ROCHESTER, NY – In front of a large supportive crowd in the Voller Athletic Center Saturday, junior Griffin Monrad recorded 10 kills, three aces and four blocks to lead the Roberts Wesleyan University Men's Volleyball team to a convincing 3-0 win over D'Youville University in the first home match of the season for the Redhawks.

Roberts (2-0) remained undefeated on the season with a long 33-31 win in the opening set before capping the sweep with set wins of 25-14 and 25-17 for the second straight win over the Saints (0-2). The crowd was boosted by a large contingent of the newly formed Men's Volleyball VIP fan club.

Monrad was the leader of a balanced attack with his team-leading 10 kills and a .318 attack percentage. Sophomore Ryan DeJohn added nine kills and freshman middle Jordan Hoover had eight kills and a .500 percentage. The Redhawks finished the match with 39 kills and just 16 errors for a .267 team attack average.

In the opening set, Hoover, Monrad and DeJohn had kills after the 25-point mark had been reached and DeJohn closed out the set with an ace for the high-scoring 33-31 win.

In the second set, a pair of kills for both DeJohn and junior Paul Fillion in the middle of a 7-1 run early gave Roberts a 13-8 edge.

Hoover and Monrad had aces in a 5-2 run later in the set as the Redhawks took a commanding 21-13 lead before closing out the set with a pair of DeJohn aces and a kill for freshman Jayce Moore.

Roberts took an early 6-1 lead in the third set with two aces by sophomore Landon Brouwer and kills for Hoover and DeJohn.

D'Youville closed the scoring gap to five at 15-10 but a service error, a block by DeJohn and freshman Gavin Terp and two attack errors gave Roberts a 19-10 lead. Hoover and sophomore Andrew Howe added late kills and junior Kaidan Krchniak closed out the match with one final ace. The Redhawks had 13 aces in the match.