Men's Volleyball Suffers Tough Reverse Sweep Loss Against Saints

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's volleyball team were looking good winning the first two sets against Maryville, however, the Saints won the final three securing the comeback win.

Final

Maryville def. Fontbonne, 3-2 (25-27, 22-25, 25-13, 25-22, 15-7)

Set Notes

Set 1: In the first, the Saints opened with a 15-12 lead but the Griffins eventually grabbed a 17-16 advantage forcing Maryville to take a timeout.

Out of the break, the teams were all tied at 25-25 on David Fleischer's kill. The Griffins, though got a kill from Joseph Huster and a Maryville attack error gave them the 27-25 win.

Set 2: The Griffins took a 14-10 lead in the second. From there, the Griffins never relinquished its lead going on for the 25-22 victory.

Fontbonne finished with 14 kills and a .176 hitting percentage in the second. At the net, the Griffins had four blocks giving them eight already through two sets.

Set 3: In the third, the Saints put Fontbonne an 11-5 hole and never let its foot off the gas staying alive with the 25-13 win.

Set 4: The two teams were tied 10-10, but the Saints went on a 6-1 run as Joe Nicometo's kill giving Maryville a 16-1 lead. Fontbonne got the deficit down to 24-22 on a service ace from Kyle Snook. Maryville was able to pick up the final point winning, 25-22.

Fontbonne finished with 11 kills in the fourth, to go along with its .200 hitting percentage. Maryville ended with a match-high 15 kills.

Set 5: In the fifth, the Griffins trailed 6-3 after a kill from Ryan Lively. Maryville closed out the set outscoring Fontbonne 9-4 en route to the 15-7 set and match win.

Game Notes

• The Griffins finished with 50 kills and a .132 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, the team totaled 12 blocks giving them 25 in its last two games.
• Maryville ended with 45 kills, to go along with its .245 hitting percentage.

Top Griffins

Nate Paasch: 12 kills, season-high .458 hitting percentage.

Cameron Graves: 12 kills, nine digs

Joseph Huster: nine kills, .217 hitting percentage, five block assists.

Ryan Lively: nine kills, 12 digs

Alex Gantt: 39 assists, career-high 12 digs

Ryan Taylor: Career-high 16 digs

Up Next

The Griffins will now get ready for conference action starting this weekend. The team travels to Mount St. Joseph on Friday for a 6:30 p.m., start. On Saturday, they'll face Wittenberg at 12 p.m.

Make sure to follow the men's volleyball team on all its social media accounts: Twitter(@FBUGriffinsMVB), Instagram (@fontbonnemvb) and Facebook (/FontbonneUGriffins).