Abbey Calhoun

Box Score

Carthage CARTH 13-5,5-1 CCIW

Dominican (IL) DU 6-10,3-4 NACC

Carthage CARTH

13-5,5-1 CCIW

Final

Mar. 23, 2023

Dominican (IL) DU

6-10,3-4 NACC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Carthage CARTH	25	25	19	31	(1)
Dominican (IL) DU	22	27	25	33	(3)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball | 3/23/2023 10:50:00 PM

Carthage Men’s Volleyball Cut Short at Dominican

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RIVER FOREST, Ill. — In their final non-conference match of the season, the No. 6 Carthage College men's volleyball team fell to Dominican (Ill.) 3-1 on Thursday night.

Final score: Dominican (Ill.) 3 - Carthage 1
Location: River Forest, Illinois - Igini Sports Forum
Records: Dominican (Ill.) 6-10, No. 6 Carthage 13-5

Out of the gate, Carthage held a 9-8 margin with a kill from Gene McNulty.
After the Stars went ahead 18-15, the Firebirds rallied, flipping the score to 22-19 with a kill from Carter Schmidt and a combined block from Schmidt and Ryan Cholewinski.
Back-to-back kills from David Markes, and Justin Girodat won the set for Carthage 25-22.
In the second, two consecutive errors for the home team gave Carthage a 10-5 advantage.
Later, Zach Bulthuis added a kill and extended the Firebird lead to three.
Dominican (Ill.) came back to tie it at 17 with a kill of their own.
A block from Mitch Gieger and Bulthuis put Carthage back in front by one.
Schmidt later tied it at 25 with a kill, but Dominican (Ill.) won the second 27-25.
Two consecutive kills by Markes cut the Stars' advantage to one in the third.
Dominican (Ill.) used an 8-2 run to balloon the lead to 21-14 as the Stars won the third 25-19.
In the fourth, both teams traded point for point as Carthage went ahead by three, sparked by a Bulthuis kill.
Carthage tied it at 23 and went back in front by one off an attack error.
The lead changed three times as the score was tied five times until kills from Schmidt made it 31-30.
The Stars ended the game collecting the final three points to win the match 33-31.

Three Firebirds finished with double-digit kills: Carter Schmidt (14), David Markes (12), Zach Bulthuis (11).
Markes hit .611 in the match with only one error off 18 total attacks.
Gene McNulty added 39 assists in the match and had a team-best eight digs.