HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 8, 2017)  – Senior Gabe Shankweiler totaled 22 kills and seven aces over two matches and freshman David Lehman totaled 23 kills as No. 3 Stevens Institute of Technology men's volleyball defeated Southern Virginia University 3-1 (25-11, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16) and Marymount University University 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 29-27) Saturday in a non-conference tri-match.

Senior Scott Russell dished out 74 assists as the Ducks moved to 28-4. It's the 12th season of 25 wins or more under Coach Dorywalski.

Paul Clark had nine kills for Southern Virginia, who defeated Marymount 3-0 in the neutral match to close play at 22-6. T.J. Wiechecki had nine kills for the Saints, who fell to 19-9, but will be the number one seed in their conference tournament.

Prior to the match with Marymount, the men's volleyball program honored Alexander Carpenter, Scott Russell and Jordan Stuart, playing in their final home match.

Against Southern Virginia, Shankweiler recorded his 1000th career kill on a Russell set and against Marymount, a Shankweiler kill resulted in the 1000th career assist for Russell.

Volleys and Points (Southern Virginia)

• Shankweiler's 1000th kill opened the afternoon's scoring.
• The Ducks scored five of the first six points to grab a 5-1 lead. 
• A Jordan Stuart kill opened an 8-2 lead for the Ducks.
• The teams alternated two-point runs until Stevens grabbed control of the set with four straight points with Shankweiler at the serve.
• Leading 18-10, a Lehman kill began a run of six consecutive points that brought Stevens to set point.
• A Stuart kill closed out the set.
• Seven ties told the early story in the second set.
• Stevens scored five straight points_two coming on block assists by Carpenter, Shankweiler, and Russell_to take control of the set.
• Three straight kills (Joshua Hinton, Shankweiler and Stuart) positioned the Ducks for set point. 
• Jordan Stuart closed out the set with a kill for the second consecutive set.
• A Jacob Stillman kill and a block assist by Hinton and Carpenter gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead to start the second set. 
• Southern Virginia ran off three straight points to take a 3-2 lead in the third set. 
• Two kills by Hinton opened a 6-5 lead for the Ducks.
• Two Southern Virginia attack errors pushed the lead to 10-7.
• Stevens led by three points over the next series of points until the visitors rallied to tie the set at 18.
• After a Stevens timeout, the teams alternated points the next four points. Southern Virginia reeled off five straight points to force set point.
• Carpenter and Lehman notched back-to-back kills to pull the Ducks to within 24-22, but Paul Clark converted a Daniel Aina set to close the set for the guests.
• In the final set, the teams exchanged the first four points of the set. Tied at two, the Ducks earned four of the next five points to take control of the set.
• Stevens kept Southern Virginia at a safe distance, breaking the set open with four points (two Hinton aces highlighting the run) to take a 19-12 lead.
• The teams alternated points until Stevens scored the last three points of the set to close the match.

Volleys and Points (Marymount)

• The opening set was a back and forth affair with neither team gaining more than a one-point edge, until a pair of Lehman kills gave the Ducks a 10-6 lead.
• A Jordan Stuart kill and a pair of errors by T.J. Wiechecki (the second coming on a block assist by Scott Russell, Stuart, and Dylan DeBoer) pushed the lead to 14-8.
• The teams alternated the next seven points. Leading 17-12, a Joseph Zanelotti service error returned the ball to Stevens, who won eight of the next nine points to win the match. The run featured three Shankweiler aces and a DeBoer kill.
• The second set began in the same manner as the first as the teams traded the first ten points.
• Back-to-back attack errors by James Knight gave the Ducks a 7-5 edge, but Marymount scored the next two points to force another tie at 7.
• The teams again went back and forth, playing to a 13-13 tie.
• A Lehman kill sparked a run of five consecutive points, seeing the Ducks grab control of the set at 18-13.
• Marymount won three of the next four points to get back into the set at 19-16.
• Shankweiler and Lehman combined for consecutive kills to open a 22-17 lead for the Ducks. 
• The teams went back and forth on the next three points, but a Stuart kill and another Wiechecki attack error closed out the second set for the Ducks.
• As was the case with the previous two sets, the third, and final, set began as its predecessors - the third set featured 19 ties. 
• The teams played to an 11-all tie, before the Ducks scored points on an DeBoer kill and a Tomaz Ksiazkiewicz to grab a 13-11 lead. 
• A James Safley kill returned the set to Marymount, but back-to-back errors and a Stuart kill opened a 16-12 lead for the Ducks.
• After the teams exchanged the next two points, Marymount went on its biggest run of the match_five points_to take am 18-17 lead.
• After a Stevens timeout, a Shankweiler kill returned the serve to the Ducks, but the Saints grabbed the next two points to take a 20-18 lead.
• The teams again alternated points before kills by Lehman and DeBoer and a Wiechecki attack error gave the Ducks a 22-21 lead, forcing a Marymount timeout.
• After a Marymount timeout, a DeBoer attack error tied the score at 22. The teams would exchange two-point swings to again tie at 24.
• Marymount staved off three match points before Shankweiler's ace closed the match.

Match Points

• A bad set by Daniel Aina closed out the first match for Stevens.
• A Shankweiler ace closed out the three-set sweep for the Ducks.

Inside the Numbers (Southern Virginia)

• Stevens attacked at a .380 (49-14-92) for the match, including .545 (14-2-22) in the final set, and held Southern Virginia to .158 (43-25-114), including a -.080 (6-8-25) in the opening set.
• The Ducks held the edge in aces (7-3), blocks (12-7), kills (49-23) and digs (35-25).
• Scott Russell recorded 43 assists and four blocks.
• Lehman recorded a .500 attack percentage (16-3-26) and Shankweiler swung at a 556 clip (11-1-18).

Inside the Numbers (Marymount)

• The Ducks attacked at a .408 percentage for the match (45-14-76) and held Marymount to just .167 (31-18-78).
• The Ducks held the advantage in aces (6-4), kills (45-31) and digs (26-15). Each team recorded four blocks. 
• Shankweiler recorded 11 kills for the second straight match.
• Carpenter led the team in blocks for both matches. The senior recorded five against Southern Virginia and three against Marymount.
• Russell tallied 31 assists and sophomore Jacob Patterson added 12.
• Shankweiler 58 aces in the regular season marked a new single-season high for the outside hitter.

Coach Speak (Martinez)

• "Today was a special day from the very start as we witnessed Gabe capture his 1000th kill off a Scott Russell assist."
• "We had all aspects of the game clicking today as we served extremely well against both teams, which allowed our block and defense to very effective."
• "All afternoon, we did a great job of taking away the strengths of the opposing teams and forcing them into making errors or into directly into our block and/or our defender."
• "The one aspect that we missed last week was our offensive numbers matching our defensive efforts and today we did that - hitting .380 against SVU. The same effort continued against Marymount - we had success making their hitters uncomfortable as we were able to make their leading hitter commit 12 errors - a number that comes back to our blockers getting up solid blocks and our defense being scrappy behind them."
• "The stat sheet does not show, in the number of blocks we put up, but rather in the opposing hitting percentage."
• "It was great to see Gabe returning the favor for Scott, helping him reach the 1,000 assist mark. A great way to tend the regular season and carry good momentum into the upcoming UVC tournament."

Up Next

• Stevens will take on Nazareth College in the first round of the 2017 United Volleyball Conference tournament, hosted by Vassar College. The Ducks are the number three seed in the tournament and the Golden Flyers are the six seed.

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