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Carthage Falls to Quincy University, 3-1
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The Carthage College men's volleyball team (18-9, 8-0 Midwest-III
Volleyball Conference), ranked third in the March 8 American
Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, lost to
Quincy University (15-8), 3-1, on Friday, March 11 at Tarble Arena
in Kenosha, Wis. The Hawks' winning set scores over the Red Men
were 25-23, 25-19, 23-25 and 25-17.
Carthage took a 15-8 lead in the opening set. Still leading by
three, 19-16, the Red Men fell behind, 20-19. Carthage re-gained
the lead, 23-22, but Quincy won the final two points for a 25-23
victory. In the second set, the Hawks led by two, 17-15, before
scoring four unanswered points to take a 21-15 lead and winning by
six, 25-19. The Red were trailing in the third set, 23-21, before
running off the final four points to win by two, 25-23. Quincy
opened up an 11-point lead in the fourth-and-final set, 21-10, en
route to an eight-point decision, 25-17.
Joseph Ascher topped the Hawks with 16 kills and a .333 attack
percentage. Joseph Sokol had 13 kills and hit. 400, while Steven
Battaglia added 10 kills with an. 833 attack percentage (10-0-12).
Setter Andrew Ouano averaged 11.75 assists per set. Randy Hansen
(Jr., Oak Lawn, Ill.) topped the Red Men with 12 kills and a .357
percentage, while Tom O'Connell (Sr., Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice)
had nine kills. Setter Connor Wexter (Fr., New Lenox,
Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) averaged 9.50 assists per set. Carthage
is idle for two weeks before traveling to Chicago on Saturday,
March 25 to play St. Xavier University in a 7 p.m. match at the
Shannon Center.
