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SlIvinski-Matt
Adam Radcliffe
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Winner Dominican (IL) DU 4-0,0-0 NACC
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Carthage CARTH 0-3,0-0 CCIW
Winner
Dominican (IL) DU
4-0,0-0 NACC
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Final
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Carthage CARTH
0-3,0-0 CCIW
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Dominican (IL) DU 18 25 16 25 18 (3)
Carthage CARTH 25 20 25 23 16 (2)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball |

No. 10 Firebirds Upended by No. 2 Dominican

KENOSHA, Wis. — Playing in their first home game of the new season, the No. 10 Carthage College men's volleyball team fell to No. 2 Dominican (Ill.) in a five-set thriller 3-2 on Friday night at Tarble Arena.

Carthage (0-3) controlled a 7-4 margin in the first with a kill from Zach Bulthuis. After Dominican (Ill.) (4-0) made it a two-point game at 17-15, the Firebirds ended the set with an 8-2 run with a final kill from David Markes. 

Each team battled for control in the second with the Stars taking a 13-10 advantage off a service error. The visitors added a kill moving the score to 21-17 as Dominican (Ill.) held on to win the second 25-20. 

The Firebirds rallied in the third going up 10-3 to start with a kill from Gene McNulty. Later, in the set, back-to-back kills from Markes and Schmidt put the Firebirds up 21-11 as the home team won the third 25-16 with a kill from Matt Slivinski. 

Neither team would gain control in the fourth as the score was tied at 10 then 15 off a Stars bad set. Dominican (Ill.) then added a kill which put the visitors up 19-17. Carthage responded getting within one off a visitors attack error but a Stars kill forced a fifth set 25-23. 

The back-and-forth affair continued in the fifth as a Schmidt ace tied it at 10. With the score locked at 14, Carthage tied it twice off a service error and kill from Slivinski but Dominican (Ill.) won the match with a final kill and ace 18-16. 

The Firebirds start conference play facing North Park on the road on Saturday, January 29 at 3 p.m.
 

Quick Facts

  • Matt Slivinski had a match-high 22 kills followed closely by Zach Bulthuis and David Markes who finished with 16 apiece. 
  • Slivinski now takes the no. 4 spot in the Carthage record books with 891 career kills.
  • Markes led Carthage in blocks with three while Slivinki had 14 digs. 
  • Gene McNulty registered 53 assists marking the second-straight game the sophomore has had 40 or more in a game. 
  • Kyle Cohan added 10 digs as the senior now has 417 while at Carthage. Cohan is close to cracking the top ten in the record books closing in on Shane Olson, (2005-07) who has 439. 

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