Marian University men’s volleyball (0-2, 0-0 NACC) opened its season falling to Westminster in five sets and Wittenberg in four sets.
 

 
VS. WESTMINSTER (L, 3-2, 25-18, 25-27, 25-20, 21-25, 15-13)

• Both offenses came out firing to open the match going for a combined 29 kills in the opening set.
• With a 15-14 lead, Westminster was able to pull away with a 5-1 run.
• The second set was a nail biter that saw Marian rally from down 18-14 to eventually tie the set at 23-23.
• The Sabres dropped their first two chances at set point, but converted the third to even the sets.
• As much as the first set was offense oriented, the third set was defense oriented with both teams finishing with a negative hitting percentage.
• The Sabres had a 10-8 lead in the set but the Blue Jays were able to go on a 13-3 run to cruise for the win.
• Marian had a slow start to the fourth trailing 9-5, but the Sabres rallied with a 12-5 run to lead 17-14.
• The Sabres would not relinquish this lead forcing a fifth set after finishing the set on a 5-2 run.
• Marian led for most of the fifth, as late as 12-11, only for Westminster to rally and take the match after scoring four of the final five points.

AT WITTENBERG (L, 3-1, 25-17, 25-13, 21-25, 25-14)

• The second match of the day saw Marian only trail 13-11 before the Tigers pulled away with a 7-3 spurt.
• The Tigers then had a 9-1 run early in the second set and a 6-2 spurt at the end to easily take a 2-0 lead.
• Marian was able to show life opening the third set with a 10-4 lead.
• The Sabres led comfortably for most of the set until Wittenberg went on a 5-1 run late to only trail two at 23-21.
• Marian was able to hold off the rally taking the next two points to force a fourth set.
• The fourth set saw Wittenberg have unanswered runs of four and five points to earn the victory.

  VS. WESTMINSTER

• Westminster had a 56-44 edge in kills, and each side finished with 40 digs.
• The Blue Jays finished with 16 total blocks to only nine for Marian.
• Each team had 31 attacking errors.
• This was just the second meeting between the two teams with each squad now having one win.

AT WITTENBERG

• Wittenberg had a 44-34 advantage in kills and 26-25 edge in digs.
• The Tigers dominated at the net finishing with nine blocks to only three for Marian.
• The service line was also kind to Wittenberg as the Tigers had a 13-6 edge in aces.
• This was the first time Wittenberg has defeated Marian in eight meetings.

	Sophomore Adrian Calderon had 30 kills and five aces between the two matches.
	Sophomore Ghreysen Scully had 10 kills and hit .409 against Westminster.
	Senior Trent Goo Sun nearly had a double-double against the Blue Jays going for 10 digs and eight kills.