Wednesday, March 22, 2011 (Newton, Massachusetts) – On the final game of the 2011 season, the Mount Ida College men's volleyball team fell to visiting non-conference Wentworth Institute of Technology downed 3-0 by scores of 25-20, 25-21 and 25-20.  The Mustangs finish the year with an overall record of 8-19 with a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) slate of 3-9.  The Leopards improve to 20-8 and remain at 10-4 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC). 

It stayed close throughout game one with no more than two points separating the squads with the Leopards leading 7-5 after an error by the Mustangs.  Mount Ida continued to keep pace with the visitors knotting the score twice in the middle of the match at 9-9 and 10-10 both times followed by senior captain Thomas Belton (Springfield, MA/Springfield Central) kills.  Wentworth would jump ahead after a 7-0 run up 17-11 coming mostly from a powerful offensive strike.  The visitors kept the advantage up 20-13 following another Mustang mistake.  Mount Ida pulled within four points down 23-19 after another kill by Belton.  But the visitors finished off the Mustangs taking a 25-20 game one win good for the 1-0 match lead. 

Mount Ida came out hot in game two powering a 6-2 lead following an error by the visitors.  The offensive threat by the Mustangs did not last long while they watched the Leopards go on a 6-0 run capped on a solo block by senior Lowell Jesmer (Rochester, NY/McQuaid Jesuit) up 8-6.  The visitors would not relinquish the lead for the rest of the match and pulled ahead by a set high six point advantage (17-11) after an error by the hosts.  Although the Mustangs cut the lead down to three at 22-19 following a sophomore Spencer Hastings (Orlando, FL/Timber Creak) kill, the Leopards closed out the 25-21 game two win to go ahead 2-0 in the match. 

The Mustangs knotted the score four times in the opening points stuck at 5-5 after a service error by the visitors.  The game remained close with no more than two points separating the squads with the Mustangs down 10-9 after a kill by freshman Ross Burdett (Needham, MA/Needham).  Mount Ida took an 11-10 advantage following another kill by Belton.  A 7-0 Leopard run gave the visitors a commanding 17-11 lead down the stretch after numerous Mustang errors.  Although Mount Ida cut the visiting advantage down to four points after a Belton kill, they would eventually give up a 25-20 game three loss and fall 3-0 in the match.