MAHWAH, N.J. -- The Arcadia men's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit and survived four match points to upset No. 10 Vassar 3-2 on Saturday afternoon and complete a 2-0 trip to Ramapo. The Knights swept the host Roadrunners 3-0 earlier in the day.
 
The Knights are now 4-2 on the season and have already defeated a pair of Top 10 programs in country following last Sunday's 3-0 win over UC Santa Cruz.
 
Arcadia 3, Ramapo 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18)
Austin Braas and Jason Manley had 11 and 10 kills, respectively, as the Knights opened play with a business-like sweep of the Roadrunners. Arcadia's defense held Ramapo to a -.032 hitting percentage as a team and totaled 10 blocks in the win. As a team, Arcadia hit .318, including .480 in the clinching third set.
 
In the first set, the most closely contest of the three, the score was tied a 16-16 before AU scored three of the next four points for some breathing room and a 19-17 lead. Manley and Robie Moctezuma each had kills for AU sandwiched around an attacking error by Ramapo. The Knights then scored four of the final five points of the set to take a 1-0 lead.
 
In the second set, it was a 9-1 run by AU that turned a 5-5 tie into a 14-6 lead that propelled AU to a 2-0 lead in the match. In the third set, five straight points by AU broke a 12-12 tie and gave the Knights a 17-12 lead. The Knights benefited from four attacking errors by the Roadrunners, and Braas closed out the match with back-to-back kills.
 
Moctezuma led the Knights with five total blocks, and Braas, who hit at a .714 clip for the match, added four. Anthony Devantier handed out 28 assists. Edwin Waters Jr. added four kills and three blocks.
 
Arcadia 3, No. 10 Vassar 2 (24-26, 25-22, 27-29, 25-13, 18-16)
In an instant classic that required extra play in three of the five sets, it was the Knights that prevailed in a marathon match. Arcadia trailed 14-11 in the fifth and final set, rallying to tie the score at 14-14 before holding off one more match point for Vassar at 16-15. Three straight attacking errors, the last due to the block of Braas and Quinn Baily, sealed the Knights come-from-behind win.
 
Trailing 14-11 in the fifth set, the Knights inched closer on a service error by the Brewers to make it 14-12. Braas and Baily then blocked the attack of Jake Kaplan to make it 14-13, and a kill by Zayne George tied the set at 14-14. Another attack error by Vassar allowed AU to take a 15-14 lead. Two straight kills by Vassar gave the Brewers a 16-15 lead and another chance at the win before the aforementioned errors turned the tide and made winners of the Knights.
 
The extra play needed in the fifth set was a theme on the day as both the first and third sets went beyond 25 points. Tied 24-24 in the first, Vassar got a kill and service ace from Kaplan to eke out a 26-24 win. After the Knights evened the match at 1-1 with a 25-22 in the second, Vassar once again outlasted AU in the third, picking up a 29-27 win for a 2-1 lead in the match. Arcadia held a 26-25 lead late in the third, but a service error on set point extended the match, and George Diehl eventually clinched the win for Vassar with a kill.
 
Braas led the Knights once again with 13 kills and added six blocks. Manley had 11 kills and added five digs, while Dan Paraskevov and Baily each had eight kills. Baily and George each posted a team-high eight digs, and Devantier had 43 assists with six digs.
 
Arcadia will play its first home match of the season on Wednesday when it hosts Lancaster Bible beginning at 7:30 p.m.