Pablo Oliveira (Uberlandia, Brazil) and Eryk Kowalski (Zabno, Poland) paced the victors with 11 kills apiece while sophomore setter Jesus Echevarria (San Juan, Puerto Rico) recorded a match-high 27 assists. Takeshi Kawahigashi (Tokyo, Japan) and Echevarria led the defensive effort with six digs each. Oliveira chipped in a match-high five aces for Baruch.
SUNY IT (6-4) was led by Dylan Krowicki’s (Little Falls, N.Y.) 11 kills and two blocks. The Wildcats also received 25 assists from senior setter Jonathan Brochu (Latham, N.Y.). Sophomore Jeff Coon (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) chipped in eight kills, five blocks, and two assists. Tysheem Foy-Carter recorded a team-high 10 digs while junior outside hitter Ryan Meller (Eden, N.Y.) added seven.
MIT defeats Hilbert, 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-19)
The Engineers setter, senior Tim Lee (Natick, Mass.), dished out 26 assists while adding three digs, two aces and two blocks. MIT’s Caine Jette (Haiku, Hawaii) had seven digs to lead the Engineers.
For the Royals, both Adam Weaver (Stow, Ohio) and RJ Sykora (Stow, Ohio) had nine kills with setter Dan Wolfe (Rochester, N.Y.) dishing out 26 assists.
Defensively for Hilbert, Weaver and Gary Gawera (Eden, N.Y.) were strong with 14 and 13 digs, respectively. Weaver was also a presence at the net with four blocks while Tony Blasz (Eden, N.Y.) added three more stops.
Hilbert’s offensive attack was led by RJ Sykora (Stow, Ohio) and Adam Weaver (Stow, Ohio), who recorded 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Dan Wolfe (Rochester, N.Y.) chipped in 25 assists, nine digs, three blocks and two assists in the loss.
Endicott cruised to a straight set victory over Emerson 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-12) behind an errorless attack by junior Jeremy Siden (Natick, Mass.) who had 11 kills to lead all players. Siden was assisted by Matt Devendorf (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Zeke Kubisch (Bethlehem, N.Y.) who added seven and six kills, respectively.
Setter Jeremy Schlosser (Emmaus, Pa.) dished out 33 set assists while tallying four kills on six attacks without an error. Defensively, the Gulls had six blocks as a team with Kubisch leading with three assisted stops. Siden and Devendorf each had a solo block. Junior Andrew Slocum (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) led all players with six digs.
For Emerson, junior Frank O’Sullivan (Ottawa, Ontario) paced the Lions with nine kills while teammate Eric Doherty (Millis, Mass.) tacked on six kills in the losing effort. Junior setter Steve Selnick (Cheshire, Conn.) had 22 assists and four kills.
O’Sullivan was also a presence defensively with a team-high five digs and two assisted blocks. Sophomore Jacob Bennett (Hull, Mass.) was also a factor at the net with one solo and one assisted block.
Ryan Meller’s (Eden, N.Y.) seven kills and nine digs were not enough for the Wildcats, who dropped their second match of day one. Jonathon Brochu (Latham, N.Y.) had 13 assists for SUNY IT, which also got four kills and three blocks from sophomore Jeff Coon (Cheektowaga, N.Y.).
Emmanuel defeats Hunter, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-21)
Emmanuel opened the EC Invitational with a convincing 3-0 win over Hunter.
Emmanuel’s Curtis Abram (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) registered a .450 hit percentage with 10 kills and only one error as he led the Saints to a 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-21) victory over the host Endicott. He also served up six aces on the Gulls. Tyson Rietz (Granite Bay, Calif.) tallied nine kills and Cam Todd (Los Angeles, Calif.) added six kills in the win. Setter Nick Updike (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) did a little bit of everything with 31 assists, five kills and three aces.
The Saints had 10 team blocks with Todd totaling six assisted blocks and Rietz having two solo and one assisted block. Rietz also had a team-high seven digs.
Endicott’s Zeke Kubisch (Bethlehem, N.Y.) had a team-high 10 kills while Jeremy Siden (Natick, Mass.) and Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) added six and five kills each. Setter Jeremy Schlosser (Emmaus, Pa.) had 24 assists in the loss.
Junior middle blocker Joshua Bruno (Andover, Mass.) had a solo and assisted block in the match while Andrew Slocum (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) had a match-high nine digs.
MIT defeats EMU, 3-0 (25-17, 27-25, 25-21)
EMU was paced by eight kills and 10 digs from Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, Va.). Sophomore setter John Barry (Worthington, Ohio) added 23 assists while classmate Chris Moise (Hollywood, Fla.) chipped in seven kills and four blocks. Frankie Coto (Miami, Fla.) paced the Royals at the net, registering six blocks.
Oliveira, Kowalski and freshman Nick Smith (Long Beach, N.Y.) each had eight digs in the win whihle Oliveira added four blocks to lead the Bearcats.
Vassar was led by senior Evan Fredericksen (Menlo Park, Calif.) who spiked a match-high 24 kills. Patrick Donohue (East Petersburg, Pa.) added 13 kills of his own. Setter Clifford Quinn (Hamburg, N.Y.) tallied 36 assists. Libero Christian La Du (Westhampton, N.Y.) led all players with 12 digs and Fredericksen had a match-high five blocks.
Hilbert was paced by Dan Wolfe’s (Rochester, N.Y.) 20 assists and five blocks. The Royals also received 12 kills and 11 digs from freshman Adam Weaver (Stow, Ohio). Anthony Blasz (Eden, N.Y.) added ten kills and four blocks in the loss.
Emerson’s Nadav Swarttz (Newton, Mass.) logged a team-high eight kills while sophomore outside hitter Eric Doherty (Millis, Mass.) added six and a pair of aces in the loss. Steve Selnick (Cheshire, Conn.) handed out a team-high 22 assists for the Lions.
The Eastern Mennonite Royals defeated the host Endicott Gulls 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 15-25, 18-25, 15-12) in a five-set thriller to improve to 2-1 at the Endicott Invitational. EMU’s Chris Moise (Hollywood, Fla.) led all players with 16 kills and added six digs and two block assists in the match. Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Frankie Coto (Miami, Fla.) each added 11 kills but the duo’s presence was most felt at the net with Prock blocking seven attacks and Coto blocking a match-high 12 opposing swings. EMU tallied 17 blocks as a team.
Royals libero Kendall Garber (Lancaster, Pa.) had 18 digs and setter John Barry (Worthington, Ohio) had 44 set assists in the win.
For the Gulls, Zeke Kubisch (Bethlehem, N.Y.) and Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) each hit double digit kills with 12 and 10, respectively. Joshua Bruno (Andover, Mass.) added nine kills with just two errors as well as blocking four attacks at the net.
Andrew Slocum (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) and Kubisch tallied 12 and 11 digs each. Setter Jeremy Schlosser (Emmaus, Pa.) had 35 assists in four sets played while Carter Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) dished out 13 assists.
Eastern Mennonite’s offensive attack was paced by Frankie Coto’s (Miami, Fla.) seven kills. Sophomore outside hitter Chris Moise (Hollywood, Fla.) added six and eight digs for the Royals, who wrapped up the tournament with a 2-2 record. John Barry (Worthington, Ohio) registered a team-high 22 assists in the loss.
SUNY IT was paced by 12 kills from Ryan Meller (Eden, N.Y.), who earned an Honorable Mention nod for his consistent play all weekend long. Jonathon Brochu (Latham, N.Y.) recorded 27 assists, 11 digs, and two aces in the loss while Tysheem Foy-Carter (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 11 digs of his own.
Boxscore
Evan Fredericksen (Menlo Park, Calif.) tallied a match-high 26 kills on 53 attacks to lead Vassar to 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-23) victory in the Silver Bracket of the Endicott Invitational. Matthew Elgin (Farmington, N.Y.) also reached double digit kills with 12. Setter Jon Konow (Chicago, Ill.) dished out 52 assists for a Brewers squad that had a .311 hit percentage as a team. Libero Christian La Du (Westhampton, N.Y.) tied Endicott’s Andrew Slocum (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) for a match-high 14 digs. Clifford Quinn (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Konow had 11 and 10 digs, respectively.
Endicott was led by Jeremy Siden (Natick, Mass.) and Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) who recorded 14 and 12 kills each. Jeremy Schlosser (Emmaus, Pa.) had 42 assists. Joshua Bruno (Andover, Mass.) was once again a factor at the net with two solo blocks and four assisted blocks.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Baruch defeats Emmanuel, 3-1 (25-20, 18-25, 25-19, 25-16)
Jesus Echevarria (San Juan, Puerto Rico) added 39 assists in the win as the Bearcats improved to 10-9 on the year. Echevarria and senior outside hitter Kirill Yagnetinskiy (Brooklyn, N.Y.) each had nine digs.