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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Saint Francis men's volleyball will travel to Hackensack, N.J. for their season series against FDU March 28-29.
>> The first match on the 28th will be at 6 and the following day's battle will commence at 1.
>> Saint Francis has won seven of their last eight matches, including four straight prior to this weekend's contests.
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THE WORD ON FDU
In just their third year of existence, the FDU men's volleyball program is 8-7 on the season and began conference play by splitting their season series with LIU last weekend. In their 3-2 win over the Sharks on March 22, Dylan McFadden (23) and Jamal Ellis Carballo (18) combined for 41 kills. Grady Hoffman (16), Jose Angarita (14) and Ellis Carballo (10) all contributed double-digit digs as well.
McFadden, the reigning First Point/Northeast Conference (NEC) Co-Player of the Week, leads the Knights with 152 kills and 14 service aces. Angarita commands the offensive attack with 403 assists.
Hoffman engineers the FDU defense with his 113 digs and is helped out by Panagiotis Kourmouzos, who has accumulated a team-high 37 blocks (five solo).
Against common opponents that Saint Francis has faced this season in Roberts Wesleyan (2 matches), Dominican (2 matches), Princeton and George Mason, the Knights are 4-2 in that slate.
LAST TIME WE MET THE KNIGHTS
It will be the fifth and sixth time that the two schools will be playing one another since the NEC added men's volleyball in 2023. The Red Flash have dominated the series so far, as they've won all four matchups in sweeps.
Saint Francis concluded the 2024 regular season on April 12-13, 2024 with back-to-back straight set wins over the Knights.
LAST TIME OUT
Saint Francis are 2-0 in NEC play after sweeping D'Youville in back-to-back matches during their season series last weekend. It marks the second year in a row that the Red Flash have started 2-0 in conference action.
Brayden Gall, Kyle Charles, Andrew Deardorff, and Cole Dorn all earned NEC weekly awards for their performances against the Saints.
Gall recorded 12 blocks in the season series, including eight in the second contest on the 22nd.. It was the second time the sophomore middle blocker had done it, with the first coming on March 1 versus Charleston. In the last five matches, he has racked up 23 blocks. He's up to 29 rejections on the season overall.
Charles achieved his eighth NEC Rookie of the Week after registering 68 assists (11.3 per set) combined between the two matches. The freshman setter has now compiled 594 assists through 16 of the 20 matches he has started. He has also pitched in 71 digs and 27 blocks on the defensive side.
Deardorff has earned his ninth prime performer of the 2025 campaign after posting 22 kills (3.7 per set), seven digs, six aces, and three blocks over the back-to-back sweeps over D'Youville. He notched his 13th match with double digit kills in the first matchup on the 21st when he totaled 14. During the stretch, he has collected 255 slams.
Deardorff leads the team with 277 kills and 40 service aces. The senior currently sits at 915 slams, 85 away from achieving 1,000 career kills. He is also four aces from 100 career service aces.
Dorn accumulated the first prime performer of his collegiate career by tallying 18 kills, eight digs, four blocks, and four aces between the two contests.
The Red Flash defense is led by Richard Kaminski's 113 digs and Sam Lane's 44 blocks (three solo).
NEXT UP FOR FLASH
Men's Volleyball will have a week off before returning to action at Daemen April 11-12.
