Jake Vergari had a team-high ten kills while John Bamburoski registered nine and Zach Sweet added eight to lead Brockport to a three game sweep over host Churchville-Chili in boys’ volleyball.
The Saints had an early lead in the first game, but the Blue Devils battled back before taking the lead for good at 12-11 on a net violation. A 20-15 lead quickly became 20-18 as Saints Dylan Angora and Tyler St. Denis had a kill and an ace respectively during a 3-0 run.
But Vergari had a kill and a block on consecutive points before Hunter Tintera and Sweet finished off the 25-22 win with kills.
The Blue Devils never trailed in a 25-19 game two victory.
Game three was a back-and-forth affair with each team holding the lead a combined ten times and ten other times the game was tied.
Tied 19-19, Brockport’s Vergari and Tintera had consecutive kills and Sweet added a block to make it 23-19 Blue Devils. A Saints kill by Christopher Lewis and an ace from Jarod Moore sandwiched a Sweet kill making it 24-22 Brockport. A net violation closed the Brockport lead to 24-23 before Sweet ended any comeback hopes with a kill to finish the 25-23 win.
In addition to their kills, Sweet added two blocks to his game totals and Shawn Maira had a team high six blocks for the Blue Devils. Spencer Anderson dished out 33 assists and Troy Leibert added 12 digs as Brockport improved their record to 2-0.
The 1-2 Saints were led by Angora’s nine kills, Ian Quinn’s 14 assists, Griffin Stella’s two blocks and Moore’s seven kills, two blocks and three aces.
