Box Score

NPMVB19 NPMVB19 18-7; 7-1 (UVC)

Stevens STEVENS 22-2; 8-1 (UVC)

NPMVB19 NPMVB19

18-7; 7-1 (UVC)

Final

Mar. 27, 2019

Stevens STEVENS

22-2; 8-1 (UVC)

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
NPMVB19 NPMVB19	26	20	25	24	10	(2)
Stevens STEVENS	24	25	19	26	15	(3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | 3/28/2019 2:43:00 AM | Stevens Athletic Communications

No. 4 Men’s Volleyball Tops No. 7 New Paltz to Secure Regular Season Title

The Ducks rallied from a 2-1 deficit to top New Paltz in five sets and become UVC regular season champions.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 27, 2019) – The No. 4 Stevens Institute of Technology men's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to hand No. 7 SUNY New Paltz their first conference loss of the season in five sets (24-26, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24, 15-10) Wednesday evening at Canavan Arena to become United Volleyball Conference regular season champions.

Junior David Lehman issued a season-high 23 kills as the Ducks won their ninth-straight match and improved to 22-2 on the year and 8-1 in the UVC.

New Paltz was paced by Nick Smith and Aaron Carrk with 15 kills apiece. The Hawks fell to 18-7 overall and 7-1 in conference play.

Volleys and Points

The teams traded points to start the match before tying the first set at 5.
New Paltz then went on a 6-1 run with two kills from Carrk, one kill by Bradley Schneider and three errors by the Ducks.
Lehman set down a pass from senior Jacob Patterson to cut the lead to four.
Following a service error by Stevens, Lehman, sophomore Ryan Byrne and junior Jonathan Frenzel registered a block.
The Hawks took a 15-9 lead after an ace by Chris Shanley.
Back-to-back blocks by senior Diamond Cooper and sophomore Jack Bittker followed by a Lehman kill and an error by New Paltz cut Stevens' deficit to two.
After a kill by Smith, Lehman set down a Patterson pass before the Hawks committed an error to come within one point.
Patterson issued his first kill of the match to tie the set at 21.
After trading points, Smith collected a kill prior to Matthew Grace and John Ronan registered a block to win set one.
The Ducks opened the second set with a 4-1 lead after kills from Byrne and Lehman, a block by Lehman, Byrne and Frenzel and an error by New Paltz.
Schneider delivered two consecutive kills to bring the Hawks within one point.
Frenzel and Bittker each issued a kill before New Paltz committed an error and Lehman registered an ace to put Stevens up by five.
Three errors by the Ducks and a kill from Riley Dolan cut Stevens' lead to one.
The Ducks took a 21-17 lead after back-to-back kills from Diamond.
Lehman and Byrne each set down a pass from Patterson to give Stevens the second-set victory.
The Ducks took a 3-1 lead to open the third set when Byrne delivered a kill and Frenzel and Patterson registered a block.
New Paltz took the lead following a Carrk kill and an error by Stevens.
The Ducks then took a 6-4 advantage after a kill by Lehman and another block by Frenzel and Patterson.
The Hawks took back a one-point lead after one kill apiece from Carrk and Brendan Spulnick and an ace by Carrk.
The teams continued to trade leads until New Paltz gained a 20-15 advantage following back-to-back kills from Tevin Skeete and an additional kill from Grace.
Frenzel registered a kill to cut the deficit to four, but a kill from Nick O'Malley and an error by Stevens allowed the Hawks to win the third set.
The fourth set began with the teams trading points prior to Smith and Spulnick collecting kills and the Ducks committing an error to give New Paltz an 11-9 lead.
Stevens brought themselves within one point following a Lehman kill and an ace by senior Dylan DeBoer.
The Ducks then took a 23-22 lead after trailing for half the set thanks to kills from Bittker and junior Grant Burden.
An error by Stevens tied the set at 24, but Diamond collected a block before Lehman set down a pass from Burden to send the match to a deciding set.
Three-straight blocks by the Ducks gave Stevens a 4-1 edge at the beginning of the final set.
After O'Malley was able to send a ball through the Stevens defense for a kill, another Lehman kill and a block by Frenzel and Burden put the Ducks up by four.
A kill from Carrk and a Stevens' error brought New Paltz within two.
The Ducks scored four-straight on two errors by the Hawks, a kill from Byrne and block by Bittker and Diamond to take a 12-6 lead.
Diamond and Byrne each set down passes from Burden to bring Stevens one point away from winning the match.

Match Point

A service error by the Hawks gave Stevens the final point of the match.

Inside the Numbers

Stevens outhit the Hawks .263 to .225.
The Ducks totaled a season-best 16 blocks.
Frenzel collected a career-high eight blocks.
Robert Nolan led all players with 11 digs.
Grace tallied a match-high 59 assists.
Senior Joshua Hinton led the Ducks with nine digs.
Frenzel led Stevens with a .500 hitting percentage.

From the Court

"Stevens/New Paltz is always an exciting match," commented assistant men's volleyball coach Austin Voges. "This was no different with the UVC regular season championship on the line and for us at home. We are very proud of the team for playing well when it counted, especially to come back at the end of the fourth set and the deciding fifth set. We didn't do much different. We just focused and fed off of the crowd's intensity. We wanted to pull off the win more than the other team."

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