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The ninth-ranked New York University men's volleyball team (6-3, 2-2 United Volleyball Conference) lost on the final day of the UVC Crossover #1 in Cambridge, MA. The Violets were defeated by Pennsylvania-State Behrend University (5-3, 3-2) in five tough sets by a score of 21-25, 25-22, 14-25, 25-20, 15- 10.

The Violets finished 1-2 over the weekend and fell to 2-2 overall in conference play.

After being knotted at 18 in the first set, NYU went on to win seven of the next 10 points and take the set 25-21. Behrend led most of the way in the second en route to a 25-22 win.

The third set was never in doubt for the Violets as they cruised to a 25-14 victory. Penn State answered with a decisive 25-20 fourth-set win. 

After dropping the opening point in the fifth, the Lions went on a five-point run and eventually took the deciding set 15-10.

Chase Klein recorded 30 kills on the day for NYU, tied with Devin Zolnowski for fifth-most in school history during the rally-scoring era.

NYU nearly doubled the kill output of Behrend (75-41), but also committed far more errors (34-17) which undoubtedly contributed to the loss.
 
Highlights:
 
- Klein had a career day with 30 kills on 58 swings for a .397 hitting percentage.

- Connor Mortland recorded his first double-double of the season with 61 assists and 12 digs.

- Andrew Quirk also had 12 digs.

- Nick Capriccio had 15 kills and two blocks.

- Phil Bueno hit .333 with 12 kills.

- Colin LaPorte slammed down 10 kills.
 
The Violets return to action on Wednesday, February 12, when they host Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a conference match at the Coles Sports Center. First serve is set for 6:00 pm.