MECHANICSBURG, PA - The #7 Vassar College Men's Volleyball team hit the road on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers coasted to sweeps over Lancaster Bible 28-26, 25-16, 25-21 and #15 Messiah 25-15, 25-20, 25-17 to extend its winning streak to four straight matches. Vassar's record improves to 6-1 overall while the Chargers move to 3-3 overall and the Falcons fall to 1-2 on the season.

VC 3 LBC 0

FIRST SET

• Lancaster Bible took an early 5-2 lead following two kills each from Christian Herr and Dawson Forney.
• Vassar drew even at six following back-to-back winners from junior Vaughn Ramsey and senior Andrew Guaragno.
• DJ Omogrosso's service aces put the Chargers up 11-8 before Vassar battled back to take a 13-12 lead following a Guaragno kill and a LBC error.
• Both teams traded points throughout the midway point of the set as Herr's kill tied the set at 20 for Lancaster Bible.
• A kill from senior Jacob Kim and a block from first years Walter Birnbaum and Armaan Desai pushed Vassar ahead 22-20 before two straight points from the Chargers tied it at 22.
• Following a winner from Omogrosso to tie it at 26, Kim and Birnbaum collected back-to-back kills to earn the first set victory.

SECOND SET

• Vassar earned a 7-3 lead to open the set as kills from Kim, Desai and Birnbaum led the way to the early advantage.
• An ace from Ramsey expanded the lead to 10-5 until the Chargers battled back to cut the lead to 13-11 on a kill from Jordan Yoder.
• The Brewers scored the next four points, led by a kill and two blocks from Desai along with an ace from Birnbaum.
• Back-to-back kills from Yoder and Herr cut the lead to five before the Brewers tallied four straight on a winner each from Guaragno and Kim along with a solo block from junior Gavin Akoto.
• Vassar clinched the second set on kills from Kim and junior Billy Fan.

THIRD SET

• A block from Kim and sophomore Tristan Christofferson put the Brewers ahead 4-2 followed by the lead expanded to three on a winner from Christofferson.
• The lead grew to 13-7 after two winners from junior Payne Lounsbery until Lancaster Bible battled back to 16-12 on a kill from Yoder.
• Vassar moved ahead 21-17 after kills from Kim and Akoto before the Chargers got within two at 23-21.
• The Brewers responded with the final two points as Fan buried a kill along with an ace from Kim to take the sweep.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Kim led the way with 10 kills (.441 hitting percentage), 14 assists, two aces, two blocks and three digs.
• Guaragno and Akoto each tallied six kills while Akoto recorded three blocks.
• Ramsey added five winners and two blocks while senior AJ Erickson handed out 12 assists and lifted six digs.
• First year Tucker Shearn lifted a team-high seven digs.

FOR THE CHARGERS

• Yoder finished with 10 kills and nine digs along with Forney adding eight winners and two blocks.
• Herr recorded five kills, 16 assists and five digs while Omogrosso tallied two kills, two aces and two blocks.
• Tyler Martin registered six digs and five assists.

VC 3 MES 0

FIRST SET

• Neither team took a two point lead until Akoto buried a winner for Vassar to go ahead 10-8.
• An ace from Ryan Givens got Messiah within 13-12 before the Brewers reeled off nine of the next 11 points.
• Four different players tallied a kill for Vassar along with four consecutive blocks from Akoto, Guaragno and Ramsey to go ahead 22-14.
• A winner from Guaragno, ace from Ramsey and a block from Akoto and Kim gave the Brewers a 25-15 first set victory.

SECOND SET

• The Brewers gained a 7-3 lead to open the set, led by winners from Akoto, Guaragno and Ramsey and a block from Desai and Ramsey.
• Three straight points, including two kills from Guaragno, extended the Vassar lead to 11-5.
• A double block from Givens and Noah Aurdos cut the lead to two at 12-10 until back-to-back winners from Kim pushed the lead to four.
• The Falcons got within one multiple times in the midway points of the set, including 18-17 on Jacob Hamm's kill.
• The Brewers scored seven of the next 10 points, led by two kills from Kim and Akoto, to take the second set.

THIRD SET

• Guaragno landed three aces to propel Vassar to a 5-1 lead followed by aces from Lounsbery and Kim to extend the lead to 10-4.
• Alex Kagoro's kill trimmed the advantage down to 14-8 before the Brewers used three kills from Guaragno and one from Ramsey to take a 21-10 lead.
• The Falcons scored six of the next seven points, including three kills from Hamm, to cut the lead to 22-17.
• Following a timeout, Vassar scored the final three points, capped by a kill from Akoto and an ace from Ramsey, to complete the sweep.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Guaragno had a team-high 11 kills along with three aces, two blocks and four digs along with Kim adding eight kills, 18 assists, two digs, an ace and a block.
• Akoto recorded eight kills and six blocks while Ramsey secured eight winners, two aces and three blocks.
• Erickson handed out 14 assists and Shearn lifted a team-best 10 digs.

FOR THE FALCONS

• Hamm buried nine kills and added five digs while Kagoro tallied six kills and two digs.
• Givens recorded four winners and two digs along with Conner Stauffer registering two kills and five digs.
• Aurdos handed out 18 assists and lifted a team-high seven digs.

UP NEXT

• Vassar heads to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame Classic to square off with Springfield on Friday night and either Lasell or Endicott on Saturday.