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ROCHESTER, NY (March 11, 2012) - By sweeping D'Youville (25-18, 25-22, 20) and Penn State Behrend (25-14, 25-13, 25-7), men's volleyball finished a 3-0 United Volleyball Conference (UVC) crossover weekend without dropping a set and guaranteed themselves a spot in the playoffs. A conference record of 5-4, with two UVC matches remaining, puts the Brewers fourth in the East division. The remaining UVC foes are local rivals SUNY New Paltz and Bard, and two wins would give Vassar a chance to move into third and possibly improve their first-round match-up. The Brewers will face New Paltz at home on March 21st and Bard away on March 28th, both matches at 7:00 PM. The Brewers are now 9-6 overall.

Vassar's next competition will be a tri-match at New Jersey City University this Saturday, March 17th, where they will face the Raiders of Rivier College at 12:00 PM and the host Gothic Knights at 2:00 PM. Both matches will have LiveStats available through a link on the men's volleyball schedule page.

Against D'Youville junior setter John Konow set up a balanced attack whil amassing 32 assists. Matt Elgin led with 10 kills, followed by Lucas Rathjens with nine and Joe Pyne with seven. Patrick Donohue and Charlie Caldwell rounded out the Vassar attack with six kills each. Christian La Du led the defense with nine digs while Elgin and Donohue each chipped in three blocks up front. The team hit .295 for the set and knocked down five service acs.

In the third match of the weekend, versus Penn State Behrend, the Brewers were dominant at the net on offense and defense, hitting .361 while notching 11 blocks. Elgin had another impressive showing with eight kills and six blocks, even as he was outpaced offensively by Pyne with 10 kills. Konow added 28 assists to give him 81 for the three match weekend for an average of 10.1 per set. 

Vassar was strong at the net all weekend, hitting .309 while averaging 12.44 kills per set, and also racked up 27 blocks to average an impressive three per set. Matt Elgin continued to build on his strong season with 28 kills (3.1 per set) and 12 blocks (1.3) while hitting .311 for the weekend. Sophomore outside hitter Joe Pyne had a breakout weekend, amassing 2.3 kills per set with 21 and hitting .293. He also chipped in 13 digs and three aces over the three matches.