Men’s volleyball team swept in home match by North Central

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College men's volleyball team was swept in three sets by North Central (Ill.) College tonight at The Cutler Event Center in Olivet.

THE BASICS
Final Score: North Central def. Olivet 25-19, 25-13, 25-19
Location: The Cutler Event Center; Olivet, Mich.
Records: North Central 11-6 overall, 7-4 MCVL; Olivet 2-13 overall, 0-11 MCVL

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cardinals scored the first three points of the opening set, and never relinquished the lead.
• Like the first set, North Central jumped out to a 3-0 lead to start the second set. The Comets battled back and evened the score twice, with the last time being 7-7. The Cardinals used two kills and a service ace to go back up by three points, 10-7. Olivet scored the next point but it would not get any closer for the remainder of the set.
• The Comets put the first point on the scoreboard in the third set. North Central had a mini 2-0 run to go up 2-1. The Comets came back to force four tied scores at 4-4, 6-6, 7-7 and 8-8. Olivet kept the set close and were never down more than four points until the score became 21-16.

FOR THE COMETS

• Olivet finished the match with 25 kills.
• Senior Luke DeWitt led the way with 11 kills and a .500 attack percentage.
• Freshman Trent Robinson recorded six kills.
• Freshman Mathew Caamal dished out 18 set assists.
• Caamal and DeWitt both had five digs.

FOR THE CARDINALS

• North Central had 43 kills and hit at a .447 clip.
• Jason Eslinger topped the team with 13 kills, while hitting .391.
• Brendan Crawford and Bozhidar Kolev each registered eight kills.
• Raymond Kraus recorded a match-best 31 set assists.
• Kolev finished with a team-best eight digs.

UP NEXT

• Olivet and North Central will return to The Cutler Event Center for another match tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m.