Mahwah, NJ:  The Ramapo College men's volleyball team played host to Thiel College and Arcadia University today at the Bradley Arena where they dropped their first match-up to CVC rival Thiel, 1-3 (21-25, 19-25, 31-29, 18-25) before dropping the second match-up to Arcadia, 1-3 (25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 25-19).  With the two losses the Roadrunners fall to 4-7 overall and 2-2 in the CVC Conference.
 
Ramapo vs. Thiel:
In their first match-up against Thiel, a CVC pairing, the Roadrunners dropped the first set, 21-25 despite a .429 hitting performance from Eric Van Thuyne.  He collected a team leading four kills while Garrett Fitzsimmons put away three.  Down by two at 7-9, Thiel would begin to pull away working to an eight-point lead, 20-12 on a kill by Mitchell Patterson.  The Roadrunners fought to the end chipping away and coming within three, 21-24 with a kill from Fitzsimmons, but it wasn't enough as Thiel took the set on a final kill by Jonathan Burkley. 
 
Van Thuyne led Ramapo with three kills in the second set, but Thiel would control the offense once again climbing to a 16-8 advantage on a Ramapo attacking error.  A double-digit lead, 18-8 came on another Ramapo error as Thiel kept on top and collected their final points to take the second set, 25-19 and a two-set lead in the match.  Patterson led Thiel with seven kills and Jacob DeRue added four.
 
Ramapo would jump ahead 6-3 to start the third with a kill from Van Thuyne until Thiel pushed to tie it up (6-6) forcing a Ramapo error.  The Roadrunners connected four straight points to take a 10-6 advantage and continued to hold onto a slight lead until another Ramapo error would tie it up at 16-all.  The two teams traded points until a 29-29 tie, when a Thiel service error followed by a hitting error gave the Roadrunners the third set, 31-29, closing the match to one game to two.  Van Thuyne led Ramapo again with eight kills and Fitzsimmons added four.  Thiel was led by Patterson once again with six kills. 
 
The decision came in the fourth set as Thiel worked to a 16-10 lead on a block from Stephen Borgen.  Ramapo chipped away but it was enough as Thiel proved to be too much taking the set, 25-18 and the match, 3-1.  DeRue led Thiel with four kills as Ramapo was led once again by Van Thuyne with three kills. 
 
In the match, Patterson led Thiel with 21 kills as he hit .417 in the win.  The team combined hitting .243 with 51 kills on 107 attempts with 25 errors.  DeRue added 15 kills in the win.  Borgen dished out 43 assists and picked up eight digs.  Ryan Sumarsono led the defense with 18 digs.  For Ramapo, Van Thuyne finished with 18 kills and Fitzsimmons added 12 as the team went 40-115 with 25 errors hitting .130.  Lucas Inglis dished out 36 assists and Terrence Cando picked up eight digs.
 
Ramapo vs. Arcadia:
The Roadrunners faced off with Arcadia University in their second match-up of the day as they posted a second loss, 1-3.  Arcadia opened the match with a 5-2 lead but Ramapo was quick to respond as Van Thuyne put away a kill to tie the set at 5-5.  The two teams traded points and the lead until Ramapo strung together eight points with the set tied at 15-all to take a 23-15 lead with a point for Ramapo coming on an Arcadia error.  The Roadrunners closed out the set with another kill from Van Thuyne to lead the match, 1-0.  Van Thuyen led the Roadrunners with eight kills and Stephen Codispodo collected three.  Arcadia was led by Baily with four kills.
 
Arcadia would come out on fire in the second set working to a 6-2 lead with a kill from Edwin Waters Jr.  But Ramapo pushed to tie it up at 12-12 as Jason Van Der Wilt collected a kill of his own.  The teams traded points down the stretch and with the set tied 23-23, a kill from Manley and a hitting error on the Roadrunners gave Arcadia the set two victory, 25-23.  Baily led again with six kills, Waters Jr. added three and Ramapo was led by Fitzsimmons and Conor Charlow who each had three kills.
 
In the third set, the teams went point for point trading the lead until a push from Arcadia and a kill from Austin Braas put Arcadia on top, 13-11 forcing a Ramapo timeout.  Arcadia would continue to spread the gap down the stretch as they would eventually take the set on a Ramapo service error, 25-20. Braas and Baily led Arcadia this time as they collected three kills each.  The Roadrunners were led by Fitzsimmons who recorded four kills in the set loss.
 
Arcadia took the match as they defeated the Roadrunners 25-19 in set four.  Ramapo led 4-1 at the start but Arcadia pushed to tie the set at four-all on a Ramapo hitting error.  The score would see-saw until a push from Arcadia, sparked by another Ramapo error, would give Arcadia a 19-14 lead.  They held the lead until the end as they took the match from the Roadrunners, 3-1.  Waters, Jr. led Arcadia with four kills and Baily added three, while the Roadrunners were led by Van Thuyne with four kills.
 
In the match, Baily led Arcadia with 16 kills and Waters Jr. finished the day with 12 as the team went 41-100 with 19 errors hitting .220.  Abraham dished out 36 assists and Zayne George picked up a team leading 11 digs.  Van Thuyne led Ramapo with 15 kills and Fitzsimmons finished with nine as Ramapo hit 38-103 with 18 errors hitting .194.  Inglis collected 31 assists and led the defense with eight digs. 
 
Thiel vs. Arcadia:
In a neutral match-up with Thiel facing off with Arcadia University, it was Thiel who came out on top, 3-2 (25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 20-25, 15-12).  Thiel was led by DeRue who collected 16 kills while Dan Zajac and Patterson added 13 and 11 kills respectively.  Borgen assisted on 48 points and Sumarsono led the team's defense with 25 digs.  The team hit a combined 58-155 (.219) with 24 hitting errors.  Arcadia's Jason Manley led the team with 26 kills and Quinn Baily added 12 as the team went 62-144 with 18 errors hitting .306.  Alvyn Abraham collected 53 assists and picked up 12 digs.  Baily collected 14 digs and Jarod Pichler picked up 15 of his own in the loss. 
 
The Roadrunners return to action Saturday, February 24^th when they travel to Harrisonburg, PA for a tri-match with Eastern Mennonite and Stevenson University at 11am and 1pm respectively.  Their match-up with Eastern Mennonite is a CVC Conference pairing.