Eden/North Collins Boys Volleyball Brings Back Experience for 2026

Overview

• Returning setters Joe Bojczuk, Benjamin Lincoln and Nolan Osinski join experienced outside hitters Austin Horan, Riley Wierzba and Caden Noecker.
• Eden/North Collins follows an 11-8 season in HighSchoolSports.org’s published 2025-26 results.
• The listed schedule starts Sept. 9 at home against Maryvale before road matches at West Seneca West, West Seneca East, East Aurora/Holland and St. Joseph's.

Eden/North Collins Boys Volleyball Pre-Season Preview

Eden/North Collins enters the 2026 boys volleyball season with an experienced core on the roster and a schedule that should test the team quickly away from home.

Robert Pierce is head coach, with Bill O'Hare as assistant coach. Senior outside hitters Austin Horan and Riley Wierzba return with varsity experience. Senior Alex Dietzen is listed in the middle. Joe Bojczuk and Brayden Zajac are listed as Class of 2028 players, while Benjamin Lincoln, Nolan Osinski, Blake Baker, Caden Noecker, Elliot Fischer and Isaac Wakelam are listed as Class of 2029 players.

The positional mix gives Eden/North Collins multiple listed options around the floor. Lincoln, Osinski, Bojczuk and Fischer are listed as setters, while Horan, Wierzba, Baker and Noecker are listed as outside hitters. Zajac and Dietzen are listed in the middle.

HighSchoolSports.org’s published results show Eden/North Collins at 11-8 in 2025-26, following a 14-4 mark in 2024-25 and a 15-6 season in 2023-24.

The new schedule begins Sept. 9 at home against Maryvale, then moves into four straight road matches: Sept. 14 at West Seneca West, Sept. 15 at West Seneca East, Sept. 18 at East Aurora/Holland and Sept. 22 at St. Joseph's. Eden/North Collins returns home Sept. 23 against Lake Shore before closing September at Iroquois on Sept. 29.

October starts with Cheektowaga visiting Eden on Oct. 1. The middle of the month includes a trip to Maryvale on Oct. 7, home dates with West Seneca East on Oct. 8 and East Aurora/Holland on Oct. 14, then road matches at Lake Shore, Canisius and St. Francis from Oct. 16-21.

Eden/North Collins closes the listed schedule with three matches in eight days: Oct. 22 at home against Iroquois, Oct. 28 at home against Frontier and Oct. 29 at Cheektowaga.