2/15/2006 - (New Jersey City, NJ) – Senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) registered team-highs in kills (6) and total blocks (4), and Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) added five kills and a team-high 14 digs, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team lost its fifth straight match, 3-0 to NECVA Metro rival New Jersey City University on Wednesday night during a match played at NJCU. With the loss, Mount Saint Vincent is now 4-7 overall and 2-3 in Metro play.

The Dolphins were swept 12-30, 30-32, and 13-30 by the Gothic Knights as NJCU won its sixth straight match thanks to an incredible hitting night. The Gothic Knights hit .407 as a team, striking 41 kills against only 10 errors, while the Mount finished with 23 kills and 21 errors. Only two Dolphins finished with a positive hitting percentage, and the Mount accounted for only six total blocks, while committing 16 blocking errors.

Mount Saint Vincent was also led by the fine play of junior Matthew Reinhardt (Staten Island, NY/McKee-SI Tech), who registered four kills and not a single error, and had a team-high 13 assists.

After an 0-5 road swing, Mount Saint Vincent finally returns home to the friendly confines of the Grace Athletics Center on Saturday, Feb. 18 when they host a doubleheader with Bard College and Cooper Union. The Mount’s match against Bard begins at 2:00 p.m.