Milwaukee, WI – The Dominican University men's volleyball team traveled to Wisconsin Lutheran College as they pushed their win streak to seven in straight-sets (25-10, 25-7, 25-17) over the Warriors Friday evening.
Jack McGuire found Troy Kates for a 6-3 Dominican lead early in the first set before three consecutive George Kougan kills, and an Adrian Cebula ace would extend the Stars lead to 18-6. Three service aces by Kougan and a Trey Cowan kill would make it 24-9 before a McGuire kill closed out the set to give the Stars a 25-10 win in the first set.
The Stars fell behind 2-0 early in the second set before two consecutive service aces from Lucas Eggers would give Dominican a 3-2 advantage. Kougan had back-to-back services aces to extend the Stars lead to 10-4 before Dominican went on a 10-0 run ending with Daniel Sharrah finding Kyle Eggers to end the set 25-7.
Sharrah set up Miles Duncan for a 4-3 Dominican lead in the third set which extended to three, 9-6 after two Warrior errors. Back-to-back kills from Calvin Hertel gave Dominican a 15-9 advantage halfway through the set before a service ace from Mat Molloy made it 23-13. The set ended with a Warrior service error to give the Stars a 25-17 win and taking the match three sets to none.
"It was a great team win on the road tonight, with all 17 guys seeing action," said Assistant Coach Doug Burchett. "I thought there were a lot of guys who stepped up that haven't seen as many minutes and it was fun seeing them make big contributions out there."
Sharrah stepped up big for the Stars as he led the team with six service aces, 13 assists, and six digs in the match. Offensively, Kougan had seven kills while Cowan and Jacob Bush each had four of their own. As a team, the Stars managed 32 kills on just 57 total attacks while committing just nine errors hitting .404 on the night. The Stars also had 19 service aces in the match. Defensively, McGuire had two blocks and four digs while Cowan had three digs in the match.
"We also did a great job at the service line getting them out of their system with 19 total service aces," continued Coach Burchett. "Daniel Sharrah also had his best service career night with six aces and George Kougan finished with five."
The Stars return home on Tuesday, March 23rd when they welcome Edgewood College to the Igini Sports Forum starting at 7:00 p.m.
