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Wentworth WIT 29-5,14-1 Great Northeast
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Winner Carthage CARTH 23-3,12-0 CCIW
Wentworth WIT
29-5,14-1 Great Northeast
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Final
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Carthage CARTH
23-3,12-0 CCIW
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Wentworth WIT 22 19 11 (0)
Carthage CARTH 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball |

Carthage Rolls to NCAA Championship Finals with 3-0 Win over Wentworth

KENOSHA, Wis. — In the semifinals of the NCAA Championship, the Carthage College men's volleyball team swept No. 7 Wentworth in straight sets on Friday night at Tarble Arena. 

To start, Wentworth (30-5) held a 5-1 margin before a kill from Matt Slivinski cut the lead to three. With set one tied at seven, Carthage (23-3) used a 7-4 run to go ahead 14-11. Out of the media timeout, Carter Schmidt connected on a kill extending the Firebird advantage to three however, the Leopards got it to one with a kill and an ace tied it at 19. An attack error for Wentworth put Carthage ahead 23-20 as a kill from Slivinski put the Firebirds at set point. After the Leopards scored two unanswered, a kill from David Markes won the set 25-22. 

Zach Bulthuis got the Firebirds going in the second with two straight kills. Another 8-4 run for Carthage widened the gap to 10-4 but Wentworth rallied getting within three with a kill. Schmidt dailed in another kill putting the Firebirds back in front 16-11. The Leopards again shrank the deficit to three until a serve out of bounds and a kill from Bulthuis made it 20-15 in favor of Carthage. A Leopards service error gave the Firebirds a two-set lead 25-19. 

With momentum on their side, Carthage began with a 9-1 score. Later, a kill from Schmidt pushed the lead to 10. Later, a service error for Wentworth made it an 18-9 score. A kill from Bulthuis and an attack error for the Leopards extended the advantage to 21-10 as Carthage closed with a 4-1 run to win 25-11. 

The Firebirds now play No. 1 Springfield in the NCAA Championship Finals starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23. 

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Quick Facts

  • Matt Slivinski led the Firebirds with 13 kills along Zach Bulthuis who finished with 11 and hit .917. 
  • Carter Schmidt chipped in with nine and hit .615 while Gene McNulty registered 33 assists.  
  • For the second time in the tournament, the Firebird offense hit over .400 finishing the day with a .476 hitting percentage.

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