Quincy Begins Season with Two Victories
The Quincy University men's volleyball team started off its 2012
season strong with a pair of 3-1 wins in the opening day of the
Mount Olive Classic held in Mount Olive, North Carolina. The Hawks
opened the day with a win over Eastern Mennonite University and
followed by taking down host Mount Olive University.
Despite winning the match 3-1 over Mount Olive the match was closer
than the sets appear. Quincy edged out Mount Olive 25-23, 25-22,
20-25 and 25-22 for their second win of the day. The two teams
battled each offensively with each team finishing with a hitting
percentage over .400 and totaling over 50 kills. But in the end it
was Quincy that managed to pull out the win.
The opening set of the match was a preview of things to come as
neither team held a lead larger than two points in the match. With
the match tied at 19-19 A kill from John Pranger and Mount Olive
error gave Quincy the break they needed. The Hawks maintained that
lead down the stretch and picked up the win on a service error on
the sets final point.
Leading just 16-15 in the second set the Hawks picked up back to
back points, again with John Pranger pounding the ball to the floor
for a kill. The Hawks pushed their lead to four points when Joe
Ascher ripped a kill and Mount Olive followed with an attack error.
Another service error on the sets final point gave Quincy the
win.
Quincy fell behind early in the third set and were never able to
get back into the game. However the Hawks responded strongly in the
fourth set taking an early lead. The Hawks held a 17-14 lead when
Mount Olive evened the score up at 18-18 with back to back
points.
The Hawks picked up two kills from Joe Sokol and another by John
Pranger to grab the lead back. The two teams traded points on the
final seven points of the set and finished off Mount Olive with a
kill by Joe Ascher.
Quincy hit .425 as a team with 58 kills and just 13 errors. The
Hawks added four total team blocks and five service aces in the
match. John Pranger led all players with 20 kills while Joe Sokol
finished with 16 kills and Joe Ascher added 10 kills. Andrew Ouano
finished with 53 assists.
Quincy is now 2-0 on the season and returns to action on Saturday
with a match against King College in the final day of action in the
Mount Olive Tournament.
