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Composite
Steve Woltmann
3
Winner Benedictine BENU 3-4
2
North Central NCC 1-2
Winner
Benedictine BENU
3-4
3
Final
2
North Central NCC
1-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Benedictine BENU 25 21 23 25 15 (3)
North Central NCC 23 25 25 23 12 (2)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Men's Volleyball Beats North Central in Five

LISLE, Ill. - Down 2 sets to 1, the Benedictine University men's volleyball team rallied back to force a fifth set that saw eight ties and four lead changes, but it was the Eagles who prevailed, winning the last set 15-12 to beat North Central College on Tuesday night on the road.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, North Central 2 (25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-12)

THE DETAILS
• The Eagles tallied 12 kills and hit .381 to win the first set 25-23
• Benedictine trailed 6-1 in the second set but went on a 9-4 run to tie it at 10 with kills from John Mathews, Jon Mueller and Sterling Glover. The North Central offense came alive and went up by as many as five en route to a 25-21 victory
• Despite taking a 7-3 lead, Benedictine let North Central tie it at 20 and go on to win 25-23 in the third set
• The BenU offense was strong in the fourth set, tallying 15 kills and hitting .355. They took a 23-18 lead but let the Cardinals slowly crept back to come within one but a Kyle VanStedum kill secured the 25-23 win for the Eagles
• The fifth set saw eight ties and four lead changes with the Eagles tallying 12 kills for the 15-12 win

STAT LEADERS
• Jake Moran led the team with 16 kills while VanStedum had eight kills with just two errors
• Glover recorded 11 kills while Zach Loeding had seven kills and an impressive five solo blocks
• Defensively, three players recorded double-figure digs: Jonathan Valentini led the team with 18 and Ian Thompson recorded 12. Markus Riemer had 14 digs and 34 assists
• As a team, North Central out-hit the Eagles with 66 kills compared to BenU's 57 but NCC tallied 20 service errors

UP NEXT
The Benedictine men's volleyball team travels to Dubuque, Iowa on Saturday, January 30 to take on Trinity Christian College at 2:00 p.m. and Lakeland College at 4:00 p.m.
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