JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Fontbonne University (17-6)'s trip to the East Coast saw it prevail for the fourth time in five matches as the Griffins swept the New Jersey City University men's volleyball team (7-14) in a holiday matchup on March 30 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court).  
 
In a Good Friday match and the first-ever meeting between the programs, Fontbonne hit .329 as a team and powered 39 kills in a 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-14) result.
 
Fontbonne, located in St. Louis, Missouri and members of the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League, played the fifth match of a seven-match, five-day trip and were led by junior outside hitter Brendon Schwartze (St. Louis, Mo.), who hit .600 with a match-best 10 kills in 15 swings (one errors), adding nine digs and three service aces. Freshman middle hitter Braden Woolsey (Edwardsville, Ill.) hit .857 with six kills in seven attempts.
 
Also for the Griffins, sophomore setter Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell (Joilet, Ill.) totaled 29 assists and five digs. Senior right side Jose Farley (O'Fallon, Mo.) hit .462 with seven kills (7-1-13) and three blocks. Sophomore libero Zach Rothstein (Evergreen Park, Ill.) finished with 11 digs and senior middle James Sauermann (Edwardsville, Ill.) contributed four blocks.
 
Sophomore middle blocker Julian Moreira (Miami, FL/Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Biscayne Bay Campus) had four blocks for NJCU, including three solo stuffs and a pair of aces. Junior libero David Penaherrera (Harrison, NJ/Harrison) defended nine digs. Freshman outside Alcides Dos Reis (Belleville, NJ/Belleville) hit .273 with five kills. Sophomore setter Jimmy Vega (Harrison, NJ/Harrison) and freshman Alexander Umanzor (West New York, NJ/Memorial) each had nine assists.
 
Fontbonne had 13 kills in each set. It never trailed in game one when it hit .458 as a team (13-2-24) and had a 78 percent sideout rate (11-14).
 
NJCU's best set was the second when it hit .258 and had 13 kills; the Knights had just nine in the other two sets combined. NJCU had a 19-18 lead in game two before Fontbonne scored the next five points, including three combo blocks by Farley and Sauermann to claim a 23-19 lead. Fontbonne led wire-to-wire in game three to seal the win.
 
NOTABLES:

• Series: First meeting.

 
UP NEXT:
NJCU will play in a tri-match in Morristown, N.J. on Saturday, March 31 when it faces SUNY Poly in a neutral court match at 12 p.n. before facing the hosts, College of Saint Elizabeth.
 
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