Poughkeepsie, NY - The #3 Vassar College Men's Volleyball team extended its winning streak to 12 matches on Friday evening as the Brewers opened United Volleyball Conference (UVC) play with a 25-23, 33-31, 25-21 sweep against #20 MIT. Vassar's record improves to 12-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play while the Engineers drop to 9-6 on the season and 0-2 in UVC contests.

First Set

• MIT took the first five points of the set following three aces from Kevin Windisch along with a kill and block from Jensen Fiskin.
• Vassar clawed back to within two at 10-8 after two kills from first year Henry Bonney and a winner from senior Billy Fan.
• The Brewers came all the way back to draw even at 16 following another Bonney kill and a winner from senior Gavin Akoto.
• MIT pushed back ahead 20-18 on a winner from Grant Oh before two kills from first year Shawn Zheng and an ace from Fan gave the Brewers a 21-20 advantage.
• Windisch's kill tied the set at 23 all until Vassar took the set after a kill from senior Tobias Clark and a set-clinching ace from Zheng.

Second Set

• VC gained a 10-6 lead after winners from Clark, Akoto and Fan and an ace from sophomore Armaan Desai.
• Two kills from Maddox Brandenburg put the Engineers within a point at 13-12.
• A three-point run from MIT put MIT ahead 21-19 after a Oh winner.
• Vassar responded to tie the set at 23 on a block from Fan, Desai and Bonney as neither team could pull away for the set win.
• MIT put the set at 31 apiece on a kill from Oh before Desai buried a winner to earn the second set 33-31 victory.

Third Set

• The Engineers earned a 5-3 lead to begin the third set before Vassar answered with an ace from Clark and a block from Akoto and Bonney to push ahead by a point.
• An ace from Desai extended the lead to 13-11 followed by kills from junior Eli Lee and Fan to go ahead 17-14.
• MIT trimmed the advantage down to 20-18 on a block from Oh and Michael Rini.
• Blocks from Fan, Desai, Zheng and Clark tacked on to the lead as the Brewers pulled away 23-18.
• Kills from Zheng and Akoto clinched the conference opening sweep for Vassar.

For The Brewers

• Fan tallied a team-high 10 kills, two blocks and five digs along with Clark adding eight kills, three blocks and five digs.
• Zheng garnered eight kills and three blocks while Akoto recorded six kills and three blocks.
• Desai chipped in five winners, two aces and four blocks along with Bonney registering four winners and three blocks.
• Senior Payne Lounsbery handed out a team-high 20 assists and lifted 10 digs while sophomore Parker Schoenl tallied 15 assists and five digs.
• Sophomore Tucker Shearn lifted a team-high 11 digs.

For The Engineers

• Oh buried a match-high 13 kills and two blocks while Windisch buried eight kills, three aces, a block and three digs.
• Ryan Espinoza added four kills and 11 digs along with Fiskin recording a match-high 24 assists and six digs.
• Azfal Peermohammed lifted a match-high 12 digs at libero.

Up Next

• Vassar will hit the road for a non-conference clash with #7 Springfield tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m.
• MIT will make its way down to #1 NYU at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow