PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher College men's volleyball team took down Bard College in straight sets as the team celebrated its Senior Day honoring Joe Kenney, Tyler English, Patrick Kettle, Tristan Rapp, and Garrett Steiger. The Cardinals took control from the start winning the match 25-11, 25-17, 25-19. With the win, Fisher improves to 12-12 overall and 1-6 in the United Volleyball Conference, while Bard falls to 2-17 and 0-7 in the UVC.

Fisher was dominant from the first serve as it totaled 40 kills in the match with a .318 hitting percentage throughout the three sets. The Cardinals also topped the Raptors in service aces 10 to one, as well as kills 40-16.
Matt Broderick served an 11 point run for the Cardinals in the first set helping them jump out to a 14-4 advantage. To finish off the first set, Fisher controlled the momentum and rolled out a 10-2 run with the help of three Kenney kills.

After falling behind 7-5 to start the second set, Fisher stormed on a 13 to five run to regain the advantage on the scoreboard 17-12. Broderick again was able to put together a serving run, this time with three service aces. Rapp also provided a spark for the home squad, notching three kills in the set out of the middle.  Kills from Kenney, English, and Tyler Richards help close out a strong second set.

Back and forth action controlled much of the third set action. Midway through the set, Fisher held just a 12-11 lead until three monster English kills out of the middle helped push the Cardinals ahead 18-14. Fisher closed out the match with a seven to two run with Richards pounding the final kill down the line.

It was the seniors leading the way offensively for the Cardinals with Kenney finishing with 11 kills, English with 10 kills and zero errors, while Rapp added eight with zero errors as well. Richards and Broderick added five and four respectively.

Paul Hackford managed the game from the setter position posting a game-high 34 assists to go along with six digs. Libero David Cerqua finished the match with a game-high 17 digs as well as three assists.

The Cardinals are back in action on Friday for another United Volleyball Conference matchup with Stevens Institute of Technology scheduled to be played at Nazareth College at 5 p.m.