Marian University men’s volleyball (5-14, 1-6 NACC) earned its first conference victory with a reverse sweep of Illinois Tech.
 

• Illinois Tech opened the match with a 17-14 advantage only for Marian to score five straight and lead by two.
• The Sabres took their lead out to 22-18 but the Scarlet Hawks responded with five straight to lead 23-22.
• Marian was able to fight off two set-point chances from Tech but the Scarlet Hawks took the opener 27-25.
• The second set was a similarly tight battle leading to a 20-20 stalemate before Illinois Tech scored four straight.
• They eventually took the set 25-21.
• Illinois Tech opened the third with a 13-8 lead but Marian wetn on a 14-6 run to lead 23-20.
• Marian was denied on their first set-point chance but an Illinois Tech attacking error kept the match alive at 25-23.
• The fourth set was nearly identical with late ties at 20, 21, 22, and 23.
• Back-to-back kills from Marian proved to be enough to force a fifth set.
• The them of close battles rang true in the fifth as the squads were tied late in the set at 12, 13, and 14.
• A kill from senior Trent Goo Sun and an attacking error from Illinois Tech closed out the comeback effort for Marian.

• Illinois Tech had a 65-59 advantage for kills and 64-49 edge for digs.
• Each team had 18 kills in the fourth set with Marian hitting .459 and Illinois Tech .438.

	Senior Trent Goo Sun posted 23 kills and 11 digs for his sixth double-double of the season.
	Sophomore Adrian Calderon-Castro had a double-double behind 13 kills and a match-high 15 digs.
	Sophomore Ghreysen Scully had six kills and hit .455.