NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Bard College men's volleyball team won a pair of Skyline Conference matches on Sunday, giving the Raptors five straight wins over the course of three days.
After sweeping through the Bard Raptors Tournament on Friday and Saturday - with 3-0 wins over three straight opponents - Bard defeated Polytechnic Institute of NYU and Yeshiva University on Sunday. Bard has won 15 of its last 16 sets.
Bard defeated NYU-Poly, 3-1, by scores of 25-16, 25-15, 22-25, and 25-9. Junior
Brice Ormesher (Chicago, Ill.) had 12 kills and 11 digs, senior Max Howard (Lafayette, Calif.) had 10 kills and four digs, junior libero
Andrew Cortrite (Los Angeles, Calif.) had 13 digs, and freshman setter
Henry Kasiske (Los Angeles, Calif.) had 27 assists and five digs.
The Raptors topped Yeshiva, 3-0, by scores of 25-8, 25-15 and 25-15. Howard had nine kills and six digs, Ormesher had seven kills (.700) and eight digs, Cortrite had 10 digs and Kasiske produced 20 assists and four digs.
Bard, 11-7 overall and 3-0 in the Skyline Conference, next plays this coming weekend at a United Volleyball Conference crossover meet at Vassar College. The Raptors will play Medaille on Saturday, then Hilbert and Elmira on Sunday.
Medaille was ranked No. 12 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Div. III poll.