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Bard powers way to tourney crown
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - So far, it's been a wonderful
weekend for the Bard College men's volleyball team.
After breezing to a pair of wins on the first day of the Bard
Raptors Tournament, Bard defeated Mount Ida College, 3-0, for the
title on Saturday. All that's left now is for Bard to play two more
matches on Sunday, at Yeshiva with Polytechnic Institute of
NYU.
Bard won by scores of 25-23, 25-15 and 25-19. Junior Nick Chan
(Victor, N.Y.) and freshman Henry Kasiske (Los Angeles, Calif.)
were named to the All-Tournament Team, and junior libero Andrew
Cortrite (Los Angeles, Calif.) was named Most Outstanding
Player.
The title match was closer than the 3-0 score would indicate.
Mount Ida (5-11 overall) rallied several times in a nip-and-tuck
first game which saw seven ties, the last one at 23-23. From
there, consecutive kills from senior Erik Shagdar (New York, N.Y.)
and Chan put the game away.
The second set was tied, 6-6, before Bard (9-7 overall) won 12 of
the next 15 points, including two kills from Chan and two more from
junior Ryan Fallon (Ridgewood, N.Y.). The Mustangs rallied to made
it 18-12, but they made four straight errors to kill their own
rally, and a Brice Ormesher (Chicago, Ill.) kill ended that game,
25-15.
In the third set, Mount Ida held a slight edge for most of the
game, and the eighth tie of the set was at 18-18. After a pair of
Mount Ida hitting errors, Bard freshman Billy Williams (Livingston,
N.J.) produced his only two kills of the match, and the Raptors
pulled away to win 25-19.
Chan finished the day with 13 kills (.280), two aces and four
digs. Ormesher had 11 kills (.250) and eight digs; Kasiske
collected 35 assists and seven digs, and Cortrite had nine
digs.
2011 BARD RAPTORS TOURNAMENT
1st place - Bard (9-7 overall)
2nd place - Mount Ida (5-11)
3rd place - Sage (6-7)
4th place - NYU-Poly (3-10)
5th place - Medgar Evers (1-14)
6th place - SUNY Purchase (1-6)
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Kevon Bruce Johnson - SUNY Purchase
Phillip Paris - Medgar Evers
James Lukban - NYU-Poly
Kyle Ray - Sage
Matt Bynon - Sage
Spencer Hastings - Mount Ida
Thomas Belton - Mount Ida
Henry Kasiske - Bard
Nick Chan - Bard
MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
Andrew Cortrite - Bard
