LISLE, IL - The #15 Benedictine University men's volleyball team opened a big weekend with a sweep of visiting UC-Santa Cruz.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, UC-Santa Cruz 0
25-21, 25-18, 25-18

THE DETAILS
• The visitors got off to a strong start leading 5-2 and held a 13-10 lead midway through the set
• Trailing 14-11, Benedictine scored seven of the next eight points with aces from Joe Lock and John Davis along with kills from Jacob Grygo and Davis to lead 18-15
• Davis stopped an attempt at a rally to close out the first set
• Benedictine steadily pulled away in the second, leading 13-7 on a Grygo kill and an ace from Lock
• Nick Malak capped a three-point run and Elijah Medlock ended the set with a kill
• UC-Santa Cruz did not lead in the third after scoring the first point
• Grygo opened a stretch of four in a row midway through the third and Benedictine led 18-11, enabling others to get into the contest
• 16 players took to the court in the win, a fifth straight
• Grygo did not have an error in the contest, hitting .786
• Benedictine hit .263 for the contest, overcoming a .083 in the first set

STAT LEADERS
KILLS: Grygo (11), Davis (11), Chase Olson (7)
DIGS: Kyle Vasquez (15)
ASSISTS: Lock (34)
ACES:  Lock (3), Mike LeGros (2), Grygo (2)

UP NEXT
Benedictine (8-4) welcomes unbeaten #7 Dominican University on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m. in a non-conference matchup