ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (February 24, 2019) - The Rutgers University-Newark men's volleyball team coasted past Elizabethtown College this afternoon in a Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) matchup, 3-0 (25-9, 25-16, 25-18). The Scarlet Raiders have now won three in a row and improve to 7-3 (4-1 CVC) while the Blue Jays fall to 5-11 (1-4 CVC). 

Rutgers-Newark had a great attacking day with a .450 hitting percentage on 48 kills to just 12 errors and featured 12 players with at least one kill. Freshman Danny Quay led the squad with eight winners while classmate Elan Dorkhman and senior Brendon Frank each added six. Quay and Frank also each recorded four blocks and junior Jake Connors had a team-best seven digs. Sophomore Travis Emenaker led the way with 17 assists as rookie Antonio Rocchio and senior Arnan Romua joined him in double-digits with 11 and 10 helpers, respectively.

The Raiders return to CVC play with a Friday night match at 7 p.m. in The Golden Dome against Randolph-Macon.

Rutgers-Newark got off to a dominant start, winning the first eight points of the afternoon. Quay had a pair of kills while Frank added a winner and Connors contributed an ace during that stretch.

Elizabethtown would get no closer than six in the first set as the visitors turned an 11-5 advantage into a 25-9 win with a 14-4 run. Five different Scarlet Raiders tallied a kill with Dorkhman racking up four.

The Blue Jays won the opening point of the second but R-N quickly took control by taking the next six. Three different players had winners with a pair coming from rookie Arvind Kumar.

Elizabethtown remained close and still trailed by five later in the stanza, 15-10. Still, Rutgers-Newark closed the game on a 10-6 spurt, capped by a Quay spike.

In the final set, the Raiders actually found themselves trailing 5-4 early but a 7-0 surge soon had them back in the driver's seat. Dorkhman began the rally with a winner as two other players added kills to send the visitors in front 11-4.

The Blue Jays got back within five, however Newark further pulled away with a 6-1 run that featured three winners from freshman Stefan Rodic, two from Quay, and an ace by Rocchio to make it 18-8.

The hosts sliced its deficit to 23-18 late but it would not be enough as the Scarlet Raiders took the final two points, punctuated by an ace from sophomore Rob Long, to complete the sweep.