FOND DU LAC - Marian University men's volleyball (4-9, 0-2 NACC) was defeated at home for the first time this season against CUW 30-28, 22-25, 25-16, 26-24.
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- Back-and-forth action opened the match with CUW taking a 21-19 lead late.
- The Sabres then scored four straight to eventually bring the two teams to a 23-23 stalemate.
- Marian was turned away on set-point four times before CUW scored four of the final five points to take the opener.
- The Sabres had a quick start to set two jumping ahead 18-7.
- Marian built its lead to as large as 10 points before eventually evening the sets.
- It was CUW who responded opening the third set with a 17-9 advantage.
- This proved to be plenty for the Falcons to take the set and go up 2-1.
- The two squads went toe-to-toe to start the fourth with Marian eventually leading 20-19.
- The Sabres were able to score three straight to build a four-point lead at 23-19.
- The Falcons rallied scoring the next five points to have match-point.
- Marian turned CUW away on the first match-point but couldn't on the second Falcon opportunity.
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- CUW had a 52-46 advantage for kills, while Marian had a big advantage in digs at 57-48.
- Both teams had big nights at the net with CUW recording 19 blocks and Marian a season-high 11.
- This is the first home loss of the season for the Sabres.
- Marian is now 7-4 all-time against CUW having dropped the last three meetings.
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