NAZARETH DOWNS D'YOUVILLE IN 4
Golden Flyers (4-3) head to Villa Julie this weekend
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (Feb. 1, 2007) -- Freshman Eric Clemens (pictured) led a balanced offensive attack with 20 kills Thursday as visiting Nazareth scored its first-ever victory over D'Youville in men's volleyball. The Golden Flyers won in four games -- 30-24, 25-30, 30-28, 30-24.

Nazareth entered the match ranked 12th nationally in Division III and improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. D'Youville, ranked seventh nationally, is 3-8 overall and 0-1 in conference play.

Nazareth, now in its third season of intercollegiate play, had dropped five previous meetings with D'Youville. Thursday's match was the teams' first meeting this season. The teams have another regular-season meeting Feb. 28 at Nazareth.

In Thursday's match, Nazareth used a solid .351 team hitting percentage to prevail. Clemens had an overall percentage of .324. Junior Tom Maving also had a strong match with 15 kills and a .545 hitting percentage. Sophomore Kelvin Rolle had 10 kills and senior Shaun Tyszka and junior Kellen Gambeski each had nine. Sophomore setter Frank Leahy had 49 assists.

Nazareth plays three more conference matches this weekend at Villa Julie In Maryland. The Golden Flyers meet ninth-ranked Eastern Mennonite Friday at 7 p.m., followed by two matches Saturday -- Villa Julie at 9 a.m. and Philadelphia Biblical at 11 a.m.