Men's Volleyball Heads To The MCVL Championship After Sweeping Past Trine

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The #1 seeded Fontbonne University men's volleyball team couldn't have opened up the MCVL Tournament any better with a sweep over #4 seeded Trine.

Final: Fontbonne 3, Trine 0

(25-21, 25-17, 25-18)

Set Breakdown:

Set 1: The Griffins started out fast in the first set opening with a 10-2 lead on a kill from Cameron Graves. The Thunder stormed back into the match eventually tying it, 19-19. However, the Griffins got three straight kills from Braden Woolsey and went on for the 25-21 win.

Set 2: It was a back-and-forth contest in the second with Trine trailing 15-14. Then, the Griffins gained some breathing room going on a 4-0 run capped off by Graves' kill giving them the 19-14 lead. Fontbonne fended off the Thunder the rest of the way for the 25-17 win.

Set 3: The Griffins held the lead early and expanded it out to 19-12. The team never let Trine mount any type of comeback with Fontbonne going on for the 25-18 set and match win.

Head-to-Head

• The Griffins finished with 38 kills and a .307 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, the team came away with 36 digs, three solo blocks, and six block assists.
• Trine struggled against Fontbonne offensively totaling 26 kills and a .043 hitting percentage.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Ryan Lively led Fontbonne with 12 kills, a .550 hitting percentage, and 10 digs. He needs just 10 more kills to become the single-season leader at Fontbonne.
• Cameron Graves added 10 kills, while Braden Woolsey filled up his stat line with eight kills, a .375 hitting percentage, two digs, two solo blocks, and two block assists.
• Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell handed out 30 assists and just missed a double-double with nine digs.
• Zach Rothstein contributed nine digs. He's 20 digs away from becoming the Division III all-time digs leader.

Up Next

The Griffins look for its second MCVL Championship on Saturday afternoon. First-service at 3 p.m., against #2 Mount Union.  

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