PURCHASE, N.Y. - The Purchase College men's volleyball team suffered a pair of losses Saturday afternoon, failing to New Jersey City University and St. Joseph's University-Brooklyn in a Skyline Conference tri-match.

Game One: New Jersey City  3, Purchase 0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-14)

From the get-go, the Gothic Knights were the dominant force on the court. They finished with 41 kills on .333 hitting in the win, all while limiting the Panthers to 10 kills on -.062 hitting.

Individually, Luca Spadinger (FR/Loudonville, NY) finished with four kills and seven digs, both of which led the team, while Marcus Garguilo (SO/Port Washington, NY) tallied 5.5 points (3 kills, 3 block assists and 1 solo block) and six digs.

Game Two: St. Joseph's-Brooklyn 3, Purchase 2 (21-25, 25-16, 25-18, 11-25, 15-12)

Following the loss, the hosts looked to change their fortunes in the final contest. 

Purchase started well, taking the opening set after a close battle. The Bears of St. Joseph's then responded with back-to-back set wins in the second and third frames, before the Panthers tied things up with a dominating performance in set four.

During the set win, the hosts finished with 11 kills to just one error and hit .333 overall. With the performance, the Blue and Orange forced a fifth and final set to decide the match.

Things started well for the Panthers, as they raced out to an 8-4 lead, before fifth-set rules demanded each team switch sides.

Following the swap, the hosts continued to lead as they paced the guests 12-9.

However, six-straight points from the Bears completely flipped the game, and handed the guests the victory to stun Purchase.

In the end, the contest was extremely even between the two sides, as they each finished with at least 44 kills and hit over .100 for the match.

Individually, Garguilo recorded 26 kills across the five-set thriller, which easily surpassed his career-high mark of 14 kills set back in January.

He also tied for the team-high in digs with 18, and led the squad in aces with three. 

Spadinger added nine kills and nine digs, while Idris Idris (SR/Bronx, NY) collected 37 assists and 16 digs in the loss.

In the middle match of the day, NJCU bested St. Joseph's-Brooklyn in straight sets.

Following the three games, Purchase now sits at 4-14 overall and 2-5 in the conference.

For the Gothic Knights, they improved to 12-7 and 5-2, respectively, while the Bears are now 4-8 and 3-3. 

Up next for the Panthers is more Skyline Conference action, as they host the College of Mount Saint Vincent on March 21st at 6 p.m. You can follow along right here.