Men’s Volleyball Downed by Kean and Purchase
Posted: Apr 01, 2017

Men’s Volleyball Downed by Kean and Purchase

Game Leaders
St. Joseph's (Bklyn)
K: Alec Smalley - 3
B: 3 Players (#2, #5, #7) - 1
D: Thomas Ambrosino - 5
SA: 2 Players (#2, #5) - 1
Purchase
K: Schwab, Andrew - 10
B: Huang, Ethan - 4
D: Damerell, Riley - 9
SA: 5 Players (#5, #11, #12, #14, #15) - 2
Team Stats
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Game Leaders
St. Joseph's (Bklyn)
K: 2 Players (#10, #15) - 3
B: N/A
D: 2 Players (#2, #7) - 3
SA: Mark Antoun - 1
Kean
K: Steven Zarzycki - 6
B: Jared Warner - 3
D: 2 Players (#22, #24) - 3
SA: Brandon Lee - 3
Team Stats
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PURCHASE, N.Y. — The St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) men's volleyball team suffered a pair of straight-set setbacks to preseason favorite Kean University and host Purchase College in a Skyline Conference tri-match on Saturday morning.

Junior Alec Smalley (Fresh Meadows, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) led the Bears with six kills on the day.

The Basics

  • Final Score: Kean def. St. Joseph's, 3-0; Purchase def. St. Joseph's, 3-0.
  • Set Scores vs. Kean: 25-5, 25-6, 25-9
  • Set Scores vs. Purchase: 25-10, 25-17, 25-11
  • Records: Kean (19-8, 5-0), Purchase (14-5, 4-2), St. Joseph's (2-23, 0-7)
  • Location: Purchase, N.Y.
  • Arena: Purchase Gym

How It Happened vs. Kean

  • Kean remained undefeated in league play committing just four attack errors and hitting .642 for the match. The Bears trailed by just four, 9-5, in the opening set before the Cougars rolled off 16 straight points to win the opening set and never trailed or tied again.
  • Alec Smalley and Angelo Goutzinopoulos paced St. Joseph's with three kills each.
  • Thomas Ambrosino, McNeilsen Saint-Jean and Andre Williams chipped in a kill each.
  • Mark Antoun handed out an assist on all but one Bear kill.
  • Steven Zarzycki put away a match-high six kills in just one set played, leading 11 different players for Kean to record a kill.

How It Happened vs. Purchase

  • The Bears took their first and only lead of the match early in the third set on a Goutzinopoulos kill, but the Panthers used a 9-0 run after the third tie in the set to pull away for good.
  • Alec Smalley led the Bears attack again with three kills.
  • Angelo Goutzinopoulos and McNeilsen Saint-Jean chipped in two kills each. Saint-Jean also contributed a block and an ace.
  • Thomas Ambrosino and Mark Antoun both landed a kill. Ambrosino also adding a block and an ace and Antoun handing out seven assists.
 

Next Up for the Bears

  • St. Joseph's will conclude their first season under Mark Ledwich heading to Patchogue, N.Y. Sunday, April 9 for a tri-match with St. Joseph's College (Long Island) and Sarah Lawrence College starting at 10 a.m.