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Vassar Toppled By No. 5 Nationally Ranked Rivier in Four Sets
Story Courtesy of the Vassar Athletics Site
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MAHWAH, NJ (January 21, 2011) -- Playing
against No. 5 nationally ranked Rivier, a team that already
played four matches this season, the Vassar College men's
volleyball team battled heartily, but fell in four sets 3-1 (16-25,
23-25, 26-26, 27-29) Friday evening in a tri-match played at Ramapo
College.
The Brewers (0-1) will be back in action on Saturday, facing
Ramapo at 11:00 am and Philadelphia Biblical at 2:00 pm.
Vassar got a 17-kill performance from senior Evan
Fredericksen, 12 kills from sophomore Matthew
Elgin and seven from junior Lucas
Rathjens.
Sophomore John
Konow accounted for 42 of Vassar's 46 set assists.
Sophomore Christian
La Du led the Brewers with 12 digs. Konow and Rathjens
had six each.
Outside of the first set, each of the next three sets were tightly
contested, all decided by two points.
Vassar's best played set, the third, saw the Brewers
come back from a 24-21 deficit and win five straight points to
make the match 2-1 in Rivier's favor. In that run, with Konow
serving, Vassar capitalized on three Rivier attack errors and got
an important kill from Fredericksen to draw within a point.
In the fourth set, Vassar had built a 24-20 lead before Rivier
mounted its comeback. A Rathjens kill tied the set at 27-27, but a
Vassar service error and an attack error provided the margin of
victory.
Rivier took a 2-0 lead following a tight 25-23 victory in the
second set. Rivier never led by three points throughout the set,
but built a 24-20 cushion after a Vassar attack error. The
Brewers drew within 24-23 after a kill from Fredericksen but Rivier
closed out the set with a kill by John Furka.
Rivier opened the match with a decisive 25-16 win, although the
Brewers were within four points at 17-13.
