UNION, NJ—The NJIT men's volleyball program registered its fourth straight win of the season with a 3-0 sweep at Kean Monday evening at Harwood Arena in men's volleyball non-conference action.

NJIT, which returned to action after a three-week break, posted a 26-24, 25-17 and 25-21 victory over the Cougars, moving to 4-4 on the young season while Kean drops to 10-3 overall.

NJIT's Piotr Namiotko led the Highlanders with eight kills and match-best five service aces followed by Alvaro Gimeno with seven.  Graduate student Enrique de Diego Garcia combined for a .667 hitting percentage, combining for four kills and six attempts.  De Diego Garcia posted four block assists in the win.

Senior Ricardo Whitaker piled up 21 assists and three digs while libero Chris Wise added three digs for the Highlanders.

Kamil Garbowski led the way for Kean as he hit .692 with 10 kills.  Garbowski was the only player for either team to reach the double-digit mark.

A see-saw tight affair in the first set, saw the score tied at 16-all, as the Cougars were able to take a three point lead after a pair of kills, 19-16.  NJIT would rally back and knot the set at 22 and then at 23 and held set point on a block assist from Jens Feldthus and Enrique de Diego Garcia.  After a timeout from Kean, led to a Dylan Flor kill which tied the set right back up, 23-all.  But a service and attack error by the Cougars to end the set, ended the threat and the Highlanders edged out a 26-24 win.

NJIT rolled off six straight points to start the second frame with three straight aces from Piotr Namiotko in the span.  Kean chipped away and tied things up at 10-all.  The Highlanders led 20-17 and used the arm of Namiotko to close out the set as he collected two more aces 25-17.

The Cougars took control early in the third set scoring five straight points, but NJIT used aces from Luca Berger to tie the set and eventually take the lead, 15-14.  Kean would battle back to knot the set at 17-all, but NJIT chipped away and finished off the straight set win 25-21.

NJIT, which has played it first eight matches on the road, will open up at home on Friday at 6pm when the Highlanders host George Mason in EIVA Conference action.  The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.