Volleyball Splits Ramapo Tri-Match, Tops SUNY Potsdam, 3-0

THE LEAD: The Emmanuel College men's volleyball team settled for a tri-match split this weekend at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J. The Saints picked up a convincing 3-0 victory to start their day with a win over SUNY Potsdam before falling to the host Roadrunners, 3-1, in the nightcap.

Emmanuel 3, SUNY Potsdam 0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-17) 
The Saints opened the day with a strong 3-0 sweep over the SUNY Potsdam Bears paced by a career-high 18-kill outing by sophomore outside hitter Gary Randall. Randall hit .696 (18-2-23) to power the Emmanuel offense as the team combined to hit .376 (41-9-85) in the win. Senior setter Seamus McDonagh paced the offense with 28 assists and 10 digs while the EC defensive unit limited the Bears to just a .066 attacking percentage in the match.

SUNY received 10 kills from Zaire Rogers while Alec Roy dished out 17 helpers as the Bears fall to 1-2 in the early goings of the 2020 campaign.

Ramapo 3, Emmanuel 1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 25-18)
Against Emmanuel, the Roadrunners were led by Eric Van Thuyne who recorded 18 kills and hit .483 in the match. He also recorded six digs, two blocks and one ace. Jason van der Wilt posted 14 kills on 27 attempts as he hit .407, he also posted seven digs and one ace. Stephen Codispodo posted 12 kills while Charlow added eight kills and a team high four blocks. Tyler Plitt led the team on defense with eight digs while Josh Titus dished out a team high 52 assists while he added five blocks and four digs. The team hit .348 in the match with 57 kills on 115 attempts and 17 errors.
 
Mike Kokoros led Emmanuel (2-4 overall) with a career-high 18 kills as he hit .424 in the match while he also contributed with eight digs and three total blocks. Justyn Schueler tallied 10 kills, two digs and one solo block while Randall and Seamus McDonagh recorded nine and seven kills, respectively. McDonagh posted a team high 29 assists with two digs and two total blocks while Roman Fabrizio collected 11 assists. Max Gottuso posted a team high nine digs on defense. The team hit .269 in the match with 45 kills on 104 attempts and 17 errors.   

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EC returns to the court on Thursday, February 6 when they head across the river to take on MIT at 7:00 PM in non-conference play.