Beck, Nighthawks Down Gulls in Five

Beverly, Mass. – Behind a stunning 30 kills from senior outside hitter James Beck (Havre De Grace, Md.), the Newbury men’s volleyball team defeated Endicott 3-2 (18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 13-25, 15-11) at MacDonald Gymnasium in NECVA New England action.

Endicott (6-8, 3-2 NECVA NE) saw three players score at least ten kills but it was not enough to overcome Newbury (10-5, 6-1 NECVA NE) on Tuesday night.  Gulls senior Zeke Kubisch (Bethlehem, N.Y.) led the home team with 13 kills while junior Jeremy Siden (Natick, Mass.) and sophomore Matt Devendorf (Glastonbury, Conn.) each tallied 12 kills in the loss.

Gulls freshman middle blocker Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) added an errorless eight kills with two solo blocks and three assisted stops.

The Nighthawks offense was effective through senior setter Matt Talamantes (Los Angeles, Calif.) who dished out 53 assists.  Talamantes, as well as senior libero Michael Biuso (South Setauket, N.Y.), recorded 10 digs on defense.

Newbury junior Danny Kim (Plainview, N.Y.) tallied eight kills and freshman Dan Davison (Howell, N.J.) added seven more to complement the Nighthawks offensive effort.

Endicott’s counterpart at the setter position, Jeremy Schlosser (Emmaus, Pa.), had 45 assists, eight digs, two assisted blocks, an ace and a kill in the match.  Gulls freshman Jordan Ingerick (Fairport, N.Y.) proved to be essential on defense with seven digs in three sets played.

Endicott will look to snap a four-match losing streak on Thursday night against NECVA New England opponent Regis at home at 7:00 pm.  Newbury, riding a eight-match win streak, looks to continue their recent success against division rival MIT at home, Thursday at 8:00 pm.

- Game story provided by: Rob Palardy, Sports Information Director - Endicott College

- Game photo by: Samantha Yanofsky