February 16, 2024
Massive night of games as week 6 winds to a close this weekend. We will use our Friday night bullet format for tonight’s blog…
Monster effort by NCC as they drop the home team and undefeated Nazareth Golden Flyers in straight sets with Jared Moser popping in 14 kills and Ty Donovan posting 25 assists, 7 digs, and 4 kills.
Joe Horn spread 22 assists and added 11 digs, 2 blocks, and 3 kills as #3 Loras improved to 8-0 after a 3-game sweep of Wittenberg.
#1 SVU trampled Randolph Mason tonight in straight sets at the Barn with the Sheaffer brothers dominating, Tyler with 41 assists and Christian pasting 19 kills and hitting .607. The Knights are 11-0 and 33-0 in sets this season.
Reese Ganter had 38 assists and Tyler Phillips hit .625 with 10 kills to drive Juniata past Kean in a CVC conference match-up.
Trine improved to 7-4 taking down Thiel in straights sets fueled by 15 kills from Kevin Boncaro and 14 digs from Hunter Haas.
Jordan Shinaut had 10 kills, no attack errors, and hit .476 to help Lasell upset Vassar tonight. It was the Brewers second loss of the season as they fall to 9-2.
#2 Wentworth is now 13-0 after dumping Nichols in 4 sets giving the Bison their second loss of the season. Nicolai Bell hit .722 with 14 kills and 3 blocks and both Jacob Labouliere and Jacob Waga had 13 kills each thanks to Josh Milke’s 43 assists.
The Baldwin Wallace tournament started up tonight and it was not a great start for the hosts as they fell to Messiah in a 5-set thriller. BW now plays NCC and Nazareth tomorrow to finish out the quad. Ryan Givens was awesome for the Falcons with 20 kills and 5 blocks.
SUNY New Paltz hit .460 as a team and rolled over visiting Benedictine 3-0. Matt Marusza spread 35 assists through 4 standout attackers Michael Speigel (15 kills). Dan Shanley (11), Graham LaBeck (10), and Krish Jain (8).
UC Santa Cruz improved to 7-7 with a 4-set win over Aurora. Riley Norman thumped 20 kills and Jalen Suwa lifted 13 digs for the winners. In their nightcap match, UCSC put down Dominican in 4 sets and have really picked up the pace recently. Nico Espinosa had 15 kills and hit .545 while Kyle Ownbey hit .786, had no attack errors, and 11 kills.
Marcus Pardasie battered 10 kills and hit .833 as NJCU earned its second win of the season as they run past Yeshiva in 3-straight.
Tonight’s Player of the Night honors goes to Nicolai Bell of Wentworth. The 6’8″ freshman is making his mark for the Leopards.
Another big weekly website update this weekend for stats, standings, rankings, and more…
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