Mahwah,
NJ.-- The Villa Julie men's volleyball team
opened the 2007 season at the Bradley Center in Mahwah
going 1-2 on the day playing against Ramapo College, Newbury
College, and Baruch College.
Match 1: (Court #2) Villa Julie
matched-up with Baruch posting a 3-0 (30-28, 30-25, 30-17) victory
to open the year at 1-0. Villa Julie was led by Zach
Drew (Baltimore, MD/ Loyola Blakefield) who recorded 12
kills on 16 attempts. JR Jackson (Havre de
Grace, MD/ Havre de Grace) recorded ten kills and Joe
Tayge (Quakertown, PA/ St. Joseph's) dished out 33 assists
in the win. Baruch was led by Daniel Levend with ten kills
and Boris Wyrwas dished out a team high 23 assists. Chris
Bustos led the defense with five digs.
Match 2: (Court #2) Newbury fought
back to defeat Villa Julie, 3-1 (27-30, 30-22, 30-25, 30-22) after
dropping game one to improve to 1-1 on the day. The
Nighthawks were led by McNeeley who recorded 12 kills, 13 blocks
and six digs while Rick Beeman dished out 29 assists in the
win. Nicholas Horrocks led the defensive end with 20 digs.
Villa Julie's Jackson posted 24 kills and
Tayge dished out a team high 36 assists in the
team's loss. David Lloyd (Germantown, MD/
Seneca Valley) and Steve Grossnickle (Perry Hall,
MD/ Calvert Hall) combined for 21 digs.
Match 3: (Court #1) The
Roadrunners wrapped up the day posting a 3-0 (30-26, 30-23, 30-22)
over Villa Julie to go 3-0 on the day. Ramapo's Whitford led
the way once again with 11 kills while Roldan dished out 35 assists
and led the defense with four digs. Whitford added four digs
of his own and blocked a team high six balls. The Roadrunners
went 41-78 with 24 errors (.218) while Villa Julie hit 43-96
with 29 errors (.146). Villa Julie's Jackson
posted 14 kills and Brett Keller (Perry Hall, MD/
Loyola Blakefield) recorded 11 while Tayge dished out a team high
40 assists. Ryan McDowell (Germantown, MD/
Seneca Valley) posted six total blocks in the loss.
The Mustangs return to action on Saturday, January
27th when they host a quint meet against Mt. St.
Vincent, Wentworth, Hilbert, and Mt. Olive.
