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Sabre men’s volleyball opens NACC play at SNC

Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Marian (WI) 22 15 18 (0)
St. Norbert 25 25 25 (3)

Marian University men’s volleyball (4-8, 0-1 NACC) fell to St. Norbert in its NACC opener 25-22, 25-15, 25-18.
 

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  • Marian had an early lead opening the match with a 10-7 advantage.
  • The Green Knights then had an 8-2 run to build a three-point lead.
  • The Sabre deficit was cut to one several times but SNC was able to hold off Marian for the win.
  • After a 6-5 start to the second for SNC, the Green Knights went on an 11-4 spurt to pull away and go up 2-0.
  • The third set was similar as the two sides started to an 8-8 stalemate before SNC scored the next five points to take the lead for good.
  • The Green Knights had another five unanswered points later in the set to secure the sweep.

  

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  • St. Norbert had a 40-33 edge in kills, while Marian had a slim 30-29 advantage in digs.
  • The Green Knights had nine blocks to only four for the Sabres.
  • SNC finished with a .315 hitting percentage and had at least 11 kills in each set.
  • Marian is still in search of its first win away from Sadoff Gym.
  • The Sabres are 4-2 all-time against St. Norbert.

 

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Freshman Baribefee Denuate led Marian with seven kills and two assisted blocks.
Sophomore Adrian Calderon-Castro had a match-high nine digs to go with six kills.
Luke Jones headshot Freshman Luke Jones posted a pair of solo blocks.

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