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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Visiting Nazareth closed out its regular-season schedule in men's volleyball Wednesday by sweeping D'Youville in three sets to extend its winning streak to 13 matches.

The Golden Flyers, ranked second nationally, improved to 22-3 overall and finished a perfect 9-0 in United Volleyball Conference matches. The Golden Flyers will be the top seed and host for the UVC Conference Tournament March 26-27. D'Youville will be competing in the tournament after completing its regular season at 9-11 overall and 5-4 in conference matches,

In defeating the Spartans for the second time this season, Nazareth pounded out 50 kills in the three sets and produced a .456 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Hans Schroeder led the way with 14 kills against just one hitting error in 19 swings for a .684 percentage. Senior Brian Bunch also had 14 kills and a match-best 11 digs.

Schroeder, with a team-best 203 kills, will soon join Tom Maving and Joe Petzoldt as the third Nazareth volleyball player to reach 1,000 career kills as Wednesday's match lifted his career total to 983.

Senior middle blocker Ellis Walsh added 10 kills and sophomore Robert Kraft had eight. Sophomore setter EJ Wells-Spicer, the Division III leader in assists per game (11.40), added 41 more to boost his season total to 889.

Nazareth still has much more volleyball to play, In addition to hosting the eight-team UVC Tournament, Nazareth will travel to Stevens for what could be the final North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Tournament April 1-3.

Nazareth also has an automatic berth for the Molten Division III Invitational Championship April 15-16 at the Kidera Gym.

Seeds and Schedule for UVC Tournament March 26-27
1. Nazareth, 2. Medaille, 3. Stevens, 4. Vassar, 5. D'Youville, 6. New Paltz, 7. SUNYIT, 8. Elmira

Saturday, March 26
Quarterfinal matches to be played on two courts concurrently
10 a.m. - No. 2 Medaille vs. No. 7 SUNYIT; No. 3 Stevens vs. No. 6 New Paltz
12 p.m. - No. 1 Nazareth vs. No. 8 Elmira; No. 4 Vassar vs. No. 5 D'Youville

Semifinal matches to be played on the main court
2 p.m. - Winners from 10 a.m. quarterfinal match
4 p.m. - Winners from 12 p.m. quarterfinal match

Sunday, March 27
1 p.m. - Championship match