POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The #9 Vassar College Men's Volleyball team celebrated its five seniors on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers completed sweeps of #10 Springfield 25-23, 25-23, 25-17 and Hunter 25-22, 25-17, 25-22 in the regular season finale. Vassar closes the regular season 22-6 overall and with its 6-1 UVC record, the Brewers will host the UVC Championship next weekend.

VASSAR 3 SPRINGFIELD 0

FIRST SET

• Vassar opened the first set with a 6-2 lead as senior Colin Jones buried two kills along with a winner each from junior Billy Fan and classmate Gavin Akoto.
• The Brewers lead grew to 13-8 on a service ace from junior Payne Lounsbery before Springfield cut the lead to 16-14 on a block from Evan Costley and Cole Kallick.
• A winner from Lounsbery along with an ace from senior AJ Erickson expanded the lead to 20-15 until the Pride evened the set at 20 on blocks from Kallick and Sam Levinson.
• Two blocks from senior Jacob Kim helped clinch the opening set for the Brewers.

SECOND SET

• The Brewers gained the early advantage as Jones notched two aces and a kill along with a winner from Akoto to make it 6-3.
• Two kills from Levinson brought Springfield within 8-7 before senior Vaughn Ramsey buried two winners as Vassar moved ahead 11-7.
• Five straight points from the Pride gave them a 16-13 lead, led by kills from Dylan Mulvaney and Chris Rouleau.
• Vassar regained the lead at 19-17 as Jones, Fan, Akoto and sophomore Cannon Tucker each notched a kill.
• Springfield went ahead 23-22 before back-to-back blocks from Jones and Lounsbery tallied the second set victory.

THIRD SET

• Vassar went ahead 9-4 to begin the set as Lounsbery and Kim each landed an ace along with blocks from Jones, Kim and Lounsbery.
• Rouleau's kill got the Pride within 15-10 before Akoto, Jones and Fan buried winners to make it 18-12.
• The Brewers lead expanded to 23-15 on a kill from Jones and Vassar completed the sweep following a Springfield service error.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Ramsey finished with a team-high eight kills while Jones buried seven kills and also recorded a career-best seven blocks and three service aces.
• Fan and Akoto each tallied six kills each as Fan added four digs and Akoto recorded two blocks and four digs.
• Kim handed out a team-high 14 assists and added four blocks and four digs.
• Erickson finished with 10 assists, including his 1000th career assist, and six digs while first year Tucker Shearn lifted a team-high seven digs.

FOR THE PRIDE

• Levinson recorded a match-high 11 digs along with four blocks and nine digs for Springfield.
• Costley registered eight winners while Rouleau tallied five kills and six blocks.
• Mulvaney finished with a match-high 25 assists and six digs.

VASSAR 3 HUNTER 0

FIRST SET

• Two kills from Kim along with a winner each from Ramsey and Jones spurred Vassar to an 8-3 lead to open the first set.
• Three straight kills from Guaragno, Erickson and Jones extended the lead to 11-4 before Hunter battled back with five straight points as a kill from Muhammed Al-Amine Mbaye cut the lead to 11-9.
• Vassar's lead grew to 20-17 on a kill from Kim until Cooper Moran's ace trimmed the lead to 21-20.
• The Brewers used two kills from Kim along with a winner each from Guaragno and Jones to take the opening set.

SECOND SET

• First year Armaan Desai's kill put the Brewers up 8-3 in the opening stages of the set but the Hawks used a three point spurt to cut the lead to 10-8 on a block from Matisse Lee-Maarek and Mbaye.
• Two kills each from Ramsey and Kim built the lead back to 17-12 and a five point run, led by two blocks and a kill from Desai, expanded the advantage to 22-14.
• Mbaye's winner trimmed the lead to 24-17 before a service error gave Vassar the set victory.

THIRD SET

• Hunter earned an 11-10 lead following back-to-back blocks from Annes Deljanin before two straight blocks from Jones and Kim took a 13-11 lead.
• Moran's winner tied the set at 17 all until Vassar built the lead to 22-17 on an ace from junior Tobias Clark and blocks from Kim, Jones and Guaragno.
• The Hawks battled back to tie it at 22 on an ace from Mbaye, block from Deljanin and a kill from Demetri Gournelos.
• Vassar took advantage of three Hawks errors to complete the sweep.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Kim finished the day with 12 kills, 12 assists, a career-high nine blocks and two digs while Ramsey tallied nine kills, four blocks and three digs.
• Guaragno recorded six kills, six digs and three blocks along with Jones burying six winners and a new career-best eight blocks.
• Desai added five kills and four blocks while Erickson handed out a team-high 20 assists and four digs.
• First year Tucker Shearn lifted a match-high 13 digs.

FOR THE HAWKS

• Mbaye tallied seven kills, three blocks and four digs along with Lee-Maarek adding five winners, two blocks and four digs.
• Deljanin registered three winners, four blocks and three digs while Moran finished with two kills, 20 assists and seven digs.
• Sergio Aguardo lifted five digs for Hunter.

UP NEXT

• Vassar earned the top seed in the UVC Championship and will host the tournament beginning on Friday, April 12th. 
• The Brewers will play the winner of fifth-seeded Hobart and fourth-seeded MIT on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.