Tournament site | Thiel box | MSJ box
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Nazareth outlasted host Thiel Saturday in a a four-set men's volleyball match at the AVI Invitational. The Golden Flyers also defeated Mount St. Joseph in three sets. Scores vs. Thiel were 25-23, 23-25, 26-24, 25-22. Against Mount St. Joseph scores were 26-24, 25-17, 25-16.

The wins improved Nazareth's record to 4-3 overall. The Golden Flyers entered the weekend tournament ranked fifth nationally in Division III. The Golden Flyers play two more matches Sunday -- vs. Stevnson at 9 a.m. and vs. Eastern Mennonite at 11 a.m. All the matches can be accessed through a web cast at the following link: https://www.boxcast.com/show/avi-invitational

Against Thiel, senior Billy Gimello produced 12 kills and six blocks and senior Ellis Walsh added 10 kills and four blocks.

Junior Dan Mowery was a defensive contributor with 15 digs and junior setter EJ Wells-Spicer totaled 44 assists.

Freshman Bordy Cord led the Golden Flyers in the second match with 11 kills. Senior Dan Miranda added nine kills and five blocks and Wells-Spicer had 33 assists with seven digs. Freshman Nick McDonagh contributed seven kills and nine digs.