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Kean Falls to NJIT
UNION, N.J. (3/9/11) – Sophomore Steve Vahalla had a career-high 28 kills, however the Kean University men’s volleyball team fell to New Jersey Institute of Technology, 3-2, in non-conference action on Wednesday evening.
The Highlanders (5-12) had five player with double-digit kills, led by freshman outside hitter Dhruv Lad with 13 kills.
The Cougars battle back from a 1-0 and 2-1 deficit to tie the match and force the decisive fifth set.
Vahalla had 28 kills and just eight errors in 59 attempts for a .339 hitting percentage. Junior Sam Haimann had 39 assists, six kills, five digs and five total blocks. Freshmen Tom Kemmerle and James Pompeo had 12 and 10 digs, respectively.
Sophomore Kevin Van Oss had 12 kills, while Adam Gustafson, Andrei Stoyanow and Herman Kantushov added 10 kills. Sophomore setter Matthew Lui dished out 53 assists and had 10 digs.
