BUFFALO, NY – The Medaille College Men's Volleyball team traveled across town on Sunday morning for a matinee against the Terriers of Hiram College, a newcomer to the AMCC for Men's Volleyball. In the first ever meeting between these two programs Hiram took set one, but it was Medaille who rolled with three straight wins after to take the match 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 28-26, 25-16).

After a tightly contested fir set went the Terriers way, set two started just as set one had. Neither team let the other run away as a 12-10 lead for Medaille was the largest for either team halfway through the set.

Hiram knotted things up at 14 after a Maverick service error; however, that is when they Mavs buckled down and took control. Medaille went on to score 11 of the final 16 points, turning what was a competitive set into a comfortable 25-19 victory.

While the Mavericks were able to run away with set number two, set number three was a battle until the very end. For the second straight match, the Mavs found themselves playing in a set where the victor needed more than 25 points to claim it.

This time Medaille didn't let the opportunity slip away, gaining the advantage with a kill by Matt Dickerson (Lockport, NY, Starpoint) and putting the Terriers away with back-to-back kills by Brazil Thompson (Buffalo, NY, Cheektowaga) and Shawn Barbalato (Williamsville, NY, Williamsville South) to take set three 28-26.

With the 2-1 lead heading into the fourth set, the Mavericks didn't want to let Hiram gain any confidence going into a potential fifth and final set. A 9-0 run in the middle of the set helped the Mavs turn a 9-8 deficit into a 17-9 advantage, as the Mavericks rode that momentum all the way to a match clinching 25-16 victory.

Four different Mavericks finished the match with at least seven kills; Dickerson (7), Thompson (8), Steven Ebert (Center Moriches, NY, Center Moriches) (9), and leading the way Joe DiGesare (Lancaster, NY, St. Mary's of Lancaster) (10). Medaille ended the match with a team hitting average of .139 while the Terriers on the other side saw their -.011 hitting average lead to their demise.

Junior Matt Dempsey (Clarence, NY, Clarence) dished out 39 assists and tied for the team lead with eight digs along with DiGesare. Freshman Jake Siwy (West Seneca, NY, West Seneca West) wasn't far behind with seven digs of his own.

The win improved Medaille to 2-3 on the young season and 1-0 in AMCC play. The Mavs will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Rochester and take part in the Golden Flyer Invitational hosted by Nazareth College. Friday sees the Mavs kick things off with matches against St. John Fisher and Lasell College.