POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The top-seeded #8 Vassar College Men's Volleyball team fell in four sets in the UVC Championship Match as second-seeded #9 NYU earned a 15-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-18 victory to earn the UVC Championship title and the automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Championship. The Brewers move to 23-7 overall and will await tomorrow's selection show at 10:00 a.m. to see if they receive an at-large bid..

FIRST SET

• Vassar took an early 6-4 lead as senior Colin Jones tallied three kills along with an ace from junior Payne Lounsbery.
• NYU knotted the set at seven following a block from Devyn Nguyen and Buddy Cohen before Vassar rattled off seven of the next eight points, led by aces from juniors Billy Fan and Gavin Akoto and a kill each from senior Vaughn Ramsey, Akoto and Lounsbery.
• Vassar expanded the lead to 22-11 on a winner from senior Jacob Kim before the Violets collected three straight points after a kill from Lucas Osiecki and a block from Cohen and Osiecki.
• The Brewers took the opening set following a NYU service error.

SECOND SET

• NYU gained a 4-1 lead to open the set before Vassar battled back to take a 6-5 lead on a kill from Fan.
• Back-to-back kills from Emerson Evans gave the Violets a 12-11 advantage before Vassar tied the set at 14 on a block from Akoto and sophomore Cannon Tucker.
• Jones' kill tied the set up once again at 19 before NYU took the final six points of the set, led by two kills from Osiecki and a block from Evans and Ry Kagan.

THIRD SET

• Three straight winners from Ramsey gave the Brewers a 6-3 lead until NYU countered with six consecutive points to go ahead 9-6 on an Evans ace.
• Vassar got within 13-12 on a Jones winner before the Violets lead grew to 17-13 on a kill from Luke Boyer.
• The Brewers got within a point at 18-17 on Lounsbery's kill before an ace from Boyer and a kill each from Evans and Osiecki put NYU ahead 21-17.
• NYU's lead shrunk to 21-20 after a kill from Akoto but the Violets used a winner each from Cohen, Osiecki and Kagan to take the third set.

FOURTH SET

• The opening stages of the fourth set went back-and-forth as NYU held an 8-6 lead after an Osiecki kill.
• The Violets lead grew to 12-17 on a Kagan winner before Vassar cut the lead to 12-9 after a kill from Fan and first year Armaan Desai.
• NYU's lead expanded to 22-15 on a block from Nguyen and Kagan and Cohen's winner clinched the championship victory for the Violets.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Ramsey notched a team-high 12 kills and three blocks while Akoto finished with nine kills, three blocks and an ace.
• Jones tallied seven kills and two blocks along with Kim adding five kills, 20 assists, two aces and three digs.
• Fan registered five kills, eight digs and two aces while Lounbsery and Desai each buried four kills.
• Senior AJ Erickson handed out 21 assists and lifted 10 digs along with first year Tucker Shearn lifting a team-high 11 digs.

FOR THE VIOLETS

• Osiecki recorded a match-high 13 kills, four blocks and nine digs while Evans tallied 11 kills, 10 digs and three blocks.
• Kagan finished with 10 kills and six blocks along with Boyer registering eight kills, three aces, three blocks and eight digs.
• Cohen notched six kills and six blocks while Zach Knudsen lifted a team-high 11 digs.
• Nguyen, who was named the Tournament's Most Valuable Player, recorded a match-high 44 assists, three blocks and eight digs.

UP NEXT

• Vassar will await the selection show tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. on NCAA.com to find out if they have received an at-large bid.