RIVERDALE, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | The New Jersey City University men's volleyball team split a pair of neutral court matches on February 21, sweeping Lehman College, 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-23) before dropping a tight Skyline Conference outing to The Sage Colleges, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22). Both matches were played on February 21 at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
 
NJCU (8-7, 3-3 Skyline) lost its third consecutive Skyline match since opening the season 3-0.
 
MATCH 1: New Jersey City University 3, Lehman College 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-23)
NJCU hit .353 and defeated Lehman for the 21st time in the last 22 meetings. Sophomore middle hitter Jalen Sorrell (Edison, NJ/John P. Stevens) hit .450 with 10 kills (10-1-20) and two blocks.
 
Senior middle Ivan Prensa (Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson) hit .385 with seven kills (7-2-13) and three blocks and senior outside hitter Sheldon Coure (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union) produced six kills, hit .400 (6-2-10) and added four aces and three blocks. Senior outside Daque Wilcox (Fredericksburg, VA/Camden County Tech, NJ) finished with six kills (6-2-12, .333) and four aces. Freshman setter Erick Nascimento (Miami, FL/Alonzo Tracy Mourning) chipped in 29 assists and two aces.
 
Orlando Vargas led Lehman with 10 kills and Emmanuel Ortiz tallied 21 assists. Ramon Jimenez collected seven kills, hit .417 and landed four aces.
 
MATCH 2: The Sage Colleges 3, New Jersey City University 0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-22)
In a match determined by a combined seven points, Sage squeaked out an important Skyline Conference result.
 
Ryan Guyton finished with a match-best 11 kills and hit .409 (11-2-22) with six digs and two aces while Bailey Cecchi added nine kills, nine digs, five blocks (two solo) and two aces.
 
Coure reached double figures with 10 kills (.300, 10-4-20) and Prensa hit .533 with nine winners (9-1-15). Wilcox added eight kills (.312, 8-3-16) and three aces while Sorrell hit .500 with six putaways (6-1-10). Nascimento dished 34 assists.
 
#KnightNotes

• 39th meeting vs. Lehman. NJCU leads the all-time series, 26-13, and has won 21 of the last 22 meetings.
• 10th meeting vs. Sage. The all-time series is even, 5-5.
• Sheldon Coure reached double figures in kills for the 21st time in three years and fourth time in 2016.
• Jalen Sorrell reached double figures in kills for the second time this season and fifth time in his two-year career.

 
#NextKnightTime:
On Wednesday, February 24, the Knights will head to Hoboken, NJ in a cross-county match and take on defending NCAA Division III national champion and current No. 6 ranked Stevens Institute of Technology at 6 p.m. at Canavan Arena. It will be the 43rd meeting between the programs but the first since March 20, 2013 in Jersey City; the Ducks won that outing, 3-1 (25-12, 23-25, 25-18, 25-17). Stevens leads the all-time series, 28-14 and has won 26 consecutive in the series since February, 1998.