Union, N.J. (4/10/16) – The Kean University men's volleyball team made it five straight as they blanked Ramapo College in the Skyline Championship on Sunday afternoon.

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The Cougars (30-6) were led by sophomore Jacob Kauffman who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the championship as he recorded 10 kills and four service aces.  He also added three digs and four assisted blocks and a total of 16 points on the day.

Kean now awaits the announcement of the 2016 NCAA Division III bracket which will be featured on ncaa.com on Monday at 10 a.m.         http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2016/04/11

Kean has won the Skyline Championship for five straight seasons and is only in their sixth season as a varsity program. 

In today's first set the Cougars pushed out to a quick 9-3 lead with two kills from Bill Fischer and an ace from Kauffman in the run.  The Roadrunners (19-16) turned that deficit right around and climbed within one (9-8) before a Cougar timeout.  Kean adjusted and another kill from Fischer and back-to-back assisted blocks swung the momentum back to Kean forcing a Ramapo timeout.  The Cougars then paced through the rest of the set keeping a comfortable margin throughout for the set one win, 25-18.

The Roadrunners took their first lead of the day in set two on attack errors by the Cougars, but after see-sawing to 11-all, Kean took control and rolled off four straight points, forcing a Roadrunner timeout.  Ramapo would only come as close as two points for the rest of the set as the Cougars won set two by the same score, 25-18.

Trailing 6-5 in what would be the final set, the Cougars used a 9-0 run with Kauffman serving to forge ahead comfortably top Ramapo, 25-11, for the straight set win.

Fischer finished with nine kills, five digs and two assisted blocks while setter Steve Schrank added 24 assists and eight digs in the win.

For the Roadrunners, Justin Feigeles and Paul Close each registered six kills on the afternoon.