Posted: Apr 01, 2011
Hoboken, N.J. – A 3-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-16, 25-22) loss at the hands of \#6 seeded Emmanuel College eliminated the Endicott men’s volleyball team in the first round of the NECVA Tournament, hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology.
Playing as the \#11 seed, the Gulls (23-13) were facing the Saints for the fourth time this season. After today’s loss, the Blue and Green finished 1-3 against Emmanuel (28-8) in 2011 with their only win coming on a 3-2 thriller on day two of the MIT Invitational on March 5th.
Endicott saw junior outside hitter Jeremy Siden (Natick, Mass.) lead the team with 12 kills while contributing defensively with six digs. The Gulls as a team, however, struggled on the attack with 29 errors to go along with 34 kills for a .042 hit percentage.
Carter Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) handled the setting duties for the Gulls, tallying 28 assists. Roche was also active on the defense, tying teammate Zeke Kubisch (Bethlehem, N.Y.) with 10 digs apiece.
Emmanuel’s attack was dominated by Curtis Abram who amassed 22 kills with 10 errors on 49 attempts to lead the Saints. Cam Todd, Matt Salvi, and Thomas McCaffrey chipped in with seven, seven, and six kills, respectively.
Setting for the Saints was Nick Updike who had 44 set assists. Updike also tallied five kills, five digs and three service aces.
Both teams were effective at the net, recording double-digit blocks as a team. Emmanuel’s McCaffrey had one solo block and 10 assisted blocks. Salvi was also a factor with one solo and five assisted blocks. For Endicott, Joshua Bruno (Andover, Mass.) had two solo blocks and four assisted blocks. Freshmen Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) and Josh Anderson (La Canada, Calif.) had their hands in six and five blocks each.
The Gulls will now wait to find out if they will take part in the upcoming ECAC Tournament. Emmanuel moves on to face \#3 seed Baruch College who defeated the \#14 seed Ramapo 3-0.
