PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Host St. John Fisher outscored Nazareth 15-10 in the fifth and decisive set Wednesday as the Cardinals closed out the Golden Flyers in a five-set men's volleyball match played at Fisher's Manning & Napier Gymnasium. Fisher won the match by scores of 25-16, 21-25, 25-17, 18-25, 15-10.

With just one regular-season match remaining, Nazareth dropped to 18-7 overall and 3-3 in United Volleyball Conference matches. Fisher is 20-7 overall and 5-2 in the UVC.

Nazareth and Fisher have clinched berths in next month's UVC Tournament, which will determine an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Nazareth will close out its regular-season schedule with a Saturday home match against front-running New Paltz at 1 p.m.

In Wednesday's match, Antonio Sargent led Nazareth with 16 kills and Owen Wickens had 14. For Fisher, Jake Baker had four of his 15 kills in the fifth set in which the Cardinals surged to a 10-3 lead and Nazareth couldn't recover. Two kills by Sargent enabled Nazareth to close within 11-8 late in the set, but Fisher scored the next three points to pull away again.

Sargent had four kills in the second set and Wickens and Josh Weaver each had three as Nazareth squared the match at one set apiece. Sargent had four more kills in the fourth set and Alex Bertino and Nate Allen each delivered service aces as Nazareth tied the match again at 2-2.

In the fifth set, Fisher hit a highly efficient .364 with nine kills against just one hitting error in 22 attempts for a .364 percentage.

Nazareth's final stat line included seven kills for Weaver, 34 assists and 17 digs for Trent Caviness, two aces and 15 digs for Wickens and 10 digs for Seth Terzo.

On Saturday, Nazareth will pay tribute to its four seniors -- Jonathon Jackson, Jason Proud, Antonio Sargent and Matt Zarzycki.