ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Men's volleyball went undefeated at home this weekend as the Golden Flyers closed Saturday afternoon's games with two more wins against Marymount and Manhattanville
 
The Golden Flyers are now 8-6 overall and are undefeated at home.
 
 
Nazareth defeats Marymount 3-2 (23-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-19, 15-7)
 
In the first set, Nazareth jumped out to an early lead at 6-2, but the Saints soon closed the gap at 10-10. At a score of 17-16 in favor of Marymount, the Saints went on a four-point run to go up 21-16. Though Nazareth cut that lead to one twice, the Golden Flyers could not completely recover from the deficit and the Saints took the first set 25-23.
 
In the second set, Nazareth jumped out with another lead at 6-1. The Saints got close a few times, but did not overtake the Golden Flyers until 24-23 as a result of a four-point run for Marymount. With their backs against the wall, the Golden Flyers scored the next three points consecutively, thanks to an error from the Saints, an ace from Anthony Caimano, and a kill from Owen Wickens.
 
The third set had a lot of back and forth in the beginning. When Nazareth was up 17-15, Marymount went on a four-point run to go up 19-17. Despite bringing the lead down to one on multiple occasions, the Golden Flyers could not recover from the deficit and dropped the set 25-22.
 
Once again Nazareth had a strong start to the fourth set, going up 12-4 early on. This time, the Golden Flyers kept control of that early lead and closed the set out at a score of 25-19 to send the game into a fifth set.
 
The fifth set was neck-and-neck until the teams flipped sides at a score of 8-6 in favor of the Flyers. After the side change, Nazareth scored six consecutive points to make it match point at 14-6. A kill from Ryan Murphy closed out the set at a score of 15-7 as the Golden Flyers emerged victorious.
 
Wickens led the team in kills, aces, and digs with 23, five, and 13 respectively. Alex Bertino had 14 kills and three aces. Ryan Murphy and Caimano led the blocking efforts with three a piece while Murphy also put down five kills. AJ Burda led the team in assists with 43 and also added 13 digs. Max Stuver tallied six assists and three aces, while Bodey Groff had nine digs.
 
Nazareth rolls Manhattanville 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-6)
 
In the first set, Nazareth jumped out to an early lead at 11-3 and maintained that level of intensity throughout the set. At 21-11, Nazareth scored four consecutive points to take the set 25-11.
 
The second set was a bit more back and forth to start, but a mid-set run from the Flyers put Nazareth up 17-8. The Valiants were not able to come back from the deficit and Nazareth took the second set 25-16.
 
Nazareth left no doubt in the third set, going on a nine-point run early on to go up 13-2. The Golden Flyers closed out the set with three consecutive kills from Bertino, Wickens, and Tristan Henderson to finish the game with a 25-6 final set score.
 
Henderson led the team in kills in the first set with 13, followed by Bertino with nine, and Joshua Warner with seven. Wickens led the team in aces and assists with six and 21. Stuver tallied 15 assists in the game and also led the team in digs with nine. Joe Seliger had six digs, while Bertino added five.
 
The Golden Flyers will be back in action on February 22 as they travel to Buffalo State for a 4 p.m. game against Buff State and a 6 p.m. game against Penn State Behrend.