The Quincy University men's volleyball team had their worst
hitting match of the 2011 season on Friday night as they were swept
by Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne 3-0 falling 25-12, 25-18 and
25-23.
Quincy hit just .081 in the match with just 29 kills while
finishing with 21 errors. It marked the second fewest kills in a
match this season by the Hawks and the first time they finished
with an attack percentage below .100 on the year. The Hawks started
out hitting negative -.087 in the first set with six kills and
eight errors. They were able to improve in the final two sets
finishing with 12 kills and five errors in the second set and 11
kills and eight errors in the third set but still hit well below
their team mark of .258 on the season.
The Mastodons jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first set as Quincy
had six attack errors. The Mastodons cruised to the 25-12 win as
they hit .444 as a team. Quincy was within striking distance in the
second set, trailing just 15-12 mid-way through. However the Hawks
were never able to get any closer as again the Hawks inefficiency
in offense haunted them.
The Hawks held a 13-12 lead after a kill by Joseph Ascher but IPFW
quickly grabbed the lead back at 16-14. The Hawks were tied at
22-22 late and held serve but committed a service error to give
IPFW a point and the serve. From there the Mastodons closed out the
game and match with a pair of kills from Darryl Shank.
Joseph Ascher was the only Hawk to finish with double digits in
kills, recording 11 kills, while Steven
Battaglia added nine kills with just one error. Andrew
Ouano added 25 assists and Tanner
Wright and Ryan
Lehmann each finished with 11 digs. The Hawks fall to
18-11 overall this season and 0-7 in the MIVA. They return to
action tomorrow with another conference match against IPFW at 7
p.m.