Men's Volleyball Takes Down The Little Giants In Four Sets

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.—The Fontbonne University men's volleyball team got over the .500 mark in conference play on Saturday after knocking off the Wabash Little Giants in four sets.

Final

Fontbonne def. Wabash, 3-1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23) 

Set Notes

Set 1: After the Little Giants tied it 11-11, the Griffins went on a 4-0 run leading 15-11. Fontbonne dominated the rest of the set going on for the 25-16 win.

The Griffins had 10 kills and a .278 hitting percentage in the first. Ryan Lively led with three kills, while Josh Blomberg and Cameron Graves had two kills each. 

Set 2: The Little Giants this time around grabbed a 11-7 lead in the second. They stretched it out to 18-9, but Fontbonne kept battling trailing 23-20 on Graves' kill. However, the Little Giants closed out the set on a kill from Luke Davis for the 25-21 win.

Fontbonne had 10 kills and a .138 hitting percentage in the second, while the Little Giants fared better with 15 kills and a team-high .333 hitting percentage.

Set 3: It was back-and-forth action in the third, but the Griffins started to pull away leading 17-13 on a double block from Logan Irby and Tony Brooks. The Little Giants tried to make it interesting late trailing 24-23, but a service error gave Fontbonne the 25-23 win. 

Fontbonne bounced back in the third offensively with 12 kills and a match-high .385 hitting percentage. Lively led with five kills on eight swings for a .500 hitting percentage.

Set 4: Wabash led 15-11 in the fourth, but a 4-0 run by Fontbonne capped off by Graves' kill tied it up. The Griffins eventually took an 18-17 lead and never looked back fending off the Little Giants for the 25-23 set and match win.

Team Stats

• Fontbonne finished with 46 kills and a .257 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, the Griffins had 34 digs and eight blocks.
• Wabash had 48 kills and a .224 hitting percentage. 

Top Griffins

Ryan Lively: 15 kills, .300 hitting percentage, 11 digs

Cameron Graves: 9 kills, .316 hitting percentage

Josh Blomberg: 8 kills, .353 hitting percentage

Logan Irby: 6 kills, .333 hitting percentage

Alex Gantt: 24 assists

Tengis Kelley: 18 assits

Up Next

The Griffins will play its final road game of the regular season next Saturday when they'll take on the Trine Thunder. First-service at 12 p.m.

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