Jan. 21, 2004

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Endicott helped christen the new Campus Recreation Center at Roger Williams University as they entertained the 150+ crowd in a thrilling 5-game match. Unfortunately, the Hawks prevailed in the end 30-20, 28-30, 30-25, 32-34, 15-8. Jeremy Fontaine set both a personal and new school record with 31 kills in the match.

The Hawks got off to a fast start, cruising to a 30-20 win in game one. Senior tri-captain Steve Terplak (Altamont, NY) came up big, blasting 12 kills in the opening game, while fellow tri-captain Jack Delehanty (Albany, NY) dished out 15 assists. RWU flew out to a big lead and managed to hold Endicott star Jeremy Fontaine (Belchertown, MA) to 2 kills to gain the early advantage. Commanding blocks by RWU helped seal the first set.

Endicott wouldn't go down without a fight, however, sandwiching two tight victories around a 30-25 triumph by the Hawks in game three. Fontaine was the spark for Endicott in the second game with a team leading 11 kills. The team combined to hit .484% (18k-3e/31att). In the fourth game, Endicott was down 31-32 and ran off three consecutive points following a time-out to win 34-32.

Game five was dominated by the Hawks behind the serving of Scott Maier (Millis, MA), who went on a 5-serve run to up the score to 7-1 and Hawks cruised to a 15-8 victory. The match showed growth and maturity by Endicott as they took 2 games from the tenth-ranked team in the nation.

Also playing well for the Gulls was senior setter Pablo Baez who had 65 assists. Brandon Ecker and Eric Hunter had 12 and 11 digs respectively to lead the team.

The Gulls now look forward to Friday Night's 7:30 PM match at three-time defending DIII National Champion's Springfield College.

                            Short Box Score (Match)
                            The Automated ScoreBook
          Endicott vs Roger Williams (Jan 21, 2004 at Roger Williams)


  Roger Williams def. Endicott 30-20,28-30,30-25,32-34,15-8

  Endicott (0-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Jeremy Fontaine 31-2-1;
  Eddie Marchand 14-0-1; Lloyd Douglass 4-1-0; Eric Hunter 4-2-0;
  Brandon Ecker 4-0-0; Pablo Baez 3-0-1; Totals 60-5-3.0. (Assists) -
  Pablo Baez 65. (Dig leaders) - Brandon Ecker 12; Eric Hunter 11; Craig
  Steszewski 9

  Site: Roger Williams (Roger Williams)
  Date: Jan 21, 2004   Attend: 150   Time: 2.00