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Men's Volleyball Defeats Loras Friday

Box Score

DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Illinois Tech Men's volleyball team traveled to Iowa on Friday to oppose Loras College. Tech downed the Duhawks in a tight five-set match, moving to 7-9 on the season.

Scores

  • Tech 3, Loras 2 (23-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 15-13)

How it Happened

  • Kills were aplenty in the first set, as the two teams combined for 24. After Loras doubled-up Tech early at 12-6, the Scarlet Hawks stormed back to take a 17-16 lead. Loras proceeded to go on a 7-2 run to retake control of the set and hung on to win by two.
  • Loras picked up its momentum from set one in set two, scoring the first three points and holding it for most of the match. With the Duhawks up 18-14, Tech took its first lead of the match with a 5-0 run to go up 19-18. The two teams would exchange advantages until the Scarlet Hawks scored the final three points of the set, icing it on an Andriy Bench kill.
  • After going up 4-0 to start the third set, Loras would never trail. While the Hawks would stay close and cut the lead to one on two occasions, Loras managed to hang on 25-20.
  • Tech took its first lead of set four at 8-7 and never looked back itself, evening the match up at 2-2.
  • The Scarlet Hawks took the first lead of more than two of set five on a Evan Robeck kill to go up 9-6. Loras could move to within one late at 14-13, but Cinjun Coe recorded one of his 24 kills to end the match in victory.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts 

Stats to Know

  • Tech hit .151% compared to Loras' .146%.
  • Loras had the slight edge in digs 53-51.
  • Loras had seven aces compared to Tech's five.

Up Next

  • Tech plays three matches Saturday at St. Ambrose University starting at 12:00 p.m., taking on Augustana (12:00 p.m.), St. Ambrose (2:00 p.m.) and Graceland (4:00 p.m.).
 
 

 

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Players Mentioned

Andriy Bench

#17 Andriy Bench

RS
6' 7"
Freshman
Derek Bostick

#5 Derek Bostick

DS/L
5' 9"
Sophomore
Cinjun Coe

#9 Cinjun Coe

OH
6' 1"
Freshman
Ben Peschl

#3 Ben Peschl

S
5' 9"
Freshman
Evan Robeck

#15 Evan Robeck

MH
6' 4"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Andriy Bench

#17 Andriy Bench

6' 7"
Freshman
RS
Derek Bostick

#5 Derek Bostick

5' 9"
Sophomore
DS/L
Cinjun Coe

#9 Cinjun Coe

6' 1"
Freshman
OH
Ben Peschl

#3 Ben Peschl

5' 9"
Freshman
S
Evan Robeck

#15 Evan Robeck

6' 4"
Sophomore
MH