Men’s volleyball team drops three-set decision at Dominican

RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The Olivet College men's volleyball team dropped a three-set decision to Dominican University this afternoon at the Igini Sports Forum in River Forest, Illinois.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Dominican def. Olivet 25-13, 25-16, 25-19
Location: Igini Sports Forum; River Forest, Ill.
Records: Dominican 19-1 overall, 14-0 MCVL; Olivet 2-16 overall, 0-14 MCVL

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Comets led 5-4 in the first set before the Stars went on 7-0 run to gain an 11-5 lead. The teams exchanged points to make the score 12-6. Dominican scored five straight to go up 17-6 and take control of the set.
• The second set was tied at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3. The Stars scored the next point and never relinquished the lead for the rest of the set.
• Dominican led the third set from wire-to-wire.

FOR THE COMETS

• Freshman Trent Robinson had nine kills and two blocks.
• Senior Luke DeWitt finished with four kills.
• Freshman Mathew Caamal recorded a team-best 17 set assists.
• Freshman Zach Pringle collected a team-high four digs.

FOR THE STARS

• Zach Sinn and Adam Janusz each registered 10 kills. Sinn had zero attack errors on 12 attempts for a .833 hitting percentage, while Janusz had one error on 12 swings for a .750 attack percentage.
• Evan Ruffner dished out 23 set assists.
• Jeremy Parker posted a match-high 11 digs.

UP NEXT

• Olivet hosts Milwaukee (Wis.) School of Engineering next Friday night at 7 p.m.