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Geoff Schneider
0
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 4-13,1-5 NEC
3
Winner Daemen Daemen 13-3,7-0 NEC
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
4-13,1-5 NEC
0
Final
3
Daemen Daemen
13-3,7-0 NEC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 15 13 22 (0)
Daemen Daemen 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Wildcats Earn Seventh Sweep Of The Season With 3-0 Takedown Of FDU

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's volleyball team remained perfect in Northeast Conference play with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-22) win over Fairleigh Dickinson University on Friday night. The Wildcats move to 13-3 on the season and 7-0 in NEC play, while FDU drops to a 4-13 overall record and 1-6 in conference action.
 
This marked the seventh 3-0 sweep for the Wildcats this season, with four of those sweeps coming at Lumsden Gymnasium. Daemen's 16-match home win streak is the second-longest active win streak in NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball. Division I Independent Lincoln Memorial has the longest active streak spanning 25 matches.
 
The Wildcats finished with 38 kills for a .478 hitting percentage in the match and held the Knights to just 22 total kills for a .087 hitting percentage on the day. It marked the third lowest opponent hitting percentage for the Wildcats this season. Daemen senior outside hitter Zach Schneider (Lockport, N.Y.) led all hitters on the court with a match-high 14 kills for a .737 hitting percentage.
 
Daemen has a quick turnaround and will host Saint Francis University on Saturday in a 4 PM match.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • First Point/NEC Player of the Week Zach Schneider tallied double-digit kills for the sixth straight match, finishing with 14 kills (4.66 kills/set) and zero errors on 19 attacks for a .737 hitting percentage. It marked the 11th match this season that the senior outside hitter totaled double-figure kills. He added six digs, an ace, and one block assist for a match-high 15.5 points. 
  • Graduate student middle hitter Henry Moffitt (Sydney, Australia) finished with six kills and no errors on eight attacks for a .750 hitting percentage, while adding an ace, a block assist and two digs on the day. Moffitt has hit .500 or better in nine of Daemen's 16 matches this season. 
  • Senior opposite Jake Couzens (Hamburg, N.Y.) totaled five kills for a .625 hitting percentage, and added three digs in the win.
  • As the NEC's top service ace-r in conference play, Kyle Zelasko (West Seneca, N.Y.) finished with an impressive five aces, serving up multiple aces for the fifth match this season. The 5-foot-10 defensive specialist chipped in five kills and added three digs on the day.
  • Senior setter Sean Califf (Oak Park, Ill.) finished with 32 of Daemen's 35 assists (10.66 assists/set), and added five digs, two aces, two blocks and a kill. 
GAME NOTES
  • Friday's match marked the second meeting between the Wildcats and the Knights. Daemen swept FDU at home last year in the Knights' inaugural season.
  • After a back-and-forth start to the first, the Wildcats put together an 8-0 run to take a lead in the set, and never looked back from there. Daemen led by as much as 10 points in the game and took the first set 25-15.
  • Schneider and Couzens each tallied three kills in the first set. Zelasko and Moffitt totaled two kills apiece as well.
  • With the deadly serve from Zelasko leading the way, the Wildcats opened up the second set on a 7-0 run and held onto a big lead throughout the rest of the set. Zelasko would total two aces in the second set.
  • Daemen took the second set, 25-13 after tallying 11 kills and just two attack errors for a .450 hitting percentage. Sophomore outside hitter Billy Wieberg (Grand Island, N.Y.) led the Wildcats in the second set with four kills.
  • FDU put up a fight in the third set. After trailing by four early, the Knights went on a 6-2 run to tie the set up at 13, then won four more consecutive points to take their biggest lead of the match, 17-14. Daemen would win 11 of the next 16 points to win the third set, 25-22 and earn the 3-0 win.
  • Daemen committed just five attack errors in the match.
  • The Wildcats moved up to fifth in the latest Off The Block poll after their big 3-2 win over No. 12 CSUN in California last week. It marked the first time in Daemen program history that the Wildcats upset a nationally-ranked team. 
  • Daemen accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference back in May, marking a significant stride for the program which has competed as an NCAA Division I-II independent since its inception in 2019. With support from the First Point Volleyball Foundation, the NEC announced men's volleyball as the league's 25th championship sport in September of 2021.
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