GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's volleyball team closed out the home portion of its inaugural season with a 3-0 setback to fifth-ranked New York University by game scores of 26-24, 25-17 and 25-17. Setter
Sean Cohen and team manager Ashley Mendez were honored in a Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.
FOR THE RECORD: The Violets improved to 10-6 with the win while snapping a three-match losing streak. They are the third team ranked in the top-10 of this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches' Poll that Arcadia has faced in as many days. The Knights fell to 10-13 with the loss, finishing their first-ever season with a 5-5 home record.
HOW IT HAPPENED: The two teams traded points throughout the opener, which was tied at 25 after a kill from freshman
Jason Manley, but the game ended with a pair of Arcadia errors to give NYU the 27-25 win and a 1-0 lead in the match. The second game was playing out in similar fashion until the Violets scored four in a row to go up 20-14 on their way to a 25-17 win, while an early seven-point run put NYU up 10-3 that the Knights were unable to match later on before again falling by a score of 25-17.
ARCADIA LEADERS: Manley led the Knights with six kills, six digs, four blocks and four aces, while fellow freshmen
Austin Braas,
Bryce Galloway and
Edwin Waters Jr. had four kills each. Cohen finished the match with 17 assists, three kills, three digs and two blocks.
NYU LEADERS: Andrew Zhu hit .500 with a match-high nine kills and just one error on 16 attempts while recording three aces. Alex Li hit .556 with seven kills and two errors on nine swings while adding four digs, three blocks and two aces, while Evan Lindley hit .417 with seven kills and two errors on his 12 attempts to go with four blocks. Derrick Chiu handed out 27 assists.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: The Violets outscored the Knights 55-37 in the match while hitting .358 as a team and holding a 10-5 edge in service aces. Arcadia matched NYU by hitting .231 in the first game, but totaled as many errors as kills in the two that followed to finish at .097 for the match.
