Wentworth Splits Conference Tri-Match

(Courtesy of Newbury Sports Information)

BROOKLINE, Mass. - The Newbury College men's volleyball team swept Wentworth Institute of Technology, 3-0, and Southern Vermont College, 3-0, in Saturday afternoon's tri-match at Hellenic College. Senior Mark Thomas (Wilbraham, MA) sealed the first match against Wentworth with a match high 15 kills to give the Nighthawks the 3-0 victory.

Newbury was led by Thomas and outside hitter Danny Kim (Plainview, NY) as they combined for 28 kills, while setter Matt Talamantes served up 43 assists in the match.  In games two and three, Wentworth put up a solid effort falling to the Nighthawks by just two points in each game but were unable to break into the win column.  Wentworth was led by Derek Portugal (Barrington, RI) and Tom Ceurvels (Weymouth, MA), as they each had 13 kills in the match.

In match two of the day, Wentworth was yet again led by Ceurvels as he picked up another 11 kills in the match to end the day with 23, while Wentworth setter Tyler Moriarty (Wilbraham, MA) turned in a match high 35 assists to finish the day with 61.

Despite the loss, Southern Vermont's Matt Schwab (Lambertville, NJ) and Cam Herrington (Cambridge, NY) picked up five kills apiece in the match.