TEANECK, N.J. – The D'Youville University Men's Volleyball team closed out their weekend roadtrip with a 3-0 loss to FDU on Saturday afternoon.
D'Youville University 0 at FDU 3 – (18-25, 18-25, 22-25)
Set One
The Knights got out to a fast start in set one jumping ahead 9-3. The Saints slowly worked their way back reaching a score of 13-8 following kills from
Ian De Wilde (Lockport, N.Y. / Starpoint) and
Spencer Boakye (Union, N.J. / Union), but FDU kept their foot on the gas going on another 6-1 run to move ahead 18-9. With FDU at 20, The Saints started to come back recording three kills in-a-row to bring the game to 20-14, but despite final kills from
Tymek Brzoza (Tychy, Poland / NLO Jastrzebski Wegiel) and
Ethan Robinson (Scarborough, Ontario / Neil McNeil) the Knights would take set one 25-18.
Set Two
D'Youville got the jump in set two moving ahead 5-3, but a four-point run from FDU ended the Saints success as they took the 7-5 lead. From there, the Knights continued to push on offense moving ahead 23-15. The Saints got three back following a kill from
Jacob Malak (Wales, Wisc. / Kettle Moraine) along with two FDU errors to bring the score to 23-18, but the Knights would take the final two points to take the set 25-18.
Set Three
Kills from
Tymek Brzoza and
Jacob Malak propelled the Saints to a 5-1 lead in set three, but again, the Knights quickly had an answer tying the game at five. From there, FDU controlled the game until they led 19-15. Kills form
Jacob Malak,
Spencer Boakye, and
Randy Adorno (Bayamon, Puerto Rico / Winter Park) along with two FDU errors pushed the Saints ahead at 20-19 and another kill from De Wilde kept them in the lead at 22-21, but the Knights offense did not let up and they took set three 25-22 and the match 3-0.
Up Next
The D'Youville University Men's Volleyball team returns to Buffalo for their final weekend of regular season play. The Saints will head across town to Daemen University on Friday for a 7:00 PM matchup before hosting the Wildcats on Saturday for Senior Day at 4:00 PM.
