Men's Volleyball Opens Conference Play With Sweep Over Trine

ANGOLA, Ind.—The Fontbonne University men's volleyball team opened MCVL play with a sweep over Trine.

Final: Fontbonne 3, Trine 0

Location: Angola, Ind.

Records: Fontbonne (3-10; 1-0 MCVL), Trine (3-9; 0-2 MCVL)

How It Happened

In the first set, the Thunder opened with a 12-6 lead on a block assist from Chris Dargan and Parker Beale and that forced the Griffins to take a timeout. Later, the Thunder stretched it out to 18-11 and the Griffins called a timeout.

Out of the break, the Griffins started its comeback. The team went on a 12-6 run as an attack error by the Thunder had Fontbonne down 24-23. After a kill from Kyle Dixon, the Griffins closed out on a 4-0 run for the 27-25 win.

In the second set, the Griffins opened with a 12-8 lead on Nate Paasch's kill. Fontbonne expanded the advantage out to 22-15 on Braden Woolsey's service ace. Trine never was able to mount a comeback with Cameron Graves finishing the set off with a kill for the 25-19 win.

Fontbonne totaled 12 kills and a .233 hitting percentage, while Trine had its struggles with six kills and seven attack errors for a negative -.038 hitting percentage.

In the third, the Griffins grabbed a 15-10 lead on a Thunder attack error. It was all Fontbonne the rest of the way as they closed out on a 10-4 run for the 25-14 set and match win.

Inside The Numbers

• Fontbonne posted 38 kills and a .256 hitting percentage in the sweep.
• Defensively, they posted 34 digs and four blocks.
• Trine ended with 28 kills and a .120 hitting percentage.
• The Thunder struggled at the service line with 12 service errors and zero aces.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Cameron Graves led with a match-high 11 kills.
• Nate Paasch tied his career-high with eight kills and added six digs.
• Lee Kruetzmann, Zach Herran, and Braden Woolsey had six kills each.
• Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell dished out a match-high 34 assists.
• Defensively, Zach Rothstein collected a team-high nine digs.

Trine Leaders

• Kyle Dixon posted a team-high 10 kills.
• Hunter Monday handed out 27 assists and Eric Santiago-Garcia finished with a match-high 13 digs.

Up Next

The Griffins are right back in action tomorrow against Adrian. First-service at 10 a.m.

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