Kayleigh Wieska

Stevens Stev 11-2,0-0 Middle Atlantic

Carthage CARTH 7-3,0-0 CCIW

Stevens Stev

11-2,0-0 Middle Atlantic

Final

Feb. 10, 2023

Carthage CARTH

7-3,0-0 CCIW

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Stevens Stev	14	20	25	22	(1)
Carthage CARTH	25	25	20	25	(3)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball | 2/10/2023 9:42:00 PM

Hot Start Helps No. 7 Firebirds Drop Top-Ranked Stevens in Four

Next Match:

North Park University

2/18/2023 | 3 p.m.

Full Schedule

Feb. 18 (Sat) / 3 p.m.

North Park University

History

KENOSHA, Wis. — In front of a packed crowd, the No. 7 Carthage College men's volleyball team dropped No. 1 Stevens 3-1 Friday night.

Carter Schmidt started the home team off with a kill in the first set.
The Firebirds advanced the lead on Stevens with an ace from David Markes for a 13-6 score.
Carthage held a 10-point advantage against the Ducks, cruising to a 25-14 victory with a closing kill from Schmidt.
Back-to-back service aces from Schmidt and a kill from Zach Bulthuis brought the Firebirds ahead 11-7 in the second.
A second ace for Markes brought the Firebirds in front 20-14.
Carthage weathered the Ducks rally, ending the second set 25-20 with another kill from Bulthuis.
Stevens came into the third with a strong offensive front as a Ducks kill, and a Firebirds attack error made it 15-11 in favor of the visitors.
Carthage got close to Stevens after a kill from Markes shrunk the deficit to 24-20.
Stevens collected the final point to force a fourth 25-20.
Carthage started the fourth set with some fire as back-to-back kills from Schmidt, and Markes, followed by a combined block from Bulthuis and Schmidt, which put the home team up three.
Back-to-back kills from Drew Jansen saw the Firebirds move the margin to 14-11, which started a 5-1.
Although Stevens got within two, Schmidt closed the door with a kill for the 25-22 match win.

Carter Schmidt had a match-high 16 kills, followed closely by Kyle Radecki with 13 and Zach Bulthuis with 10.
Mitch Geiger had a team-best four aces, which was a new season-best.
Junior Gene McNulty added 48 assists, one shy of his season-best.
The Firebirds offense hit .361 (54 kills, 19 errors off 97 total attacks), the fourth time this season the Carthage offense hit over .350.