Box Score

Rallying from a 2-0 deficit, the #7 New York University men's volleyball team won the last three sets of its match (22-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-6) against inter-city rival Hunter College on Tuesday, January 29, at the Hunter Sportsplex in Manhattan.
 
NYU (2-1) had a balanced attack as four Violets recorded double-digit kills. Keith Waddell led the way with 13. Colin LaPorte had 12, while George Koch and Nick Capriccio pitched in with 10 kills apiece.
 
Highlights
 
- After committing 10 and six attacking errors, respectively, in the first two sets, NYU settled down for the rest of the match, as the team only committed six errors in the last three sets combined.
 
- Putting the struggles of their first two sets behind them, the Violets hit an outstanding .532 in the last three sets.
 
- The team's freshmen continued to play well as LaPorte, Waddell and Drew Steiner all had solid games. Steiner pitched in with five kills on an impressive .833 hitting percentage. Waddell also added four service aces and nine digs, while LaPorte recorded 10 digs.
 
- Setter Connor Mortland dished out 47 assists and added three kills, three digs and an ace.
 
- Andrew Quirk had a match-high 11 digs.

- Braien Otsla led Hunter with 19 kills
 
“We persevered,” remarked Head Coach Jose Pina. “We fell down 2-0 and then our guys started playing at their level and putting pressure on Hunter with our serving game. From there we just took off.”
 
The Violets return to competition on Saturday, February 2, when they will travel to Utica, NY, to open United Volleyball Conference (play) against SUNYIT.