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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – In just their second
match of the season, the Endicott men’s volleyball team took
on the \#2, nationally-ranked, Springfield College Pride on the
road and lost 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25- ) to fall to 0-2 on the
season.
The Pride (2-3) are one of five nationally-ranked programs the
Gulls will face in 2012. The two teams will meet again on March
8th in Beverly. Endicott next travels to MIT on
Tuesday, January 31st for a 7:00 pm start in
Cambridge.
Gulls sophomore setter Carter Roche (Clifton Park,
N.Y.) had 12 assists, three digs and two block assists in
the match for the visitors.
Springfield’s Angel Perez (Naranjito, Puerto
Rico) led all players with nine kills and an .818 hit
percentage while Pride setter Mike Becker (Lancaster,
Pa.) dished out 19 assists to nine different
attackers.
In the opening set, the Pride went errorless with 15 kills on 19
attempts for a .714 hit percentage and took the game 25-11.
Springfield sophomore Tyler Tanaka (Kailua,
Hawaii) and junior Mike Freytag (Syracuse,
N.Y.) each had three kills in the first set to lead the
Pride. Endicott senior outside hitter Jeremy Siden
(Natick, Mass.) had three of his five kills in the
set.
After blocks by Endicott’s Mike Coniglione
(Glenville, N.Y.) and Siden gave the Gulls the first point
of second set, but Springfield ran off nine straight points to take
control of the set. Springfield built their lead to as large
as 15 points at 19-4 before the Gulls managed to get some offense
going with kills by Siden, Josh Anderson (La Canada,
Calif.) and blocks by Joshua
Bruno (Andover, Mass.) and Roche. Endicott
dropped the second set, however, 25-11, to fall behind 2-0 in the
match.
In the third set, the Gulls hung with the Pride in the early going
thanks to kills by junior Brennan Lowe (Malibu, Calif.) and
sophomore Brandon Chadwick (Chelmsford, Mass.),
but Springfield used a 5-0 run to go up 14-5. The Pride
pulled off another seven-point swing to take command of the final
set as they won 25-10 and 3-0 overall.
