LISLE, IL - Playing as a non-conference match, the 15th-ranked Benedictine University men's volleyball team saw a five-match win streak end with a home sweep at the hands of #7 Dominican University

FINAL SCORE
Dominican 3, Benedictine 0
25-22, 26-24, 25-16

THE DETAILS
• Most of the action in the first two sets saw both teams continually battling back and forth
• Dominican notched three in a row in the first set to go up 9-6 before Benedictine countered with four in a row fueled by kills from John Davis and Jacob Grygo along with an ace from Joe Lock to lead 10-9
• Benedictine led 18-15 and 19-16 before Dominican ripped off six-of-seven to grab control and win the opening set
• The second set was much of the same
• Trailing 16-13, Benedictine came back to lead at 17-16 and four consecutive errors put Benedictine ahead 21-19
• Dominican came back to take the lead and after failing on the first set point, made good on the final two points to take the second
• The third was close early before Dominican pulled away in the middle
• Nick Malak made the score 9-9 but Dominican scored six of the next seven to lead 15-10 and went up 20-13 before securing the win
• The two programs have been battling at the top of the conference standings the past few seasons and will meet again in a conference clash at Dominican on March 25
• Benedictine hit under .100 for the match, with a best of .250 in the second

STAT LEADERS
KILLS: Davis (15), Grygo (8), Malak (6)
ASSISTS: Joe Lock (31)
ACES: Lock (2)
DIGS: Davis (8), Kyle Vasquez (8)

UP NEXT
Benedictine (8-5) heads into conference play next weekend with a trip to Wisconsin to meet Lakeland and Marian