Saturday, February 20, 2010 - In the third and final match of the day the Mount Ida College men’s volleyball team hosted visiting NECVA opponent Regis College in Newton, Massachusetts.  The Mustangs captured the 3-1 match victory by scores of 30-13, 30-22, 28-30, and 30-21.  Mount Ida improves to 5-8 overall and remain at 2-5 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).

Game one was owned by Mount Ida freshman Spencer Hastings (Olrando, FL/Timber Creak) who put on an offensive show with several kills and a handful of service aces while the Mustangs build a commanding 16-7 advantage.  Mount Ida was impressive pouring on the offense up 20-10 after a Ross Florexil (Lake Worth, FL/Lake Worth) kill.  The Mustang eventually closed out game one on two Thomas Belton (Springfield, MA/Springfield Central) kills for the 30-13 game one win leading 1-0 in the match.

Mount Ida led immediately up 11-4 following a hitting error by the Pride.  The visitor crept back into the contest trailing 13-9 after a kill by Andrew Haddon (Nantucket, MA/Nantucket).  The visitors cut the lead to a deuce down 15-13 after a Thomas Paoletta (Plastow, NH/Timberlane Regional) kill.  It remained close for the next couple of points with a three point window separating the teams.  Mount Ida eventually turned up the heat with some outstanding offense from freshman Eddie Pinero (Inwood, NY/Lawrence) leading 26-20.  The Mustangs ultimately captured the game two win 30-22 up 2-0 in the final match.

Game three stayed close pretty much the entire way through with Mount Ida maintaining a small lead up 13-10 after a Florexil service ace.  The advantage for the Mustangs continued up 19-16 after a solo block by senior Shane Wilson (Gloucester, MA/Gloucester).  The hosts went up by four following a kill by freshman Josh Horrigan (Grafton, MA/Blackstone Valley Tech.) leading 24-20.  Regis hung tough tying the score at 26-26 after a service error by the Mustangs.  Regis took their first lead of game three up 29-27 after numerous errors by Mount Ida.  Following a point by the Mustangs, the Pride scored the final point to capture the 30-28 game three win down 2-1 in the match.

The Mustangs cleaned up the match in game four finding their bearings taking a 30-21 victory good for a 3-1 match win.

Mount Ida men’s volleyball will travel to the Bard College tournament next Friday for a weekend tournament match-up.  Opponents are TBA at the moment along with times for the contests.