The Dominican University men's volleyball team labored through a slow start before emerging with a four-set (27-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21) win over the visiting Marian University Sabres on Friday night at the Igini Sports Forum.  The win pushes the Stars to 8-3 on the season and a perfect 2-0 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
 
"I thought we closed the match better than we started it," said Dominican's Dan Pawlikowski following the win. "Marian's versatile attackers posed some different problems than we have seen thus far in the season.  It was good for our group to have to make in-game adjustments and raise our volleyball IQ. I'm excited to be back at it again tomorrow!"
 
For the Stars, sophomore Jake Sidner led the attack, knocking down 15 kills on 30 swings while committing just four errors.  Senior Nick Timreck added 12 kills on 22 attempts while sophomore Ethan Klosak rounded out three in double-digits with 11 kills of his own.  Freshman setter Jack McGuire ran the offense to a .252 attack percentage, doling out 49 assists while utilizing six different attackers.
 
Defensively, the Stars limited Marian to a .171 attack percentage despite a match-high 19 kills for Aaron Wendels.  Dominican posted a .674 sideout percentage, going 60-for-89 on the match.  Libero David DeMarco collected 22 digs in the back row while the Stars' front row posted four total blocks.  Timreck tallied three block assists while McGuire posted a solo block and a block assist.
 
The Stars return to action on Saturday, hosting the Lakeland University Muskies for a 2:00 p.m. NACC contest.