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Noland-Zack
Jana Paulsen
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Winner Carthage CARTH 7-2,0-0 CCIW
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Dominican (IL) DU 2-5,0-0 NACC
Winner
Carthage CARTH
7-2,0-0 CCIW
3
Final
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Dominican (IL) DU
2-5,0-0 NACC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Carthage CARTH 25 25 22 25 (3)
Dominican (IL) DU 17 20 25 13 (1)

Game Recap: #6 Men's Volleyball |

Carthage Takes Down Dominican 3-1 with Strong Offensive Performance

RIVER FOREST — The No. 6 Carthage College men's volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over No. 19 Dominican (Ill.) on the road Saturday. 

The Basics
  • Final Score: Carthage 3 - Dominican (Ill.) 1 (25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 25-13)
  • Location: River Forest, Illinois - Igini Sports Forum 
  • Records: No. 6 Carthage 7-2, No. 19 Dominican (Ill.) 2-5
How it Happened
  • Carthage started strong, with Owen Otto securing an early kill, assisted by Ryan Morey. 
  • The teams exchanged points in the opening phase however, Carthage soon built a lead, capitalizing on service errors and dominant net play. 
  • Morey continued to set up his teammates effectively, leading to key kills by Owen Hendricks and Ben Heise. 
  • The Stars called timeouts at 9-4 and 19-12 but couldn't halt Carthage's momentum. 
  • The Firebirds closed the set 25-17 after a Dominican attack error.
  • The second set saw the Firebirds' block, led by Hudson Sweitzer and Ryan Cholewinski, stifled Dominican's attack. 
  • Morey continued his excellent setting, assisting Heise and Otto for critical kills. Despite a late push from the home team, Carthage controlled the set, with Hendricks sealing a 25-20 victory.
  • Dominican (Ill.), facing a 2-0 deficit, responded aggressively. 
  • Otto and Hendricks tried to keep Carthage in the match, but unforced errors and Dominican's strong blocking helped them gain a lead. 
  • With Carthage unable to regain momentum late, the Stars secured the set 25-22.
  • Carthage wasted no time in re-establishing control in the fourth set. 
  • Otto and Hendricks dominated the early points, forcing Dominican into two quick timeouts. 
  • Morey continued to distribute the ball effectively, setting up Cholewinski and Heise for key kills. 
  • With the Firebirds leading 22-13, Dominican made one last push, but Cholewinski sealed the set 25-13 with a final kill, giving Carthage a 3-1 match victory.

High Flyers
Coachs Remarks
"I am really proud of this group. We struggled a bit in set three with errors but we came back in set foru ready to play. With a young group it is nice to see us respond to adversity with confidence and aggression. When we play our style we are really tough to beat. Our ability to put pressure on other teams with our defensive effort and attacking range has been elite this year. I felt like when we found our style, we were in control of the match. 


Owen Hendricks started the match with some elite offense and serving pressure. He held on to that all match. Zack Noland and Ryan Cholewinski were elite defenders today and made it really difficult on Dominicans offense. Ben Heise cleaned up the out of system game so well for us with big kills in big moments. 


We have been working on our resilience and consistency all year. While we dipped our level in set three, I am proud of the relentless mental focus this group had to respond to a tough set loss. 


Another thing that is massive for us is our offensive distribution is getting more even. I thought Ryan Morey did a great job with that. Ryan Cholewinski and Hudson Sweitzer took advantage of the space Dominican left today to score. That opened up our Bic to be elite with both Owen Hendricks and Owen Otto."


Team Results
Carthage will play Concordia (Wis.) at home on Tuesday, February 11 at 7 p.m.
 
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