3/18/2006 - On paper, Mount Saint Vincent played one of its best defensive men’s volleyball matches of the 2006 season, an effort worthy of victory. They outblocked SUNY New Paltz 13.5-6.5, and had a commanding advantage in digs on Saturday, but a tough match on the offensive end led to their third consecutive loss, 3-0 to the Hawks during a match played at New Paltz. More...

3/11/2006 - Sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) had six kills against only two errors, and freshman setter Chris Dotoratos (Bronx, NY/Salesian) had another fine match with a team-high 17 assists, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team lost its second straight match, 3-0 to Stevens on Saturday afternoon at Mount Saint Vincent. More...

3/9/2006 - Senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) had a monster night with a team-high 14 kills against only two errors, and freshman TJ Pufahl (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage HS) added nine kills against only three errors, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team was swept by visiting CCNY, 3-0 on Thursday night. More...

3/6/2006 - Freshman Chris Dotoratos  (Bronx, NY/Salesian) enjoyed the finest night of his young career with a career-high 53 assists and 24 digs for his second double-double of the season, and the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team broke a five-match losing streak tonight with a thrilling 3-2 over Polytechnic. With their second win over Polytechnic this season, the Dolphins improve to 6-13 overall and 3-5 in the NECVA Metro Conference. More...

3/4/2006 - One of the toughest stretches of matches in Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball history is finally over, and while Mount Saint Vincent finished the stretch 0-5, with four losses against nationally ranked teams and a fifth against a top Division II program, the young Dolphin team proved to be nothing short of respectable against the very best the nation has to offer. On Saturday, the Mount put forth a respectable effort once again as they were swept by Stevens, the nation’s seventh ranked team, and Division II powerhouse Lee’s McRae, during a tri-match at Stevens. More...

2/28/2006 - Freshman Chris Dotoraros (Bronx, NY/Salesian) had the finest night of his young career with his first double-double, and sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) added five kills and two total blocks, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team lost its third straight match, 3-0 to Ramapo College – the nation’s 12th ranked team – on Tuesday night. More...

2/24/2006 - Junior Dan Williams (Brick Township, NJ/St. Rose) had team highs in both digs (11) and solo blocks (3), and  Matthew Reinhardt (Staten Island, NY/McKee-SI Tech) had 18 assists, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team lost for the second straight match and for the eighth time during their last nine matches, 3-0 to Nazareth College, the nation’s 11th ranked team, during a match played at Mount Saint Vincent on Friday night. More...

2/20/2006 - Senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) notched a double-double with 10 kills and 13 total blocks, and freshman T.J. Pufahl (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage HS) had an outstanding match with 11 kills, 11 digs, and a team-high .391 attack percentage, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team lost a 3-1 battle with CUNY powerhouse Baruch during a match played at Baruch College. More...

2/18/2006 - Sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) registered a combined 34 kills and 25 digs over, and Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) combined for 23 kills, 16 total blocks, and 24 digs as the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team split a doubleheader on Saturday, falling to NECVA Metro rival, Bard, 3-2 but sweeping Cooper Union 3-0. More...

2/15/2006 - 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. More...

2/15/2006 - While much of the New York City area was being blanketed by the blizzard of 2006, the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team escaped the poor weather and traveled to Rochester, New York for one of the most competitive tournaments in the nation this season at Nazareth College. With five of the nation’s top-15 teams competing, the Nazareth College Tournament provided a young Mount Saint Vincent team with a litmus test for how they stack against competition deemed capable of competing for the National Championship in May. More...

2/7/2006 - Junior Dan Williams (Brick Township, NJ/St. Mary’s) had eight kills and a team-high .115 attack percentage, and Matthew Reinhardt (Staten Island, NY/McKee-SI Tech) had 15 assists and a match-high three service aces, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team saw their three-match winning streak broken on Tuesday night, 3-0 at Ramapo College in a rematch of the 2005 ECAC Metro Championship Game. More...

2/4/2006 - Sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) and junior Dan Williams (Brick Township, NJ/St. Mary’s) combined for 29 kills, and Williams added 19 digs for his second double-double of the season as the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team won its third straight match, 3-1 over visiting York College on Saturday night. More...

2/2/2006 - Sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) had his second consecutive double-double with a career-high 17 kills and 15 digs, and senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) added 10 kills, two blocks, and a .444 attack percentage as the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team won its second straight match, and third during its last three matches, 3-0 over Yeshiva University on Thursday night. The win improves the Mount to 3-2 overall, including a 2-1 record in NECVA Metro play. More...

1/30/2006 - Senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) had a tremendous night with season-highs in kills (14) attack percentage (.367) and blocks (8), and Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) and Dan Williams (Brick Township, NJ/St. Mary’s) each netted double-doubles as the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team scored a 3-1 win over visiting Medgar Evers to improve to 2-2 this season. More...

1/28/2006 - Sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mt. Blue HS) and freshman T.J. Pufahl (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage HS) registered six kills apiece, and junior Matthew Reinhardt (Staten Island, NY/McKee-Staten Island Tech) notched 18 of the Dolphins’ 19 assists, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team were swept 3-0 by #11 SUNY New Paltz during their 2006 home opener on Saturday night. More...

1/25/2006 - During a run of three straight Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Championships as the Head Boys’ Volleyball Coach at Salesian High School, Tom Callahan rarely found himself having to rally his team after losing a match, let alone overcoming a record below .500. During his first season as a College Head Coach, Callahan has had to deal with both misfortunes for nearly a week as an agonizingly long, six-day stretch existed between the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team’s season-opening loss to Hunter College on Jan. 19 and their second match at Polytechnic on Wednesday night. Ultimately, the wait was worth it, and Callahan is back in the win column once again as Mount Saint Vincent held off an upstart Polytechnic team in straight sets to win their first match of the season, 3-0 over the Fighting Blue Jays. More...

1/19/2006 - Senior Russell Butts (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach HS) registered team-highs in both kills (6) and blocks (8), and sophomore Arnold Ross (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue HS) and T.J. Pufahl (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage HS) combined for 10 total kills, but the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team opened the 2006 season with a 3-0 loss to Hunter College on Thursday night during a match played at Hunter. More...

1/19/2006 - The 2006 Men's Volleyball season is here! After finishing 16-10 a year ago and ranked #12 in the nation, the Dolphins are ready for a different kind of challenge in 2006 under the leadership of new Head Coach Tom Callahan. While the Mount suffered some key losses to graduation, the 2006 team boasts a roster full of young talent poised to keep the Mount Saint Vincent Men's Volleyball tradition strong. Read all about the team's prospects for the coming season in a special edition of The Dolphin Digest. More...

12/21/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics Cathy Ingram has announced the hiring of Tom Callahan as Head Men’s Volleyball Coach. Callahan, a 1998 graduate of Iona College, comes to the Mount with strong volleyball coaching credentials, having led the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) powerhouse Salesian High School program to three straight CHSAA Championships, and has also enjoyed stints coaching in the Empire State Games and as the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Maritime College as well. More...

5/3/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball senior Phil Gallagher (Peru, ME/Mountain Valley HS) ended his career today as one of the most decorated Varsity Athletes in Mount Saint Vincent history. Two weeks after competing in his final match for the Dolphins, Gallagher was named Second-Team All-American, and earned Player of the Year honors from both the Northeast Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) and from the Metropolitan Division of the NECVA, as well as First-Team All-Conference honors. More...

4/15/2005 - Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball senior Phil Gallagher (Peru, ME/Mountain Valley HS) slammed home a match-high 26 kills and fellow senior Wilson Tran (Brooklyn, NY/Environmental Studies HS) added 24 kills of his, but the effort fell short as the Mount Saint Vincent Men’s Volleyball team fell 3-1 to Ramapo College in the ECAC Metropolitan Championship Match at Ramapo College. More...