POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The #1 Vassar College Men's Volleyball team triumphed over St. John Fisher 25-16, 25-17, 25-18 to win its second United Volleyball Conference Championship in program history on Sunday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd at Kenyon Hall. The Brewers will make their fourth trip to the NCAA tournament and junior Jacob Kim was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Vassar heads into the NCAA tournament with a record of 24-1 while the Cardinals move to 24-7 on the season.

The Brewers raced out to an early 5-2 lead as sophomore Billy Fan buried four kills in the early stages of the first set. St. John Fisher drew within two points at 9-7 following a kill from Matt Beiter and a solo block from Gabe La Robardiere before the Brewers answered with four straight points on a kill each from Fan and freshman Tristan Christofferson along with an ace from senior Andrew Kim. The lead expanded to 19-11 on a winner from A. Kim and was pushed to 23-15 on a kill from senior Adam Gulick. Senior Gavin van Beveren clinched the winning point of the first set on a kill to win 25-16.

The opening points of the second set went back-and-forth as a kill from Josh Bigford tied the set at nine. Following a winner from Beiter that trimmed the Brewers lead to 11-10, Vassar scored six straight tallies on a kill each from A. Kim, Christofferson and Gulick and a block from J. Kim and Christofferson to push the advantage to 17-10. An ace and a winner from A. Kim expanded the lead to 21-12 before the Cardinals cut the lead down to five on kills from Tyler Cohen and Beiter. Vassar took the final three points on a kill each from Fan and van Beveren along with an ace from Gulick to take the second set 25-17.

The Cardinals took an early lead in the third set as Bigford's back-to-back winners put St. John Fisher ahead 7-5. Vassar drew even at 10 following a Fan kill followed by a winner from Baker tying it at 12. Vassar then took nine of the next 11 points as two aces from A. Kim, kills from Fan, Christofferson and junior Andrew Guaragno and a block from Guaragno and Christofferson put the Brewers ahead 19-13. A kill from Cohen cut the advantage down to 21-16 before a kill and an ace from Guaragno along with a block from J. Kim and van Beveren put Vassar on match point. Following a rally, Fan buried the game-winning kill for the Brewers to complete the sweep 25-18 and earn its second UVC Championship along with winning its 23rd straight match.

Fan finished the match with a match-high 14 kills and added seven digs while A. Kim buried 10 winners and also had four aces and five digs. Christofferson tallied eight kills and two blocks along with van Beveren recording seven kills and three blocks. UVC tournament MVP J. Kim handed out a match-high 41 assists while adding two kills, three blocks and five digs. Senior Jorge Adames Reyes lifted five digs for the Brewers.

Baker tallied a team-high 11 kills along with three blocks and four digs for the Cardinals. Bigford and Cohen each recorded seven kills and three digs along with Beiter registering five kills and two blocks. Gavin Newman lifted a team-best five digs and handed out 19 assists for St. John Fisher.

Vassar will learn its opponents as well as its destination in the NCAA tournament at 10:00 a.m. on Monday when the selection show will be streamed on NCAA.com.