CHICAGO — The No. 12 Carthage College men's volleyball team picked up a 3-0 sweep over North Park in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin action Wednesday at North Park Gymnasium.
The Red Men (12-3, 6-0 CCIW) started with a 12-8 margin over the Vikings (5-12, 3-4 CCIW) before Carthage used a 13-6 run to take the first set 25-14. In the second, a kill from Parker Connolly put the Red Men ahead 6-3 until North Park battled back to shrink the margin to 11-9. Out of a Vikings timeout, another kill from Matt Slivinski made it 14-10. Later in the set, a kill from Braeden Waumans put the Red Men up 20-15 before a North Park service error gave Carthage a two-set lead 25-18. The Red Men controlled the final set with a 10-3 margin. Three-straight points for Carthage extended the lead to 15-9. The Vikings rallied getting as close as three however, the Red Men collected the sweep 25-18.
Carthage returns home facing Augustana (Ill.) on Saturday, March 14 at 3 p.m.
"I was really proud of the adjustments we made with our block today. We are starting to make some great moves back to the court and it is showing with 8 team blocks. I thought Conner Lilly did a nice job today for us in the middle making some great block touches. We were able to take advantage of their blocking scheme a little bit on the right side and Bryce Thomas did a great job of being efficient. Getting through the first half of conference I am happy with the results but we have to be more efficient with the offense in free ball situations and continue to improve our serve and pass game to get where we want to go."
