Endicott Wins in Straight Sets on Senior Day over Newbury

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's volleyball celebrated the careers of seven seniors on Thursday evening with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-23) victory over Newbury to wrap up their NECC regular season schedule. The Gulls got career-high eight kills from senior right side Brandon Chadwick (Chelmsford, Mass.) and another eight from senior right side Josh Anderson (La Canada, Calif.) and six kills from senior middle Mike Coniglione (Glenville, N.Y.) as the Blue and Green head into their regular season finale weekend at the Springfield Invitational with a 16-8 overall record.

Endicott (16-8, 11-1 NECC) will match up with three top-10, nationally-ranked opponents in #2 Springfield, #7 Stevens, and #9 Medaille as well as Marymount (Va.) beginning on Friday evening at 5:30 pm with the Pride. The Gulls will face Springfield and Medaille on Friday before an afternoon double-dip with Marymount and Stevens.

Newbury (7-17, 4-8 NECC) ended their 2014 regular season on the outside looking in on the fourth and final playoff spot in the April 11^th-12^th NECC Tournament in which Endicott is the top seed. The Nighthawks were led by senior outside hitter Jake Powell (Salinas, Calif.) who struck a match-high 11 kills with a .261 hitting percentage with six digs and a block assist. Senior setter Pat Robidoux (Barrington, R.I.) dished out 23 assists while recording five digs. Nighthawks junior Chi Yin Li (Framingham, Mass.) added 10 kills from the outside hitter position.

Endicott's seniors combined to put up a 30-8-55 (.400) line in their final regular season home match of their careers. Brennan Lowe (Malibu, Calif.) and Travis Netherton (Waukegan, Ill.) struck five and four kills, respectively, while libero Aaron Jessee (Okinawa, Japan) totaled five digs on his senior day. The Gulls were without senior setter Carter Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) who has been out since March 8^th due to injury.

In their four years in the Blue and Green, this Endicott senior class has compiled a 78-47 overall record and a 48-3 conference mark with playoff appearance in every season since 2011. The Gulls were NECVA Tournament Quarterfinalists in 2011, ECAC North Finalists in 2011 and 2012, NECC champions and NCAA First Round qualifiers in 2013, and will look to win back-to-back automatic bids into the NCAA Tournament next weekend when they take on the #4 seed in the NECC Tournament.

The Endicott seniors will finish their careers among the programs all-time leaders in several statistical categories including total blocks (Netherton, 4^th and Coniglione, T-5^th), block assists (Netherton, 3^rd, Conilgione 6^th, and Anderson, 7^th), blocks per set (Conglione, 3^rd, Anderson, 6^th, and Netherton, 7^th), assists (Roche, 4^th), assists per set (Roche, 6^th), reception percentage (Jessee, 4^th), and digs (Jessee, 10^th).