PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Second-ranked Vassar amassed 49 kills in a four-set victory over Nazareth Saturday to win a United Volleyball Conference match played at St. John Fisher's Manning & Napier Gymnasium. Scores were 25-15, 26-24, 26-28, 25-15.

Vassar had previously lost to St. John Fisher in four sets on Friday and now stands at 13-3 overall and 5-1 in UVC matches after the weekend split. Nazareth is 16-6 overall and 1-2 in conference matches.

Vassar's 49 kills came with 21 hitting errors on 105 attempts for a .267 hitting percentage. Conversely, Nazareth had 33 kills with 27 hitting errors on 100 attempts for a .060 hitting percentage. Vassar's Gavin van Beveren led all players with 16 kills with just one error on 19 swings (.789) and Andrew Kim added 12 kills.

For Nazareth, Owen Wickens had 10 kills and seven digs and Antonio Sargent had nine kills.

After dropping the first set, Nazareth nearly stole the second set as the Golden Flyers rallied from a 21-17 deficit to take a 24-23 lead late in the set. Josh Weaver had a kill and Wickens, Trent Caviness and Max Stuver combined for a block to aid the comeback. Then with the score tied at 23-23, Sargent bounced a kill from the outside to give Nazareth a one-point lead. Vassar refocused and tallied the last three points on a Nazareth service error, a kill and a block to take the set 26-24 for a commanding two-set lead.

The third set also was close, but Nazareth prevailed with kills from Wickens and Weaver on the final two points of the set. Vassar then dominated the fourth set to win the match as van Beveren and Payne Lounsbery each had four kills.

Nazareth's final stat line included seven kills from Weaver and 26 assists and four kills for Caviness.

Nazareth resumes its conference schedule on the road Wednesday at Elmira at 7 p.m.