Grand Rapids, Mich. – The Saints honored their two seniors, Joshua Boothroyd and Julian Armendano, of the men's volleyball team today (Mar. 25) for all of their hard work and dedication to the program over their respective careers. Aquinas also played its last home match of the regular season today with another bout against the Saint Mary of the Woods (SMTW) Pomeroys.

AQ finished out its season and Senior Day strong with a 3-0 sweep over the visitors from Saint Mary of the Woods. The Saints won by set scores of 25-10, 25-20, and 25-17.

Aquinas improves to 13-12 on the season with a 12-6 conference record. The Saints locked in the number four seed for the upcoming WHAC tournament after the win this afternoon. SMTW falls to 3-24 on the year with an 0-18 conference record.

The Saints offense was firing on all cylinders to start the first set, taking eight of the first ten points. Chase Gil had a great start to the match with a pair of aces, a block assist, and a Gil kill.

Several points later, AQ went on a seven-point run that featured three kills from Boothroyd to give Aquinas a commanding 17-5 advantage.

Another kill and ace from Gil gave AQ its 23rd and 24th points of the set. Two points later, a service error gave Aquinas its 25th point to win the set 25-10. Boothroyd finished the first set with a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage with six kills. Gil tallied two kills and three aces during the set.

The second set was a bit more competitive as AQ took nine of the first 15 points to establish a 9-6 advantage. SMTW started a bit of a rally on the subsequent point to go on a 4-0 run and take its first lead of the match. Boothroyd responded with kills on the next two points to reclaim an AQ lead.

Both sides continued to go back and forth until the set was tied at 18. A kill from Armendano put the Saints back ahead on the ensuing point. AQ padded its lead with three straight blocks and an attacking error from the Pomeroys to give itself a 23-18 advantage.

Saint Mary of the Woods scored a couple of points, but kills from Carter Sabo and Armendano ended the set 25-20 in favor of Aquinas.

Similar to the second set, the third set started close with the two sides evenly splitting the first 18 points for a 9-9 score. A majority of AQ's first nine points came from Pomeroy errors.

A pair of Gil kills and another kill from Sabo gave AQ a 3-0 run and a 12-9 advantage. SMTW kept the score close, but another 3-0 run that featured a kill from Sabo, a kill from Amendano, and an ace from Armendano had the Saints out in front 18-13.

Boothroyd started to take over the match again, scoring three of AQ's next five points to help establish a 23-15 lead. The combination of Sabo and Armendano ended another set in favor of AQ with a 25-17 third-set victory.

Aquinas swept the match and the stats as the hometown Saints led in kills (37-16), hitting percentage (.288-.000), aces (10-2), assists (32-14), and digs (26-22). Both teams ended the afternoon with five blocks.

Boothroyd led the way in kills today with 12 on 24 attacks (.333). He also had two aces, three block assists, and one dig.

Armendano added another 11 kills on 26 attacks (.154). In addition, he had one ace and eight digs.

Gil finished the match with a career-high five aces, four kills, one assist, one solo block, three block assists, and one dig.

Next up for Aquinas is the opening round of the WHAC tournament on Wednesday (Mar. 29). The Saints will host the number-five seed Lawrence Tech inside the Sturrus Center.