Mahwah, NJ: Junior Paul Konopacki recorded a team leading 17 kills in a 3-2 victory for the Ramapo men's volleyball team over NECVA Metro rival Kean University tonight at the Bradley Center. With the win the Roadrunners improve to 15-9 overall and 9-2 in the conference. Kean falls to 10-22 overall and 4-7 in the conference.

Ramapo opened the match with a 25-10 game one victory behind three kills each from Andrew Brown, Konopacki, and Brian Colabella. The team went 12-24 with only three hitting errors hitting .375 in the win. Rookie setter Andrew Balint dished out ten assists and Brown led the defense with three digs. Joel Castro put down three blocks. The Cougars hit -.200 in the game one loss with Steve Vahalla and James Pompeo each recorded one of the team's two kills in the game. Sam Haimann assisted on both kills and Vahalla led the defense with three digs.

Rookie Mike Kane led the Roadrunners to a 25-18 game two win hitting .600 with one error on five attempts as his team went 13-27 with five errors hitting .296. Konopacki added an additional three kills to help his team to a two game match lead while senior Kevin McNerney picked up a team leading four digs. Balint assisted on 11 points and Brown recorded two blocks. Alx Draughan led the Cougars with three kills in the game two loss hitting .125. The team hit .000 with eight kills on 28 attempts with eight errors. Haimann assisted on seven points and picked up two digs.

Vahalla and Pompeo led the Cougar's offensive attack in game three to earn a 25-22 win to close the match, 1-2. Kean combined hitting .290 with 14 kills on31 attempts with five errors. Haimann dished out 12 assists and Pompeo picked up a team leading three digs while Eric Cooney put away two blocks. The Roadrunners combined hitting .152 in the loss with 13 kills on 33 attempts and eight errors. Konpacki led the way with four kills and Colin McNeill added four of his own while Mike Hrehovcik assisted on 11 points.

The Cougars evened the match score and forced a fifth and final set with a 26-24 game four win behind seven kills from Vahalla. Pompeo added three on offense while the team combined for 15 with six errors on 26 attempts hitting .346. Haimann added nine assists and Vahalla and Tom Kemmerle each picked up two digs. Konopacki put away four kills leading Ramapo in the game four loss as the team hit .409 with 12 kills on 22 attempts with three errors. Balint picked up two digs and dished out 12 assists while adding one service ace.

In the final game of the best-out-of-five match-up, Ramapo came out on top, 15-12 earning a 3-2 victory in the Metro Conference match-up. Konpacki and Castro led the team with three kills each as the team combined for nine kills on 19 attempts with four errors. Balint chipped in nine assists and Brown picked up three digs while the team recorded two total blocks. Vahalla added three kills in the game and the Cougars combined for four with five errors on 18 attempts hitting -0.56. Haimann dished out four assists and Michael Fox picked up a team leading four digs.

Konpacki finished the night with a team leading 17 kills and rookie Jeff Jones added ten as the Roadrunners hit .288 with 59 total kills on 125 attempts with 23 errors. Balint dished out 42 assists and McNerney led the defense with ten digs while Konopacki recorded a team high four blocks. Vahalla led the Cougars with 17 kills and Pompeo added nine while Haimann assisted on 34 points. The defense was led by Vahalla with eight digs and Cooney put down five blocks. The team hit .106 in the five game loss with 43 kills on 123 attempts and 30 errors.

The Roadrunners return to action on Thursday, March 24th when they travel to PBU for a 7pm NECVA Metro match-up in Langhorne, PA.