BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomore Jon Roat (Macedon, N.Y.) recorded 16 kills, hit .464, and had three blocks while junior Jake Reed (Arvada, Colo.) added 13 kills, hit .458, and added a pair of blocks to help the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's volleyball team take a 3-0 victory of Johnson & Wales in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest Saturday night at Tansey Gymnasium.
With the win the Leopards improve to 11-6 overall and 3-1 in league play while the Wildcats fall to 6-11 (3-3).
Wentworth lead from start to finish in the first set, en route to a 25-15 win. In the set the Leopards hit .208 and forced Johnson & Wales to hit -.095. The Leopards jumped out to a 6-1 lead and would lead by as many as 12 (23-11) on a junior Alex Potts (Niverville, N.Y.) kill. Roat had four kills in the set while sophonmore Ollie Oshman (Pennnigton, N.J.) had three blocks.
The Leopards hit a match-high .484 in the second set and took the lead for good at 10-9 on a kill from Reed. Wentworth took its largest lead at 19-13 after a Johnson & Wales attack error, and, while the Wildcats pulled within three at 22-19 after an attack error, the hosts took a 2-0 lead with a 25-20 win. Roat hit .538 in the set (8-1-13) while Potts added two blocks.
Johnson & Wales had three early leads in the third set with the last coming at 4-3 after a freshman Alex Seda (San Juan, P.R.) kill. Wentworth scored the next five points and took an 8-4 lead on a Reed kill. The Wildcats came with a point at 10-9 after a kill from freshman Cameron Ponce (San Jose, Calif.) and again at 11-10 after a junior Kyle MacKnight (East Northport, N.Y.) kill, however a Reed kill prevented the visitors from tying the set. Wentworth began to distance itself from Johnson & Wales late in the set and closed out the match with a 25-18 win. Reed hit an impressive .778 (7-0-9) in the set while Roat and Potts had three blocks each.
Sophomore Sean Mullen (Longwood, Fla.) added eight kills and three blocks in the win while Potts and Oshman had five and three blocks, respectively. Potts also had five kills on eight swings with zero errors. Sophomore Kevin McPeek (Bethlehem, Pa.) had 40 assists and two aces. Wentworth hit .411 for the match and had eight blocks.
Wentworth hosts Emmanuel on Thursday.
June 20, 2016
Reed Takes Home MVP Honors During Brazilian Tour
April 22, 2016
Men's Volleyball's Historic Run Ends in NCAA Quarterfinals
April 18, 2016
Potts Earns Men's Volleyball's First Ever All-America Honor
April 16, 2016
Men's Volleyball Sweeps Hunter to Advance in NCAA Tournament
April 13, 2016
Six Men's Volleyball Players Earn All-GNAC Honors
April 11, 2016
Men's Volleyball to Host NCAA First Round Game
April 7, 2016
'Ship Bound; Men's Volleyball Rallies Past Emmanuel, 3-2
April 6, 2016
Roat Named ECAC North Region Player of the Week
April 4, 2016
Roat, Rogachefsky Earn Weekly GNAC Honors
March 29, 2016
Men's Volleyball Runs Win Streak to Four
March 26, 2016
Giglio Picks Up 100th Career Win in 3-0 Triumph Over Emerson
March 22, 2016
Men's Volleyball Tames Wildcats
March 19, 2016
Men's Volleyball Sweeps Mount Ida to End Losing Streak
March 17, 2016
Emmanuel Rallies Past Men's Volleyball
March 10, 2016
MIT Outlasts Men's Volleyball
March 7, 2016
Potts Named GNAC Defensive Player of the Week
March 5, 2016
Men's Volleyball Runs Win Streak to Four
March 3, 2016
Men's Volleyball Picks Up Second Straight Win
February 27, 2016
Men's Volleyball Cruises Past Johnson & Wales
February 24, 2016
Top-Ranked Springfield Sweeps Men's Volleyball
February 20, 2016
Men's Volleyball Takes Two Matches
February 11, 2016
Men's Volleyball Outlasts Rivier
February 9, 2016
Men's Volleyball Drops 3-1 Decision to Lasell
February 6, 2016
Men's Volleyball Takes Two in Tri-Match
February 3, 2016
Potts Named ECAC Player of the Week
February 3, 2016
Endicott Slips Past Men's Volleyball
January 30, 2016
Men's Volleyball Splits With Nationally Ranked Foes
January 28, 2016
Men's Volleyball Sweeps Albertus Magnus for Second Straight Win
January 26, 2016
Men's Volleyball Ends Drought Against MIT
January 23, 2016
Men's Volleyball Splits at SUNY Poly Invitational
January 22, 2016
Men's Volleyball Kicks Off Season With Split of Two Matches