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Recap | Box Score
Nighthawks Swept By Raiders, 3-0
Nashua, NH – The Newbury College men’s volleyball team fell to Rivier College in three sets, Wednesday evening. The Raider served up a season-high 12 aces on their way to their 20th victory of the season. Senior middle blocker Max Daley (Cranston, R.I.) led the Nighthawks with a team-high six kills and two blocks in the loss.
The Raiders built a quick 11-3 lead following three straight service aces from senior outside hitter Jared Andreozzi (Barrington, R.I.) and cruised to a 25-15 win capped off by a Newbury service error. The Raiders knocked down 10 kills with just two hitting errors for a .381 percentage and laced in six aces to open the match.
Set two started much closer as the teams mostly traded points until the score was 11-10 in favor of Newbury when Rivier freshman middle hitter Aaron Almario (Alhambra, Calif.) went back to the service line and helped pick up 5 straight points for the Raiders, two digs that led two kills and 3 straight hitting errors on the part of Newbury forced a Nighthawks timeout so they could regroup and gain a sideout. The Raiders maintained a 3-4 point lead until senior John Furka (Massapequa, N.Y.) went on a 4 point service run of his own including an ace and a big blocks by the Raiders front row. With a comfortable 23-15 lead, the Raiders went on to seal the win 25-18 after a service error by Newbury to end the set.
In the third and final set, the Raiders went on 4 different service runs of at least 3 points to create distance between themselves and the Nighthawks. The raiders built an 8-5 lead only to see it vanish after Danny Tiner (Salem, N.H.) rattled off 3 straight points for the Nighthawks with an ace and a kill by Daley but Furka gained the advantage right back as a service ace and two Danny Kim (Plainview, N.Y.) hitting errors gave the Raiders a 12-8 advantage. The Raiders extended the lead to 22-14 after a kill from Furka and a block by Alex Xenidis (Shelton, Conn.) before Daley could stop the bleeding for Newbury. A kill by Furka followed by a service ace by Furka pushed the score to 24-16 in favor of the Raiders and gave them set and match point. A kill by Daley and two kills by Kim brought the Nighthawks back to 24-19 before freshman setter Cameron Walker finished the game with a kill on the second ball to finish the set 25-19 and give the Raiders a 3-0 win in the match.
Rivier’s Jared Andreozzi led all attackers with 10 kills and picked up 4 service aces and 2 digs in the win. John Furka added 5 kills and a match high 5 service aces. Middle hitter Taylor Lindner (Cheshire, Conn.) slammed in 6 kills with no errors on 10 attempts for a .600 hitting percentage while freshman Almario chipped in with 4 kills and a .500 hitting percentage. Defensive specialist Drew Corwin (Sudbury, Mass.) scooped up a team high 7 digs while libero Chris Convertito (Trumbull, Conn.) lipped up 4.
Kim picked up 5 kills while Chris Espinola (Derry, N.H.) added four of his own. Libero Michael Biuso (South Setauket, N.Y.) registered a team high six digs and Alex Amylon (Scituate, R.I.) chipped in with four digs.
With the win, the Raiders improve to 20-5 on the season while the Nighthawks fall to 12-7. Newbury returns to action this weekend at the Baruch College Invitational in Brooklyn, N.Y. They will open up a series of four matches in two days against Philadelphia Biblical University on Saturday February 26th at 2:00pm.
- Game story provided by: Craig Martin, Sports Information Director - Rivier College
- Game photo by: Samantha Yanofsky
