NEW YORK, N.Y. - The second-ranked Vassar College Men's Volleyball clinched the United Volleyball Conference (UVC) regular season title following a 25-22, 26-24, 25-18 sweep against #9 New York University on the road on Saturday afternoon. The Brewers earned their record-setting 16th straight victory and will now host the UVC Tournament which will run from April 14-16. Vassar improves to 17-1 overall and 6-0 in conference play while the Violets drop to 11-6 and 2-2 in UVC action.

Following an early 6-6 tie in the opening set, NYU earned three straight points on a kill from Buddy Cohen and back-to-back blocks from Cohen and Ryan Li. Vassar answered and tied the set up at 11 following an ace from senior Andrew Kim. After a kill from Gautham Dasari to go ahead 14-11, the Brewers used a kill and an ace from senior Adam Gulick along with a block from junior Jacob Kim and senior Gavin van Beveren to tie the set at 14. The two squads were tied at 17 before Vassar reeled off five straight points including a kill and a block from J. Kim and a block from A. Kim to go ahead 22-17. A block from Lucas Osiecki cut the Brewers lead to 24-22 before a block from freshman Tristan Christofferson and A. Kim sealed the first set win.

The two teams traded points throughout a majority of the second set as a kill from A. Kim put the Brewers ahead 13-12. A winner from Cohen along with a block from Osiecki gave NYU a two-point edge at 15-13 before back-to-back kills from van Beveren and A. Kim tied the set at 19 all. Osiecki's kill for NYU gave the Violets set point at 24-23 but Vassar scored the final three points on a NYU error, a kill from junior Colin Jones and the set-clinching point on a winner from sophomore Payne Lounsbery.

Vassar got out to an early 6-3 third set lead as Lounsbery, junior Vaughn Ramsey and J. Kim each buried kills. NYU got within one at 10-9 following a kill from Osiecki before a quick three point run from the Brewers, capped by a Ramsey winner, got them ahead 14-10. A kill each from Ramsey, J. Kim and A. Kim extended the lead to 18-11 until the Violets cut the lead to 22-17 on kills from Dasari and Luke Boyer. A NYU service error clinched the match sweep and the right to host the UVC Tournament in three weeks.

A. Kim finished with nine kills, four blocks, four digs, two aces and six assists for the Brewers while van Beveren added five kills and four blocks. J. Kim tallied five kills, a team-high 26 assists, two blocks and four digs along with five winners from Ramsey. Senior Jorge Adames Reyes lifted a team-high seven digs for Vassar.

Osiecki tallied a game-high 12 kills for the Violets and also had two aces, two blocks and seven digs. Dasari added 11 kills and four digs while Boyer buried six winners. Cohen recorded four kills, four blocks and two digs along with Li handed out a match-high 34 assists and added four blocks.

Vassar will now travel to Springfield on Friday night to take on the Pride at 6:00 p.m.