.27 76 6 27 1.80 5 7 12 0.80 34.5 2.3
February 9 30 64 2.13 34 193 .155 4 0.13 10 0.33 162 4 48 1.60 2 5 7 0.23 78.5 2.6
March 8 29 68 2.34 32 181 .199 11 0.38 2 0.07 125 6 60 2.07 2 9 11 0.38 76.5 2.6
April 7 25 64 2.56 33 185 .168 4 0.16 6 0.24 147 7 63 2.52 3 12 15 0.60 79.0 3.2