The Benedictine University men's volleyball team fell to Milwaukee School of Engineering, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon in Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League action.
In their third time meeting this season, Benedictine (4-10, 2-5 MCVL) took an early lead on a
Dan Gibadlo ace but the Raiders (10-8, 2-4) came back to tie it at 17. Gibadlo and
Sterling Glover gave BenU the lead on back-to-back blocks as the Eagles went on to win the first set 25-21.
In set two, both teams traded points early but MSOE pulled ahead 19-13, tallying three aces and 14 kills en route to a 25-21 win. The Raiders offense came alive in the third set, taking an early lead and never looking back as they went on to win 25-14, recording 14 kills and just four errors.
Benedictine looked to take the momentum in the fourth set, starting off with a Glover ace but MSOE responded with three kills and an ace. A
Markus Riemer block put BenU within one and both teams traded points until an MSOE kill secured the lead and they went on to win 25-18.
Glover led BenU with 13 kills while
Eric Tarnow had 10 kills. Riemer led the defense with 19 digs and also had 26 assists while Gibadlo had five block assists.
MSOE's Nick Manning led all players with 15 kills. MSOE out-hit BenU 56 (.209) to 33 (.156) and recorded 13 aces.
Benedictine is back in action when they travel to Lakeland College on March 4 for a 7:00 p.m. MCVL contest.