2025 Lakeland Men's Volleyball Recap
 
Head Coach: Brian Rushmer (6th year)
Assistant Coach: Jake Jurney (2nd year)
Student Assistant Coaches: Olivia Swenson (1st year), Lucero Velazquez (1st year)
Overall Record: 7-17 overall, 1-11 in NACC
NACC Finish: 12 of 13 teams
Home Record: 4-8
Road Record: 2-9
Neutral Record: 1-0
Long Winning Streak: 2 matches
Long Losing Streak: 7 matches
Record vs. nationally ranked teams: 0-4
All-NACC Team: Ben Busalacchi (Honorable Mention)
NACC All-Academic Team: Joe Bieganski, Ben Busalacchi, Joe Butterfield, Jordan Davis-Troller, Jakob Donohue, Levi Everts, Wade Hesselink, Drake Schleihs, Caden Toledo, Eli Weinrich
Leader in kills: Ben Busalacchi (210)
Leader in assists: Chase Anderson (691)
Leader in service aces: Ben Busalacchi (26)
Leader in digs: Eli Weinrich (166)
Leader in blocks: Jordan Davis-Troller (59) 

Single-match highs:
Kills: Ben Busalacchi, 18 at Illinois Wesleyan, Jan. 18 and vs. Concordia Wisconsin, March 11
Hitting Percentage: Jakob Donohue, .474 at Calvin (Mich.), Feb. 1
Assists: Chase Anderson, 42 at Olivet (Mich.), Feb. 2
Service Aces: Eli Weinrich, 6 vs Maranatha Baptist, Jan. 24
Digs: Chase Anderson, 19 at Marian, Feb. 1
Blocks: 5 blocks on five occasions by three different players, including three times by Jordan Davis-Troller and once each by Jakob Donohue and Ben Busalacchi

 
Season Highlights 

• Muskies won seven matches for the third straight season
• Team finished with a 6-6 record in non-conference play, with three of its six losses to nationally ranked teams
• Muskies won at least one set in eight of their 12 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference matches
• Ben Busalacchi set a new Lakeland men's volleyball varsity program record for career kills each in the season and later became the first Muskie to record 1,000 career kills, finishing his career with 1,061 kills
• Busalacchi also finished his career as the program's all-time leader in service aces (143) and finished third in career digs (580), tied for fourth in matches played (102) and sixth in blocks (132)
• Chase Anderson moved up to second in program history in career assists with 1,981 through three years, putting him 573 assists from tying Addison Mertler (2016-19) for the career program record
• Jakob Donohue moved into third place in program history for career hitting percentage (.281)
• Colin Kenney concluded his career fourth all-time in service aces with 78
• Anderson finished 6th in the NACC in assists (691) and 8th in assists per set (8.23)
• Donohue finished 9th in the NACC in hitting percentage (.330)
• Busalacchi finished tied for 10th in the NACC in service aces (26) and tied for 11th in service aces/set (0.32)