When and where:

April 2, 2024- Jersey City, NJ

Results:

Senior Mark Williams knocked down 23 kills setting a new St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's volleyball four-set record as the Golden Eagles snapped New Jersey City University's 14-match win streak with a 3-1 Skyline Conference triumph on Tuesday evening.

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 20-6, 14-1 Skyline; New Jersey City, 17-9, 14-1 Skyline

Top Performers:

• Williams' 23 kills were a match-best and the senior finished with a .543 hitting percentage, five digs, and two aces

• Senior Tyler Anderson finished in double figures with 16 kills while hitting at a .536 clip and added a team-best nine digs and four blocks

• Senior Quinn Foglia came away with seven kills and had a hand in five blocks

• Setter CJ Johnson recorded a season-high 51 assists with five kills and four digs

How it happened:

• The Gothic Knights held a 16-12 lead midway through the first set, but four unanswered points from SJLI knotted the score at 16. The two sides remained within a point of each other down the stretch until the hosts broke a 22-22 deadlock with three straight points for a 25-22 win and a 1-0 match lead

• St. Joseph's bounced back quickly in set two using their best team hitting percentage, .467, including a perfect 7-for-7 performance from Williams, and evened the match with a 25-17 win

• Set three was played closely with the team once against knotted up at 16. The Golden Eagles created some distance following a pair of NJCU attack errors and kills from Foglia and Anderson and went ahead 20-16, before going on to secure a 25-15 victory

• NJCU never seemed to recover in set four as the Golden Eagles took an early 8-2 advantage and went on to lead by as many as 12, before cruising to a 25-14 win. Williams finished with six kills with Anderson pitching in with four. At the net, the visitors finished with a match-best five blocks 

Notes:

• As a team, St. Joseph's (L.I.) hit .413 while New Jersey City finished at .187

• Defensively, the Golden Eagles picked up 41 digs with NJCU totaling 27 while recording eight total blocks to the Gothic Knights' 5.5

Up next:

The Golden Eagles return to the Danzi Center for their final regular season home game and host SUNY Old Westbury at 7:00 PM.