Volleyball matches are best-of-five and Brockport needed extra time in the deciding game to eke out a 3-2 win over Gates-Chili.
The Blue Devils won the first set 25-22 largely thanks to three kills and one ace from senior Jacob Vergari.
With the score tied 24-24 in the second set, John Bamburoski and Shawn Maira registered final point kills in a 26-24 victory.
But the Blue Devils lost their offensive rhythm in the third and fourth games with a combined seven kills in dropping 25-12 and 25-14 decisions.
In the fifth and deciding set the Blue Devils used a block from Hunter Tintera, an ace by Troy Leibert and a block by Zach Sweet to jump out to a 5-1 lead, but Gates-Chili recovered to go on an 11-4 run.
Trailing by five at 18-13, Brockport rallied after a timeout to score five of the next six points including a kill by Sweet.
Bamburoski had two kills sandwiching a dunk by Maira to put the Blue Devils briefly in front 21-20. The score was tied three times after that, including 24-all, before a Spartans net serve and a bag dig on a Vergari serve gave Brockport the match deciding game 26-24.
Vergari led Brockport with nine kills while Bamburoski had seven and Tintera added six. Spencer Anderson handed out 26 assists and Leibert was solid defensively with eight digs for the 11-2 Blue Devils.
