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Cossyleon Serve
3
Winner Dominican (IL) DU 4-6,1-0 NACC
2
Augustana (IL) AUGIE 10-4,0-0 CCIW
Winner
Dominican (IL) DU
4-6,1-0 NACC
3
Final
2
Augustana (IL) AUGIE
10-4,0-0 CCIW
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Dominican (IL) DU 21 25 18 25 15 (3)
Augustana (IL) AUGIE 25 17 25 22 10 (2)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Stars Complete Comeback to Win in Five

Rock Island, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Volleyball took on the Vikings of Augustana College on Thursday night in Rock Island.
 
 Results:
  Dominican: 3
  Augustana: 2

  How it Happened:
  -The Stars would charge out to a 9-6 lead in the 1st set. Augustana would then rattle off a 0-5 run and take the opening frame, 21-25. Sophomore Ty Geschke posted 5 kills and an ace in the 1st.
  -DU would then open Set 2 with a 9-2 run and cruise to tie the match at one set a piece, taking the 2nd, 25-17. Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon tallied 6 kills in Set 2.
  -Both squads would be knotted at 12 all in Set 3, but Augustana would pull away at the back half of the set and take it, 18-25. Senior Tanner Dahman collected 3 kills in the 3rd.
  -The Stars would use a 4-0 run from Senior Jason Kougan to take a 10-8 lead in the 4th and would then be able to push the match to a 5th set by closing out Set 4, 25-22. Sophomore Thomas Hirsch tallied 2 kills and a block in the set.
  -Dominican came out strong in Set 5 and closed out the match by winning the 5th, 15-10. Dahman and Cossyleon both had 2 kills and an ace in the 5th set.
  -The Stars had 65 digs in the match compared to the Vikings' 52.
  -Dominican hit .239 collectively in the match to Augustana's .181.

  Shining Stars:
  -Sophomore Ty Geschke led the Stars with 17 kills on .412 hitting. Geschke also added an ace and two blocks.
  -Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon tallied 16 kills and 8 digs in his first start of the season.
  -Senior Tanner Dahman collected 10 kills and 9 digs in the win.
  -Senior Owen Morrow registered 42 assists and 12 digs.
  -Sophomore Grant Henderson totaled a new career high of 20 digs to lead DU's defense. 

  Leading the Way:
  Kills: Geschke (7)
  Aces: Geschke and Dahman (2)
  Blocks: Geschke and Kougan (2)
  Assists: Morrow (42)
  Digs: Henderson (10)

  What's Next:
  Dominican University Men's Volleyball improves to 4-6 on the season and is 1-0 in NACC play. The Stars will be back at home on Saturday, February 22nd to take on Marian University. The match is slated to start at 5:00 p.m.

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