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Graphic of today's (3/29/26) win over St. Thomas Aquinas College, 3-2. Photo is of Phinehas Wiley attacking the ball over the net. Photo by Tom Salus.
Photo by Tom Salus
March 29, 2026

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TOPS SPARTANS

Box Score

Sparkill, N.Y. (3/29/26)  The Dominican University New York men's volleyball team defeated the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College, 3-2, this afternoon in East Coast Conference (ECC) play in the Spartan Athletic Complex.

With the win, the Chargers improve to 6-16 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

The Spartans took the opening set, 25-21, but Dominican went on a 5-0 run to claim a 17-13 advantage in the second set.  A Phinehas Wiley kill put DUNY at set point 24-21 and following a Spartan kill, Wiley recorded the set-winning kill to give the Chargers the 25-21 set win.

With the third set tied at 25-all, Wiley once again put DUNY at set point with a kill and sophomore Hunter Paio delievered a service ace to lift Dominican to a 27-25 set win and 2-1 match lead.

STAC rallied to win the fourth set, 25-19 to force the decisive fifth set.  The Charger offense opened the fifth set with the first four points and never looked back en route to the 15-6 win and 3-2 match victory.

Wiley led the Chargers with 18 kills, a .382 attack percentage and seven digs in the win.

Junior Ayden Shaw finished with nine kills and 10 digs, while Tommaso Falchi also had nine kills, nine digs and four block assists.

Luke Gavin-Ruple finished with three solo blocks, four block assists and two kills.

Dominican returns to action on Friday, April 10th when they host St. Thomas Aquinas College at 6pm on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

 

 

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.