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3
Winner CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 5-0
2
Benedictine BENU 3-2
Winner
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE
5-0
3
Final
2
Benedictine BENU
3-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
CARTHAGE CARTHAGE 21 25 25 21 18 (3)
Benedictine BENU 25 19 19 25 16 (2)

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at North Central College

1/27/2018 | 1:00 PM

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Jan. 27 (Sat) / 1:00 PM
at North Central College
History

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

#9 Men's Volleyball Battles to Five Sets With #4 Carthage

After garnering their first-ever national ranking this week, the #9 Benedictine University men's volleyball team welcomed #4 Carthage College to the Rice Center on Wednesday night, battling it out with the red men in five sets and falling in the fifth set 18-16.
 
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Benedictine 2, Carthage 3 (25-21, 19-25, 19-25, 25-21, 16-18)
 
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• The Eagles were on fire in the first set, taking a 16-13 lead after an Adriel Rivas and Zach Loeding block and never looked back
• Benedictine hit .545 in the first set with 14 kills and only two errors while also tallying three blocks for the 25-21 win
• Carthage wasted no time in taking a lead in the second set, jumping out to a 4-1 advantage after two aces
• The Eagles came within two points after a Markus Riemer ace but the Carthage serves were too much for BenU to handle, acing the Eagles four times for the 25-19 win
• Benedictine's defensive woes continued into the third set where they tallied five serve receive errors and hit a -.043 with just five kills and six errors in the 25-19 loss
• Benedictine never game up, taking an early 6-2 lead in the fourth set
• After being tied at 13, an Elijah Medlock ace gave BenU the lead
• The Eagles were the first to 20 after back-to-back Nick Malak kills
• A Carthage error gave BenU the 25-21 lead and forced a fifth set
• Despite being down 2-0 to start set five, an amazing Dylan Shore defensive effort gave BenU momentum and they quickly took the lead after a Kyle VanStedum block and kill
• The Carthage serve proved to be too strong for BenU as they regained the lead with back-to-back aces
• Both teams traded points the entire set and saw Carthage take a 13-11 lead but the Eagles were there to tie it up with another VanStedum kill
• Tied at 16, a Carthage kill and a BenU error gave the RedMen the victory
• As a team, the Eagles had 19 serve receive errors but also collected 50 kills, 35 digs and nine blocks
 
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KILLS: Malak (13); Elijah Medlock (12); Rivas (11); VanStedum (8)
ASSISTS: Riemer (39
DIGS: Medlock (9)
BLOCKS: VanStedum (4); Loeding (2)
 
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Benedictine men's volleyball, now 3-2 overall, travel down the road to take on North Central College on Saturday, January 27 for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
 
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Players Mentioned

Zach Loeding

#9 Zach Loeding

MH
6' 6"
Senior
Nick Malak

#12 Nick Malak

OH
6' 7"
Sophomore
Elijah Medlock

#11 Elijah Medlock

RS
6' 4"
Sophomore
Markus Riemer

#20 Markus Riemer

S
6' 2"
Senior
Adriel Rivas

#15 Adriel Rivas

OH
6' 3"
Junior
Dylan Shore

#2 Dylan Shore

L
5' 10"
Sophomore
Kyle VanStedum

#17 Kyle VanStedum

MH
6' 5"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Zach Loeding

#9 Zach Loeding

6' 6"
Senior
MH
Nick Malak

#12 Nick Malak

6' 7"
Sophomore
OH
Elijah Medlock

#11 Elijah Medlock

6' 4"
Sophomore
RS
Markus Riemer

#20 Markus Riemer

6' 2"
Senior
S
Adriel Rivas

#15 Adriel Rivas

6' 3"
Junior
OH
Dylan Shore

#2 Dylan Shore

5' 10"
Sophomore
L
Kyle VanStedum

#17 Kyle VanStedum

6' 5"
Junior
MH