Men's Volleyball Suffers First Loss On Year Against Augustana

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's volleyball team suffered its first loss on the season in straight sets against Augustana.

Final: Augustana 3, Fontbonne 0

(25-13, 25-19, 25-18)

Set Breakdown

Set 1: It was a slow opening for the Griffins who were playing without starters Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell, Ryan Lively, and Nate Paasch to start as the Vikings took an 8-0 lead.

The Vikings cruised on from there to go on for the 25-13 win. The Vikings totaled 11 kills and two errors for a .429 hitting percentage, while it was the first negative hitting performance for Fontbonne totaling four kills and eight errors.

Set 2: The Griffins started out better in set two with Joseph Huster earning a kill to give Fontbonne a 7-5 lead. However, the Vikings went on a 12-5 run with a Gary Dodovich kill giving them the 17-12 advantage.

The Griffins tried to stay within striking distance as a solo block from Braden Woolsey trimmed the deficit down to 20-17 but the Vikings fended off Fontbonne for the 25-19 win.

Set 3: In the third, the Vikings once again started fast taking 12-3 lead on Luis Zavala's kill. Augustana was able to go on from there for the 25-18 set and match win.

Head-to-Head

• Fontbonne was held to a season-low .000 hitting percentage.
• The team accumulated 19 digs, three solo blocks, and four block assists.
• Augustana ended with 40 kills and a .437 hitting percentage.
• They totaled 28 digs, four solo blocks, and six block assists.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Cameron Graves led with a team-high seven kills and game-high .636 hitting percentage.
• Alex Gantt ended with a season-high 14 assists.
• Zach Rothstein tied the game-high with eight digs.

Augustana Leaders

• Zavala led with a game-high 12 kills and .588 hitting percentage.
• Sanchit Khaitan totaled a game-high 31 assists.
• Brett Kliegl tied Rothstein with eight digs.

Up Next

The Griffins jump back into conference play on Sunday when they'll visit Wabash. First-service goes up at 12 p.m.

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