PURCHASE, NY. – The No. 19 MIT men's volleyball team opened the 2026 campaign with a 3-0 sweep of Purchase College on Friday night at the SUNY Gymnasium. 
 
THE BASICS: 

• Score: MIT 3, Purchase 0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-18) 
• Records: MIT 1-0 Overall, Purchase 1-2 Overall 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Set 1: With the set tied at 10, the Engineers rattled off seven-straight points to go up 17-10. Coming out of a timeout, Purchase scored two of the next three points to make it a 21-12 set, but a kill from Braeden Baker put MIT back up 10 as the Engineers went on to take set one, 25-15.  
• Set 2: Hansen Fan gave the Engineers an early 6-3 lead. Purchase made it a two-point set at 8-6, however a 12-3 run helped MIT pull ahead as a kill from Nate Toth made it 20-9. Back-to-back kills from Toth and Carlos Rijos secured the 25-12 set win.  
• Set 3: The Panthers used a 6-1 run to pull to within three at 18-15 but MIT held on as a kill from Alexander Garrett sealed the 25-18 win.   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 

• Garrett led the Engineers with eight kills followed by Jensen Fiskin with five. 
• Toth finished with four kills and a team-high three aces. He also had three digs. 
• Kevin Windisch had five digs, and Nathaniel Black collected 13 assists. 
• MIT held the Panthers to a -.032 hitting percentage while the Engineers hit .391 in the match. 
• Eleven different Engineers recorded a kill in the victory.

UP NEXT: 

• The Engineers are back in action tomorrow, Saturday, January 17 as they travel to Rutgers-Newark for a tri-match. MIT will take on Arcadia at 1:00 PM followed by a 3:00 PM match against the Scarlet Raiders. 

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