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Cossyleon Serve
3
Winner Dominican (IL) DU 10-8,6-1 NACC
0
Benedictine (IL) BenU 11-7,6-1 NACC
Winner
Dominican (IL) DU
10-8,6-1 NACC
3
Final
0
Benedictine (IL) BenU
11-7,6-1 NACC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Dominican (IL) DU 25 25 25 (3)
Benedictine (IL) BenU 21 23 20 (0)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Cossyleon's Career Day Powers Stars to Victory Over Benedictine

Lisle, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Volleyball was back on the road for a critical NACC match-up at Benedictine.
 
 Results:
  Dominican: 3
  Benedictine: 0

  How it Happened:
  -A tight opening set would see the teams knotted at 14-14.
  -The Stars would pull away at the end of the 1st set and take it, 25-21. Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon tallied 6 kills and 2 digs in the opening set.
  -Set 2 saw DU fall behind the Eagles early, trailing 1-6, but a 4-0 run from Sophomore Ty Geschke brought Dominican back within 2.
  -A 5-0 run from Senior Owen Morrow down the stretch of the 2nd set would lead the Stars to a two-sets to none advantage, winning Set 2, 25-23. Geschke posted 4 kills and 2 digs in the frame.
  -The 3rd set would start even once again until Morrow would piece together another run from the service line, giving DU a 19-16 advantage.
  -The Stars would use a 4-0 run from Freshman Landon Diaz to capture the 3rd set and sweep Benedictine on their home court, taking Set 3, 25-20. Cossyleon notched 8 kills in the final frame, with Senior Tanner Dahman collecting 5 kills and 4 digs.
  -DU hit .347 collectively compared to Benedictine's .250 and led the Eagles in aces, 7-1.

  Shining Stars:
  -Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon recorded a team high 18 kills on .424, marking a career-high in both kills and hitting percentage (min. 20 attempts).
  -Sophomore Ty Geschke tallied 11 kills, 3 digs, and an ace.
  -Senior Tanner Dahman collected 9 kills on .368 hitting along with 2 aces and 9 digs.
  -Senior Owen Morrow collected 39 assists in the sweep.
  -Junior Tyler Vrska was strong in the back row for Dominican, notching 7 digs.

  Leading the Way:
  Kills: Cossyleon (18)
  Aces: Dahman and Morrow (2)
  Blocks: Diaz (2)
  Assists: Morrow (39)
  Digs: Dahman (9)

  What's Next:
  Dominican University Men's Volleyball improves to 10-8 on the season and is 6-1 in NACC play. The Stars return home on Wednesday, March 19th to take on Concordia Wisconsin. The match will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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