Plymouth, Wis. - Marian University men's volleyball (14-4, 5-1 NACC) defeated Lakeland on the second night of a back-to-back 17-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-22.
- Set one saw the two teams trading points with Marian holding the 7-5 advantage before the Muskies would go on a 7-2 run to take a 12-9 lead.
- A few service errors hurt the Sabres in set one as Lakeland was able to push its lead to five at 16-11.
- Marian did not go away quietly after using a 5-2 run to cut the Muskie lead to two.
- Lakeland answered the Sabre run by closing out set one on a 7-1 run.
- Set two saw the Sabres jump out to an early 4-0 lead and would push its lead to five with a 6-5 advantage at 10-5.
- Marian gained momentum from the early start in set two and used a 5-2 run to take its largest lead of the set.
- The Muskies crawled back into set two with a 7-2 run to cut the Sabre lead to three.
- Marian controlled the remainder of set two with a 7-5 advantage.
- The Sabres once again got out to an early lead with a 5-2 run before Lakeland tied things up 5-5.
- The two teams would go on to trade points with multiple tie scores before the Sabres regained a three point lead 16-13.
- The Muskies brought the score within one at 18-17 but a dominant late run saw the Sabres take set three with a 7-3 advantage.
- Set four saw the Muskies get out to the slim 5-4 lead before Marian would go on a 6-2 run .
- The Sabres would carry over the momentum from the previous sets as Marian would not surrender its lead the remainder of the set.
- A 6-4 run by the Sabres took the lead to 16-11 which was followed up by a competitive stretch which saw the Muskies hold the slim 7-6 advantage.
- The Sabre lead proved insurmountable as the two teams would finish out set four and the match on an even 4-4 with Marian on top.
- Both defenses were strong as Marian held the 11-8 advantage at the net in blocks while Lakeland held the 56-51 advantage in digs.
- Lakeland was able to edge out the Sabres from the service line 10-5 but Marian forced 31 Muskie hitting errors to the Sabres 20.
- Marian has now won five straight against Lakeland.
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Senior Cam Muller recorded a team-high 12 digs on an efficient .360 hitting while adding eight block assists. |
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Junior Trent Goo Sun had a strong day from the back row with 12 digs and four assists. |
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Junior Keanu Ouranitsas-Hayes added six kills on .400 hitting while recording seven block assists. |
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Saturday, March 16
1 p.m.
Sadoff Gymnasium |
