ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College visits Endicott for an New England Volleyball Conference Championship Tournament Quarterfinal on Tuesday night.
2024 New England Volleyball Conference Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Gators (Six Seed) at Endicott (Third Seed)
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | 7:00 PM | MacDonald Gymnasium | Live Stats | Video
#6 RSC Gators (7-21/2-5 NEVC): Roster | Stats
#3 Endicott Gulls (12-11/5-2 NEVC): Roster | Stats
RSC NEVC Tournament History: This is the inaugural NEVC Championship Tournament…The Gators qualified for the 2022 New England Collegiate Conference Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament…RSC fell to Eastern Nazarene 3-0 in that year's Quarterfinal.
Gator Bites: 2024 marked the Gators first as members of the New England Volleyball Conference…League coaches picked RSC, under the direction of Reid Hartl, to finish sixth in the NEVC…The roster, which has six returnees from last season, boasts plenty of local flavor with eight student-athletes hailing from Section 2…Hartl, now in his third season, added seven newcomers to the roster, including four freshmen…Four grad students are the roster, including co-captains: libero Deshawn Fleary, (Newark, NJ/Immaculate Conception Montclair), and outside hitter Jarod Martel (Albany, NY/Colonie Central)…Freshman outside hitter Dylan Fox (Albany, NY/Colonie) was selected the NEVC Rookie of the Week five times this spring…He earned the accolade for the periods ending January 21, February 11, March 24, March 31, and April 7….Fox ranks fourth in the NEVC with 267 kills and 153 digs.
About Endicott: The Gulls captured eight NECC Championships, including three of the final four (2019, 2021 and 2022)…Endicott fell in the Finals of the 2023 edition…A trio of Gulls: senior right side Dean Warner, sophomore outside hitter Aidan Iacovelli, and sophomore outside hitter Jake Laborde, rank in the top five of the NEVC in kills per-set…Senior setter Gavin Emenaker leads the Conference in assists per-set.
Regular Season Meeting: Friday, March 1 at Kahl Campus Center: Gulls 3, Gators 0: Recap | Box Score
Up Next: The winner will face Eastern Nazarene, seeded second, in an NEVC Semifinal on Thursday, April 11.
Gator Golf: The 19th Annual Gator Golf Classic will be held May 31, 2024. More Information: https://www.sagegators.com/information/Gator_Golf_Classic
