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Men’s Volleyball Pushes Win Streak To Four With Sweep At Hilbert

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HAMBURG, NY (March 18, 2016) – The Vassar College men's volleyball team pushed its win streak to four games with two victories Friday evening against D'Youville College and Hilbert College in a non-conference tri-match. VC knocked off D'Youville 25-16, 25-11 and 25-21, while knocking off Hilbert 25-14, 25-20 and 25-11.

Vassar 3, D'Youville 0
The Brewers hit .424 for the contest, as eight different Vassar players recorded a kill in the victory. Senior Reno Kriz led the way for the Brewers with eight terminations, adding five digs, three aces and two assisted blocks. Sophomore middle hitter Matthew Knigge posted seven kills on 11 attempts, while Erik Halberg and George Diehl each added five kills apiece.

Halberg and setter Zechariah Lee each led the squad with six digs, as Lee also posted three aces and 29 assists in the win. Sophomore Brian Manley also had four kills for the Brewers, who posted a 35-7-66 (.424) clip for the contest. Brock Tetreault led all hitters with 10 kills for D'Youville College (. VC moved to 8-0 in neutral site matches with the win.  

Vassar 3, Hilbert 0
Vassar's defense held host Hilbert College to negative hitting, as the Brewers forced 18 errors while allowing just 16 kills on 90 swings in the three-set win for VC. Vassar improved its hitting in each set, posting 10, 13 and 15 kills in the three sets to roll to the non-conference victory.

Knigge led all hitters with 11 kills on 15 attempts, assisting on seven blocks, while Kriz also posted nine kills, five digs and three assisted rejections. Manley needed just eight attacks to accumulate five terminations, and Christian Lizana and Diehl both chalked up four kills.

Lee added 31 assists, five service aces and four assisted blocks in the second win of the day for Vassar, and Erik Halberg finished with four service aces as well. Junior captain Trey Cimorelli added a match-best 14 digs for VC. Tyler Sieczkarek led the way with five kills for Hilbert (9-11).

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The Brewers (18-5) will finish action in the Buffalo area tomorrow afternoon, taking on Medaille College at 1 p.m. in more non-conference action.

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Players Mentioned

Trey Cimorelli

#6 Trey Cimorelli

L
5' 9"
Junior
Erik Halberg

#9 Erik Halberg

MH
6' 3"
Senior
Matthew Knigge

#13 Matthew Knigge

MH
6' 7"
Sophomore
Reno Kriz

#11 Reno Kriz

RS
6' 3"
Senior
Zechariah Lee

#15 Zechariah Lee

S
6' 2"
Sophomore
Christian Lizana

#14 Christian Lizana

OH/L
6' 1"
Junior
Brian Manley

#17 Brian Manley

OH
6' 1"
Sophomore
George Diehl

#7 George Diehl

OH
6' 4"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Trey Cimorelli

#6 Trey Cimorelli

5' 9"
Junior
L
Erik Halberg

#9 Erik Halberg

6' 3"
Senior
MH
Matthew Knigge

#13 Matthew Knigge

6' 7"
Sophomore
MH
Reno Kriz

#11 Reno Kriz

6' 3"
Senior
RS
Zechariah Lee

#15 Zechariah Lee

6' 2"
Sophomore
S
Christian Lizana

#14 Christian Lizana

6' 1"
Junior
OH/L
Brian Manley

#17 Brian Manley

6' 1"
Sophomore
OH
George Diehl

#7 George Diehl

6' 4"
First Year
OH