HOBOKEN, N.J. (January 29, 2017)  – Senior Gabe Shankweiler and freshman David Lehman each tallied 14 kills as the No. 3 Stevens Institute of Technology men's volleyball team swept Elms College (25-9, 25-23, 25-20) in a non-conference matchup at Canavan Arena Sunday.

Senior Jordan Stuart recorded six kills and a pair of blocks and sophomore Jacob Patterson dished out 38 assists as Stevens improved to 6-0.

Gabriel Reis-Levy had 14 kills and two aces for Elms. who fell to 3-3.

Volleys and Points

• Although Elms served to open the match, the Ducks scored the first three points of the match. 
• After Elms got on the board, the Ducks ran off five consecutive points to seize control of the first set.
• Back-to-back errors by Elms closed out the first set.
• After the teams alternated points to open the second set, Elms opened its biggest lead of the match at 7-1.
• The Ducks slowly chipped away at the deficit, finally drawing even after winning consecutive points on a bad set by Elms and kills by Shankweiler, Lehman and senior Alexander Carpenter.
• Another Lehman strike gave the Ducks their first lead at 24-23 and a bad set by Elms closed the set for Stevens.
• Three straight points for the Ducks opened scoring in the final set.
• Elms was able to claim its first lead of the final set at 16-15. 
• Stevens forced a tie at 17-17 before three straight Elms errors forced a Blazers timeout.
• After the timeout, the Blazers crept back into the set on a Reis Levy kill and a John Dunphy ace.
• A service error returned the serve back to Stevens with a 23-20 lead.

Match Point

• After reclaiming possession at 23-20, Stevens closed out the match on back-to-back kills by Carpenter and sophomore Joshua Hinton. 

Inside the Numbers

• Stevens attacked at a 0.733 percentage in the opening set, nailing 12 kills on 15 attacks with only one error.
• Conversely, the Ducks forced Elms into five errors with five kills for a 0.000 attack percentage.
• Stevens held a 7-4 advantage in service aces. Shankweiler led the team with three.
• Sophomore Dylan DeBoer led a strong defense with five digs. Stevens recorded 19 on the afternoon.
• Stuart and DeBoer each added six kills.

Coach Speak

• "This was a nice win for us."
• "I think we did a nice job of running our offense."
• "I suspected that the second set was going to be much closer than the first and I think we did a good job of getting back into the game and closing the set out."

Up Next

• The Ducks return to the court on February 4 for the Wentworth Institute of Technology Tri-Match in Boston, Massachusetts with games against No. 5 Wentworth and Endicott College.

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