ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The St. John Fisher College men's volleyball team dropped its two decisions to Wells College and Cal Lutheran University, 3-1 and 3-0 at the Golden Flyer Invitational. With the loss, the Cardinals dropped to 8-8 on the season.

Fisher 1, Wells 3

After falling in the first set, 25-19, Fisher rallied to come back in the second set. After trading points back and forth, the Cardinals jumped out to an 8-5 lead after a big block from Matt Broderick. Wells would come back and knot the set up at 13 all. Wells built on the run and would go up 16-14 midway through the set.

The Cardinals would come back however with back-to-back kills from Broderick. Fisher and Wells would battle it right to the end with Ben De La Cruz sealing the deal with a final kill to lead the Cardinals to a 25-23 second set victory.

Fisher and Wells would go neck and neck in the third set, battling to a 15-12 Wells advantage midway through the set. However, Wells would pull away taking the third set 25-16.

The Cardinals would start off the fourth set ahead 31 behind kills from Broderick and Mike Strumpfler, however Wells would chip away at that lead eventually pulling ahead 15-10. Strumpfler and De La Cruz would get Fisher back in it with a kill apiece.

Late in the fourth set Fisher would find themselves down 24-20 but would rally back due to a kill from Joe Kenny and huge block from Broderick and Quinn Magiera cutting the deficit to one. Wells would prevail however, taking the set and match with a 25-23 decision.

Kevin Cahil would lead the way for the Cardinals with 12 kills, while Kenney and De La Cruz added ten apiece. Hackford would finish with an astounding 36 assists in the match.

Defensively David Cerqua and Kenney would total 16 and 14 digs, while Hackford finished with five blocks on the day. Strumpfler and Broderick would also total four blocks on the day.

Fisher 0, Cal Lutheran 3

The Cardinals would go on a four-nothing run to begin the first set led by two big blocks from Strumpfler. Cal Lutheran would find its groove, eventually knotting the set at 8-8. The teams would go back and forth for the duration of the set with Cal Lutheran eventually pulling away and taking the first set, 25-20.

Again Fisher would go ahead early in the second set but would fall behind quickly, eventually dropping the second set, 25-16.

The third set would be a battle for the Cardinals, trading points throughout, with Cal Lutheran leading 13-11 midway through the set.

Fisher would fall behind 23-17, but a kill from Cahil and a block created by Strumpfler and Hackford would cut the deficit to four, however, Cal Lutheran would take the match with a final score of 25-19.

De La Cruz and Cahil would lead the offense for Fisher finishing with eight kills apiece to go with Kenney's six on the day. Paul Hackford paced the playmaking, finishing with 18 total assists.

On the defensive side of the ball Broderick and Strumpfler finished with three blocks apiece.

Upon completion of the day, Hackford was named to the All-Tournament team for his weekend performance.

The Cardinals return to the court at 7 p.m. On Friday as the team heads to Keuka College to face the Wolves.