BUFFALO, NY- The D'Youville University men's volleyball team competed in NorthEast Conference play against the Red Flash of Saint Francis University dropping a straight set match, 3-0 (15-25, 15-25, 21-25) from the College Center Gym.

First Set

• DYU found a way to get ahead on the scoreboard, 4-2, and maintained the lead until 8-7 before letting SFU get the best of them.
• Things began to drift away from the Saints allowing the Red Flash to retaliate and go up by five points going into the media timeout, 15-10.
• Coming out of that, DYU didn't have a response as they mustered just five points during the remainder of the set, with two kills coming from Ian De Wilde and Anthony Dean, 25-15 SFU

Second Set

• The early going was back and forth until the score got tied up at, 8-8, when things started to drift in one direction positioning the Red Flash ahead by two, 10-8.
• Things were flowing on the SFU side of the court going on a 3-0 run, 13-9.
• DYU was unable to keep up with the scoring efforts of SFU with the Saints only scoring six more times, 25-15.
• Out of those six points DYU executed two kills during that time span.

Third Set

• It was difficult for either team to find any footing in this portion of the contest as the score was tied on eight different occasions.
• SFU was able to go on a 4-0 run that had them up by three, 17-14.
• The Red Flash were able to control the end of the set as they gathered four kills that helped cement their victory in the set and on the evening, 25-21.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Randy Adorno- 19 assists, three digs, and two kills

Ian De Wilde- Six kills and three digs

Ian Mendoza- Five digs

UP NEXT

The Saints are back in action for another conference match on Saturday, Mar. 25 at 4:00 p.m. from the college center gym against the Knights of Fairleigh Dickinson University.