AURORA, N.Y. - The Daemen College men's volleyball team dropped its two matches today in the second day of the Wells College Invitational. The Wildcats suffered a 3-2 loss to Misericordia University (22-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-18, 12-15) followed by a 3-1 loss to the hosts Wells College (14-25, 25-21, 21-25, 21-25).

Daemen moves to 4-11 in its inaugural season. Misericordia moves to 11-9 this season and Wells moves to 15-6.

Offensively, the Wildcats were led by Jahari Winkfield (Oswego, N.Y.) who led the team with 21 kills. Winkfield also added three blocks. Michael Krueger (Canonsburg, Pa.) registered 39 assists in the give set match. Jaden Gillette (Spencerport, N.Y.) added 10 digs defensively for the Wildcats. 

While the Wildcats registered more kills in the first match, they struggled having 11 more errors than Misericordia.

Ryan Miller led the Cougars with 11 kills and Dylan Sellitti had a match high 42 assists.

The second match for the Wildcats came against a familiar foe in Wells College. Daemen formerly played Wells on February 26 in which the Express won 3-0, respectively. 

The Wildcats were led by Kyle Kon (Oswego, N.Y.) and Winkfield who had a combined 24 kills. Krueger tallied 36 assists. Kon registered a double-double on the night with his 14 kills and 11 digs.

The Express jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the first set and pieced together runs and winning 25-14. The Wildcats roared back in the second set with a 16-10 lead and putting together a four-point run to go up seven points. The Wildcats took the second set 25-21. The third and fourth sets both ended 25-21 holding off the Wildcats late set runs to take the match. 

Roberts Patzer registered 17 kills for the Express with Josh Undari having 39 assists.

Daemen officials announced the addition of men's volleyball in May of 2017. The addition was made possible by a $60,000 grant from the MotorMVB Foundation.  The MotorMVB Foundation (www.MotorMVB.com) is a non-profit organization that focuses on the growth of boys' and men's volleyball at all levels in the United States. Daemen became just the 27th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II men's volleyball program in the country when it made the announcement, and the only Division II team North of the Mason-Dixon Line.

The Wildcats return to action on March 8 and 9 for two matches against Alderson Broaddus University in Lumsden Gymnasium.

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