Jersey City, NJ: The #2 seed New Jersey City University men's volleyball team defeated #3 seed Ramapo College tonight in the Skyline Conference Tournament Semifinal match, 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-20).
The Gothic Knights improve to 22-8 overall and advance to the Skyline Championship match on Saturday, April 9th. #2 NJCU will travel to #1 St. Joseph's College – LI as the Golden Eagles defeated #4 Sarah Lawrence 3-0 in the other semifinal match. The Roadrunners now stand at 15-13 overall and will wait to hear of a possible ECAC Tournament Bid to be announced on Monday afternoon.
James Bajor and Jonathan Andrews led NJCU with 12 kills each while Bajor led both teams hitting .400 in the match. Andrews posted one assist, one ace, two blocks and three digs while Bajor added seven digs and three blocks. Brandon DaSilva posted eight kills, and a team high four blocks while Leo Ferrari dished out a team high 32 assists while he posted six digs and one blocked shot. Daniel Esteva recorded a match-high 13 digs on defense. NJCU tallied 39 kills in the match on 87 attempts and 12 errors to hit .310 overall.
For the Roadrunners,
Andrew Finnegan posted 12 kills while
Jason van der Wilt tallied eight kills, one blocked shot and a team high two aces and eight digs.
Josh Titus dished out 26 assists to lead Ramapo while he also posted eight digs.
Jack DiGirolamo posted a match-high three solo blocks and one assisted block. The Roadrunners recorded 31 total kills in the match on 103 attempts and 21 errors.
