River Forest, Ill. - The Dominican University men's volleyball team hosted the Muskies of Lakeland University for the first match of the NACC conference tournament.
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Results:
#1 Dominican:3
#8Lakeland: 0 Â
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How it Happened:
-The Stars jumped out and won the first set to the score of 25-21, and picked up 14 kills on 30 total attacking attempts. 7
-DU was able to get Junior
Casey Goss going offensively in the first set. Where Goss recorded 7 kills. Â
-Dominican kept all of the momentum and dominated in the second set winning 25-12. Dominican had 11 kills in the set, and able to take advantage of 9 errors by the Muskies. 4k
-The second set was highlighted by the Freshman
Ty Geschke who had 4 kills and a block in the set. Â
-The Stars shut the door in the final set 25-11 collecting 11 kills, and only having one error the entire set. Â
-This set was a block party for DU collecting 7 of them. Dominican was getting blocks from Sophomore
Michael Greco, Junior
Owen Morrow, Junior
Jason Kougan Geschke, and Goss. Greco was involved in 6 of the 7 blocks.
Shining Stars:
-Junior
Casey Goss led the Stars with 13 kills on 22 attempts. Goss also had 5 digs, and 5 blocks. Â
-Freshman
Ty Geschke was right behind Goss with 11 kills on 20 attempts. Geschke also collected 2 blocks. Â Â
-Sophomore
Michael Greco was the leader of the block party with 6 of them, and picked up 4 kills. Â
-JuniorÂ
Jason Kougan picked up 5 blocks and 2 digs.
-JuniorÂ
Owen Morrow led the team with 31 assists. Morrow alos added 3 blocks, and 7 digs to his name.
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Leading the Way:
Kills: Goss (13)
Aces: Marrs (2)
Blocks: Greco (6)
Assists: Morrow (31)
Digs: Vrska (13)
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What's Next:Â
The Dominican University men's volleyball team will continue on to the semi-finals of the NACC tournament, where they will play at 7:00 p.m. Thursday night right back in the Igini Sports Forum. The Stars will be playing the winner of MSOE and CUW.
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