HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 7, 2016) – The No. 7 Stevens Institute of Technology men's volleyball team knocked off No. 15 Hunter College and the College of Staten Island in straight sets Sunday.
The Ducks moved to 7-1, while Hunter dropped to 6-2 and CSI fell to 0-4. Hunter topped Staten Island in straight sets in the middle game of the tri-match.
No. 7 Stevens 3, No. 15 0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-23)Stevens never trailed in the opening set, and a kill by senior
Chris Vaughan put the Ducks up 13-8. Hunter responded with four of the five markers to trim the gap to two. Stevens would prevail in the opening frame, notching five of the final seven tallies to go up by a set.
The teams traded the first 10 points of the second stanza before the visiting Hawks rolled off three straight. After a Stevens service error evened the period at 10, the Ducks rolled off five of the next six to take control. The hosts closed out with a 6-1 run, taking advantage of five unforced errors.
After a Hawks service error put the Ducks up 12-7, Hunter countered with six of the next eight to make the deficit back to a single point. Hunter would retake the lead after a service ace to go up 20-19, but would take the match takes to a double block by senior
Etan Bennett and freshman
Jacob Patterson.
Senior
Tim Ferriter recorded 12 kills, while junior
Gabe Shankweiler had 11 kills and a pair of aces. Freshman
Niko Lambert led the unit with seven digs.
No. 7 Stevens 3, CSI 0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-17)The Dolphins raced out to an early 7-5 edge, but the Ducks received six straight points from the serve of sophomore
Thomas Burrell. After a service error, Patterson registered 13 consecutive from the service line. Freshman
Dylan DeBoer would slam home a kill to give the Ducks a 1-0 set lead.
Patterson would once again heat up from behind the service line, lighting the Dolphins up for 13 straight markers. Freshman
Joshua Hinton would get into the serving mix, firing up two consecutive service aces. In the first two sets, the Ducks held the Dolphins to a negative hitting percentage.
DeBoer and junior
Ian Bennett led the Ducks with seven kills, while Patterson had 21 assists and three service aces. Hinton dropped in the pair of aces and a team-high eight digs.
Justin Edwardsen led CSI with three kills, with Ronald Tisbe leading with five digs.
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