Chicago, Ill. - The Illinois Tech men's volleyball team split a pair of non-conference matches Friday night at the Keating Sports Center, sweeping Wabash College 3-0 in the opener before dropping the nightcap 3-0 to the University of Jamestown 3-0. The Scarlet Hawks moved to 8-9 overall on the season. The Little Giants of Wabash College fell to 2-12 overall. The Jimmies of Jamestown improved to 14-5 overall.

Grant Couper and Michal Markevych paced the Hawks with 11 and 9 kills respectively in the match against Wabash, while Jackson Van Engen added seven kills to go along with a .778 hit percentage. Lucas Guanes had 28 assists in the opener. Markevych also added 11 digs.

In the second match, Couper and Riley Laite paced the Hawks with 8 and 7 kills, respectively. Guanes had 22 assists, while Alec Donald had 13 digs. Markevych and James Yaeger each had four blocks in the nightcap.

Set Scores

• Match 1: Illinois Tech 3 - Wabash College 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-15)
• Match 2: University of Jamestown 3 - Illinois Tech 0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-18)

 Up Next

• The Scarlet Hawks return to conference play when they travel to River Forest, Illinois to take on Concordia Chicago Wednesday, March 16th at 7pm in a NACC matchup.