Aidan ONeill

Box Score

UC Santa Cruz UCSC 7-2,0-0 DIII Independent

Carthage CARTH 4-3,0-0 CCIW

UC Santa Cruz UCSC

7-2,0-0 DIII Independent

Final

Feb. 02, 2023

Carthage CARTH

4-3,0-0 CCIW

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
UC Santa Cruz UCSC	17	15	31	25	12	(2)
Carthage CARTH	25	25	29	19	15	(3)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball | 2/2/2023 10:21:00 PM

No. 6 Firebirds Win Over No. 10 UC Santa Cruz in Five Sets

Next Match:

Benedictine University

2/4/2023 | 3 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Feb. 04 (Sat) / 3 p.m.

Benedictine University

History

Recap
Roster

KENOSHA, Wis. — Returning home for the first time since January 20, the No. 6 ranked Carthage College men's volleyball team defeated No. 10 UC Santa Cruz 3-2 on Thursday evening.

Final score: Carthage 3 - UC Santa Cruz 2
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin - Tarble Arena
Records: No. 6 Carthage 4-3 - No. 10 UC Santa Cruz 7-2

The Firebirds and Banana Slugs started the match trading point-for-point until a kill from Drew Jansen put the home team up one.
An Ace from Jansen saw the Firebirds take a two-point margin at 11-8.
Back-to-back attack errors from Santa Cruz, ranked No. 10 in week four National Volleyball Association and American Volleyball Coaches Association (NVA/AVCA) coaches poll, raised the score 18-12 in favor of the Firebirds.
Carthage, picked No. 6 in the NVA/AVCA coaches poll, cruised to win the first set, winning 25-17.
A six-point run from the Firebirds gave them a 12-4 score in the second set.
After letting the Banana Slugs rattle off four points, Carthage brought the second set to a close with a kill from Carter Schmidt, 25-15.
Santa Cruz came into the third set with a strong offensive front battling with Carthage point-for-point.
Back-to-back attack errors for both teams continued to keep the score even at 11.
UC Santa Cruz responded going point-for-point again as a kill from Justin Girodat tied the score at 22.
With a score of 25-25, neither team could gain the advantage until a kill for the Banana Slugs and a Firebirds attack error won it for Santa Cruz 31-29.
Following a five-point deficit, the Firebirds made it a three-point deficit off back-to-back attack errors.
With two-consecutive kills from Schmidt, the Firebirds kept it at a two-point score.
The Firebirds fought throughout the rest of the fourth but could not take the set from UC Santa Cruz as the Banana Slugs won 25-19, forcing a fifth set.
In the final set between the Firebirds and the Banana Slugs, Carthage started the rally with another kill from Schmidt.
Although the visitors went ahead 9-6, four straight points from the Firebirds flipped the score to 10-9, sparked by a kill from Kyle Radecki and an ace from Zach Bulthuis.
The Firebirds regained momentum with three kills from Jansen, Schmidt, and David Markes.
A final kill from Schmidt ended the match 15-12.

Carter Schmidt and Drew Jansen had double-digit kills on the day finishing with 16 and 12, respectively.
Zach Bulthuis led the Firebirds in two categories: aces (2) and total blocks (8).
Gene McNulty registered 49 assists pushing his career total to 1853.
Drew Jansen led the Firebirds in digs with nine as the Carthage defense had 16 blocks.