Box Score The Dominican University men's volleyball team climbed back to the .500 mark on the season at 9-9 and 2-2 in the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) West Division with a three-set win (25-18, 33-31, 25-22) over the Fontbonne University Griffins in River Forest on Saturday afternoon.
 
As they did on Friday night in a four-set win over the College of Mount St. Joseph, the Stars got off to a slow start, trailing the Griffins 15-11 before starting to click.  Dominican rattled off four straight points, including kills by Zachery Sinn (Winfield, Ill.) and Jeremy Royko (Naperville, Ill.) to even the score at 15-15.
 
After a Griffins sideout, the Stars put together another three-point spurt sparked by back-to-back kills by Royko to take an 18-16 lead.  Dominican then scored seven of the final nine points to put set one away.
 
Dominican dug out of a 20-12 hole in the second set.  A kill by Royko sparked a 9-0 run for the Stars with Royko back serving for eight points.  Sinn collected three kills on the Stars' run while back-to-back blocks by Alex Coyne (Naperville, Ill.) and Aidan Spangler (Western Springs, Ill.) provided the fuel to the Stars' fire.
 
The Stars eventually evened the set at 22-22, setting the stage for the seesaw finish that saw the Stars serve for set-point six times and the Griffins twice.  Royko finally closed out the set with a kill.
 
The decisive third set followed suit with four lead changes and ten ties.  Dominican used a three-point run midway through the set to open a 19-15 advantage and were able to hold off the Griffins down the stretch.
 
Coyne finished with 39 assists to go along with four kills, seven digs and five total blocks.  Sinn finished with a team-high 18 kills while Royko terminated 13 rallies.  As a team, Dominican hit .330 for the match led by Spangler who posted a .583 attack percentage with eight kills to just one error on 12 total swings.
 
The Stars return to the court on Wednesday, hosting the #9 Lakeland College Muskies for a 7:00 p.m. match in the Igini Sports Forum.