The Misericordia University men's volleyball team opened its home schedule with a 3-1 showing at the Cougars Kickoff Classic, Friday and Saturday.

The Cougars swept Drew, 3-0, in Friday's opener and beat Nichols, 3-1, in their second match.

MU lost to #2 NYU, 3-0, and took a thrilling 3-2 decision from #17 MIT, Saturday evening.

Anthony DePalma and Jared Piontkowski were named to the All-Tournament team for the #20 Cougars.

Thomas Young led MU with 17 kills against Nichols while DePalma had 15 kills and 13 digs.

Gannon DeFrain had 45 assists and Benjamin Clendening had four blocks.

DeFrain had 25 assists and eight digs against Drew while Logan Romeika had nine kills, two aces and seven digs.

Isaac Griffin added eight kills.

Piontkowski had 15 kills against NY and DePalma had nine kills and nine digs.

Piontkowski had 26 kills and four blocks against MIT and DePalma had 17 kills.

DeFrain had 52 assists and Clendening had six blocks.