MAHWAH, N.J. – The Bard College men's volleyball team lost a pair of non-league matches on Saturday, falling to Purchase College, 3-1, and Ramapo College, 3-0.
Purchase (3-5) topped Bard 25-22, 15-25, 25-17 and 26-24.
Down two sets to one, Bard was up, 21-20, in the fourth set. But the Panthers tied it at 24, then won it on consecutive errors by the Raptors.
Andrew Shwab (Merrick, NY) had a triple-double for Purchase with 11 kills, 16 digs and 14 assists.
Bard got 15 kills from
Alex Adams, and 12 from
Jesse Small, who hit .391.
Kai Bernier-Chen had 19 assists and 13 digs,
Mahir Sheikh had 15 assists,
Tyler Zowaski had 16 digs and
Troy Robertson contributed six kills and three blocks.
Ramapo (2-4) defeated Bard 25-17, 25-20 and 25-20.
Justin Fiegeles (Bellmore, NY) had 14 kills to lead the Roadrunners and picked up 11 digs. Mikhael Erushalimski (Fair Lawn, NJ) had 36 assists, while Spencer Shickora (Little Falls, NJ) had 13 digs.
Adams had seven kills and five digs for Bard. Bernier-Chen had eight assists and five digs, while Sheikh had 10 assists. Zowaski had 12 digs and
Shane McDonald added five kills.
The Raptors (1-9) next host United Volleyball Conference foe and nationally-ranked New Paltz on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. You can follow it live right here.
