D'Youville Box Score
Nazareth Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (March 6, 2011) -- The Vassar College men's volleyball team went 1-1 in the final day of the UVC Crossover Tournament with a 3-0 win over D'Youville College and a respectable 3-1 loss to the nation's No. 2 ranked Nazareth College on Sunday.

The Brewers (16-9, 3-3 UVC) return from Spring Break to host Princeton University in an exhibition match on Friday, March 18, at 4:00 p.m.

Nazareth College def. Vassar College 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 25-16)

Nazareth racked up 50 kills with and hit .484 in the first set and .333 in the decisive fourth set to narrowly edge Vassar. Vassar senior Evan Fredericksen posted a match high 20 kills with a .405 hitting percentage. Senior Hans Schroeder led Nazareth with 16 kills and hit .500. Sophomore EJ Wells-Spicer tallied 45 set assists and 10 digs for Nazareth and sophomore John Konow led Vassar with 32 set assists and seven digs.

In the third set, Vassar raced out to a 7-1 lead and took advantage of Nazareth's .056 hitting percentage for a 25-20 win in the third set. Fredericksen had five kills in the set with three in the final 10 points.

Nazareth took control of the fourth set after a 6-6 tie with a five point swing on two aces by senior Brian Bunch and a pair of Vassar errors. Vassar would not come within four points of the lead and Nazareth sealed the match with a 5-1 run for the 25-16 win,

The Brewers had an opportunity to tie the match in the second set as they took advantage of six service errors by the Golden Flyers to take a 20-16 lead. Nazareth claimed the next four points to tie it at 20-20 and closed the set on a 9-3 run on two kills by Brian Bunch and four Vassar miscues.

In a hard-fought first set, Vassar went down 10-2 early and Nazarzeth prevailed 25-19 with 17 kills on a .484 hitting percentage.

Vassar College def. D'Youville College 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 27-25)

Vassar totaled 45 kills with a .319 hitting percentage to 29 kills and a .119 clip by D'Youville. Fredericksen led the pack with 18 kills and just one error for a .607 hitting percentage. Sophomore Matthew Elgin picked up 12 kills on .421 hitting with four block assists and one solo block. Konow tallied 40 set assists.

Vassar trailed 20-18 in the third but kills by Fredericksen and Elgin, a D'Youville error, and an Elgin ace put Vassar up 23-21. D'Youville fought back to a 23-23 tie with a kill by Chris Temple and a service ace by Brett Peters. D'Youville picked up key points to tie Vassar at 24-24 and 25-25 until the Brewers ended the match 27-25 on kills by junior Lucas Rathjens and sophomore Charles Caldwell.

Vassar broke away with a 4-1 swing on three kills and a solo block by Elgin for a 17-12 lead. Frederickson closed out the set 25-20 with a crosscourt kill.

The Brewers jumped out to an 8-0 lead and rode a wave of 14 kills at a .565 hitting rate to a 25-13 first set win.