NEW LONDON, N.H. – March 7, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer men's volleyball team dropped a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match, 3-0, to Lasell on Thursday evening. The Lasers won by scores of 25-10, 25-10, and 25-14.

Lasell improves to 8-10 overall and 2-2 in the GNAC. The Lasers travel to Regis on Saturday for a GNAC tri-match against the Pride and Emmanuel. Colby-Sawyer dips to 7-7 overall and 0-5 in conference play. The Chargers don't return to the court until Tuesday, March 19 when they will host Emmanuel.

Lasell received a match-best 10 kills from sophomore Conor Leary-Watson (Bethany, Conn.). He hit .500 and added four digs and a block. Sophomore Aaron Waitekus (Norwood, Mass.) and junior Scott Sterenberg (Oceanside, N.Y.) contributed nine kills apiece. Waitekus hit a team-high .562, while Sterenberg added nine digs and a match-best four aces. Senior Andy Henriquez (Lawrence, Mass.) registered 27 assists, four kills and three aces.

The Chargers were led by a five-kill performance from first-year Orlando Plagata (Los Angeles, Calif.). First-year Eric Miller (La Grange, Ill.) led the team with five digs. First-year AJ Gnieski (Needham, Mass.) tallied 10 assists.

The Lasers tallied 14 kills on .400 hitting to cruise to a 25-10 first-set victory. Leary-Watson had four kills to lead all players.

Colby-Sawyer started the second set with a lot of energy and took a 4-2 lead. The set was then tied at 5-5, but behind strong serving from sophomore Greg Monteiro (New Bedford, Mass.), Lasell went on a 12-0 run to put the set out of reach. The Lasers hit .571 in the frame with 13 kills.

Lasell raced out to a 9-1 advantage to begin the third and force a timeout. The Chargers got a couple of points back but the Lasell attach was too much as the visitors finished the set and the match with a Waitekus kill.

The Lasers hit .442 for the match and had two solo blocks and six block assists.

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