Lasell Men’s Volleyball sweeps Mount Ida

NEWTON, Mass. – Freshmen Conor Leary-Watson (Bethany, Conn.) and Aaron Waitekus (Norwood, Mass.) combined for 13 kills Thursday evening to lead Lasell College to a 3-0 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's volleyball victory over Mount Ida College by game scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-23 at the Mount Ida Athletic Center.

Leary-Watson led the team with seven kills and Waitekus added six kills in the triumph for the visiting Lasers (8-20, 5-8 GNAC). Lasell also received four kills each freshmen Dillon DeSouza (Enfield, Conn.) and Brandon Kurina (Marlboro, Mass.) and junior David Anthony (Cranston, R.I.).  Junior Andy Henriquez (Lawrence, Mass.) collected 26 set assists and three kills for Lasell, which received three kills, three service aces and a trio of digs from sophomore Janci Soto (Lawrence, Mass.) to go with eight digs from junior Jordan Aprea (Newington, Conn.).

Sophomore Kevin Vanderhorst (Lawrence, Mass.) notched a match-high 11 kills, four digs and two set assists in the setback for the host Mustangs (12-19, 0-12 GNAC), who received nine kills and 10 digs from junior Brett Southworth (Orange, Conn.).  Freshman Tyler Dorfman (West Hartford, Conn.) added nine kills and six digs for Mount Ida, which received 29 set assists and four digs from sophomore Kevin Keohane (Jefferson, N.J.).  Junior Tyler Shinkle (West Deptford, N.J.) chipped in with three kills for the hosts, who received 12 digs from junior Nate Gyampo (Providence, R.I.) along with three digs from sophomore Andre Foster (Davis, Calif.).

Mount Ida closes out its 2018 schedule on Sunday morning by hosting Emmanuel and Rivier in a GNAC tri-match at the Athletic Center beginning at 10:00 a.m., while Lasell entertains Wentworth in its GNAC regular season finale on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

(Courtesy of Mount Ida Athletic Communications)

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