Men's Volleyball | 4/9/2026 12:10:00 PM

Friday, April 10 | D'Youville | Buffalo, N.Y. | Saints Center | 7 p.m. | LIVE STATS | WATCH LIVE

Saturday, April 11 | D'Youville | Buffalo, N.Y. | Saints Center | 5 p.m | LIVE STATS | WATCH LIVE

OPENING SERVE VS D'YOUVILLE
Saint Francis faces D'Youville for the 16th and 17th match up in the last 25 years. The Red Flash is currently leading with a 13-2 advantage and is on an 8-0 streak dating back to 2006. During last year's game, Saint Francis swept the Saints in the first and second match. Cole Dorn had three aces while Brady Stump and Sam Lane each had 10 kills and four blocks on night one. The second game had a similar finish. Dorn led with 12 kills, three digs, three blocks, and an ace. Sophomore Brayden Gall had eight blocks, four kills, and a dig. This weekend the Red Flash are looking to add two more wins to its column. 

THE WORD ON THE SAINTS
D'Youville is heading into the final matchups with a 2-20 record after a 7-16 2025 season. So far this year they have beat Thomas More, split with St. Thomas Aquinas, and lost to Roberts Wesleyan four times, Merrimack twice, Dominican twice, UMES twice, Daemen twice, Manhattan twice, FDU twice, Central State, American International, and Judson. Junior Ethan Robinson returned for the Saints as a team leader in kills with 221, second in digs (90), second in blocks (37), third in aces (8), and fifth in assist (16). In his final year, Ty Parker is aiding D'Youville in its season. He leads in aces with 14, second in kills (126), and third in blocks (34).

PRESEASON POLL 
Saint Francis men's volleyball was picked to tie first in the NEC Preseason Poll. Daemen earned three first-place votes while the Red Flash claimed two. LIU and FDU both took a first-place nod to finish in third and fourth. Following behind, the newly added teams, Manhattan and UMES finish fifth and sixth. Rounding out the poll was D'Youville in seventh. 

NEXT TIME OUT 
The Red Flash will be back home for their last home game and senior night. Saint Francis will be hosting FDU as the last regular season match. The first serve will be April 17 at 6:00 p.m. and the next day at 4:00 p.m.

RETURNERS TO TALK ABOUT
Kyle Charles returns to collect more assists as he paced assists per set (9.97) in the NEC. He was announced as the NEC Rookie of the Year and All-NEC first team in 2025. The sophomore racked up three double double and had a season best of 62 assists versus Dominican. Charles collected 887 assists, 106 digs, 46 blocks, and 43 kills. The setter is starting 2026 off with 582 assists, 90 digs, 32 kills, and 25 blocks. 

Back as a graduate student, Richard Kaminski continues to look for digs in the backrow. The libero recorded 10+ digs seven times, accumulating 142 digs and 37 assists in the previous season with the Red Flash. Kaminski finished third in the NEC with total digs and seventh in digs per set. He registered 71 digs and 24 assists for the Red Flash to start the new season. 

Nathan Zini returns after a season ending injury to compete in the 2026 campaign. In 2024, the opposite hitter was named NEC Player of the Year, All-NEC first team, and AVCA All-American honorable mention. He registered 410 kills, 125 digs, 63 aces, and 31 blocks. His 63 aces were the most across both Division I and Division II men's volleyball. The graduate student has 175 kills, 97 digs, 23 blocks, and 16 aces in his return to volleyball.  

Brady Stump returns as one of the team's top leaders in kills (266), digs (99), blocks (40), and aces (25). During the 2025 campaign, the All-NEC first team outside hitter was seventh in kills per set, eighth in points per set, and 10th in hitting percentage in the NEC. So far this season, the two-time NEC Player of the Week has recorded 257 kills, 84 digs, 43 aces, and 18 blocks. 

Sam Lane also registered 135 kills and 65 blocks, coming in eighth in blocks per set in 2025. He was named to the All-NEC second team due to his dominant blocking abilities. Lane registered a season high of five blocks against Erskine back in April. In 2026, the senior collected 104 kills, 55 blocks, 22 digs, and a hitting percentage of .433. 

NEC HONORS
Cole Dorn and Brady Stump were both named Prime Performers after last weekends match ups. Dorn had a standout performance across the two-day series, showcasing both offensive firepower and defensive skill. On the first night, he led the team with 11 kills, eight digs, and two aces, while posting an impressive .733 hitting percentage to help secure a dominant 3-0 victory. Despite the team falling 2-3 on the second day, Dorn continued to contribute at a high level, recording 12 kills, 10 digs, two aces, and adding two assisted blocks, demonstrating his all-around impact on both ends of the court.   
 
Stump had a strong showing over the two matches, proving to be a key offensive force for the team. On the first night, he finished with 13 kills, two aces, and two digs, hitting an efficient .500 to help drive the team's performance. The next afternoon, even in a loss, Stump maintained his high level of play, recording another 13 kills along with five digs and two aces, demonstrating his consistency and ability to contribute in multiple facets of the game.

WELCOME TO THE LO' 
Three freshman are looking for their collegiate debut this weekend: Gianluca Gomez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Saint Joseph Metuchen), Alexander Owens (Tuscon, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic), and Andre Pimienta (Los Angeles, Calif./Wisebum Da Vinci).   

Nate Duff (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) had his first collegiate start again BYU where he collected four digs and a kill. He has registered 20 digs and one kill this year. 

Jack Wolgemuth (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) had six digs in his collegiate debut in the win against Northern Kentucky. After this weekend, he recorded 98 digs and 10 assists in total this season. 

Derek Piatek (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mars Area) had his collegiate debut in the win against Northern Kentucky with an ace. This season he has 11 digs, eight kills, and three aces. 

Tate Myatt (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) recorded his collegiate debut in a win against Roberts Wesleyan with a kill. He has eight kills, five blocks, two assist, and one ace.  

Luke Colquette (Highlands ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) had his collegiate debut against Hawaii with a kill. He has had 22 kills, eight digs, and three blocks so far this season. 

ABOUT THE COACH 
Mike Rumbaugh enters is 28th season as the Saint Francis men's volleyball head coach in 2026. Rumbaugh is the second head coach in program history, after Gary Evangelisto, who guided the program for the first 15 years (1984-98).  Rumbaugh was named the NEC Coach of the Year for the third-straight campaign. Prior to joining the NEC, Rumbaugh and the Red Flash was a member of the EIVA for the first 24 years as a head coach. Saint Francis registered a winning overall season 10 times during this stretch and participated in the EIVA Tournament 10 times, advancing to the EIVA Championship Game four times (2006, 2007, 2016, and 2017) and winning the EIVA Hay Division twice (2001, 2005). Rumbaugh arrived in Loretto in 1998 after serving a six-year term as an assistant coach with the men's and women's volleyball teams at Mercyhurst College. Rumbaugh is a certified official by the United States of America Volleyball Association. He has served as an instructor at USA High Performance and Regional High Performance Camps, and coached the USA Continental Youth Team against domestic and international opponents at the USA Select Competition.