KENOSHA, Wis. – With a win streak to uphold, the Carthage College men's volleyball team (12-1, 5-0 Midwest Collegiate Volleyball Conference) took on the Duhawks of Loras College (6-7, 1-3 MCVL) on Friday, February 19^th at Tarble Arena.
 
The score would stay tight throughout the beginning of the first set until Loras found themselves with an 11-10 lead over the Red Men. From there, Carthage would make five-point run with Griffin Shields serving to take a 15-11 lead. One point later, the Red Men would go on another five-point lead with Scotty Adamczyk serving to extend their lead to 20-12. Carthage would win the first set 25-16.
 
Carthage would easily dominate the second set as they would jump out to an early 8-1 lead over the Duhawks. With an 11-4 lead, the Red Men would make a 10-point run with Scotty Adamczyk serving once again to widen their lead to 21-4. The Red Men comfortably won the second set 25-9.
 
With a 2-0 lead heading into the third set, the Red Men would face a more energetic and connected Loras team as Carthage found themselves down tied multiple times early in the set. However, the Duhawks's tenacity would not phase the Red Men as they would go on to win 25-16, securing their ninth-straight sweep over their opponents. Carthage also won their 29^th consecutive set with the 3-0 win over the Duhawks (25-16, 25-9, 25-16).
 
Collectively, the Red Men earned 38 kills, six service aces, eight blocks, 37 assists, 32 digs, and hit .429 as a team. Will Craft led the field in kills with 15, followed by Griffin Shields with 11 and Zach Lillig with six. Craft also earned two service aces in the match. J.P. Tulacka recorded four blocks, accompanied by Zach Lillig with three and Will Craft with two, respectively. Matt Reinsel connected on 36 assists and Scotty Adamczyk and Griffin Shields each made 10 digs.
 
"It was a good match!" said head coach L.J. Marx following the 3-0 sweep of Loras.  "Over the past two or three weeks we have really been working on starting fast, which we have been able to do in matches.  But then we have tailed off in the last two or three matches by making a lot of unforced errors in sets two and three which has been our focus leading into this week.  We did a much better job with it today.  Had a couple slow moments today but we managed to regroup out of them pretty nicely."
 
The Red Men return to Tarble Arena on Saturday, February 20^th at 3 p.m. as they take on the Cardinals of North Central College (2-9, 1-3 MCVL).