Marian University men’s volleyball (9-11, 3-3 NACC) fell to No. 15 UC-Santa Cruz and No. 7 Cal Lutheran in straight sets.
 

• The opener of the day saw Marian fall to UC-Santa Cruz by a total of 8 points; 26-24, 25-22, 25-22.
• The Sabres had a slim 22-21 edge in the opening set in their second match of the season against the Banana Slugs.
• After Marian was able to fend off a set-point at 24-23, UCSC managed to score on two straight points.
• Marian had a 20-19 advantage late in the third as well only to have the Banana Slugs score five of the next six points to help secure the sweep.
• Facing CLU for a second straight night, the Sabres had a tough time bouncing back from the first defeat falling to the Regals 25-12, 25-17, 25-15.

• UCSC had a 42-34 advantage for kills, but the Sabres held a 40-34 edge for digs.
• Marian had double-digit kills in all three sets against the Banana Slugs.
• The Sabres hit .143 against Cal Lutheran with 30 kills and were only outpaced in the category 39-30.
• Marian is 0-4 all-time, and 0-2 this season, against Cal Lutheran and UC-Santa Cruz.

	Senior Derek Wills had 18 kills over four sets of action between the two matches.
	Freshman Adrian Calderon had 13 kills against the Banana Slugs.
	Senior Aaron Velasco finished with 18 digs on the day, 12 against UCSC.