The Mustangs traveled to Bard College for a NEAC tournament and came home with a .500 record as they won two and lost two. VJC's 2-2 weekend takes their overall record to 5-11 and to 2-2 in the NEAC. 

Match #4 versus D'youville College:

The Mustangs ended the tournament with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Spartans.  In the match JR Jackson hit .300 versus ranked D'youville (11-5-20) and Brett Keller tallied 14 kills to lead the offense. Keller and Jackson also led the defense with 11 digs, and 8 digs respectively.  Freshman David Lloyd had 3 blocks (2 solo and 1 assist).  

Match #3 versus Polytechnic University:

Serving was the name of the game with aces by Joe Tayge, JR Jackson, Brett Keller, Steve Grosnickle and Zach Canfield to lead VJC to a 3-0 (30-16, 30-21, 30-24) victory.  Lloyd led the way with 4 aces, including 3 aces in a row.  Tayge and Lloyd combined for 37 assists. Zach Drew hit 10-1-14 for an outstanding hitting percentage of .643 with help from Keller (9-2-13) and Ryan McDowell (9-1-15).  David Lloyd led all blockers once again with 2 solo blocks and 1 assist.

Match #2 versus host Bard College:

The Mustangs were downed by the Raptors 3-1 in the second match of Day one 3-1 (30-26, 25-30, 30-23, 30-19).  JR Jackson and Zach Drew led the offense with 19 kills and 11 kills respectively.  Joe Tagye had 41 assists in the match.  53 digs were tallied by VJC in an exciting 4 game match with Steve Grossnickle and Alex Ness leading the defense with 10 and 11 digs respectively.  Ryan Mcdowell led the Mustangs in blocks with 3 solos and 4 assists.  

Match #1 versus SUNY-Purchase:

Alex Ness and Steve Grossnickle anchored a stingy defense with 11 digs each (56 digs overall) as the Mustangs were victorious 3-0 (30-17, 30-18, 30-20).

The Mustangs are back in action this weekend as they travel to Eastern Mennonite to play D'youville and Hilbert.