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Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | By Tom McDermott

Wildcats Cap Road Trip With 3-1 Victory Over Mount Union

Daemen Has Now Tied The Program Record For Wins In A Season

ALLIANCE, Ohio. – The Daemen men's volleyball team capped off its week-long Midwest road trip with a 3-1 (25-16, 26-24, 25-27, 25-17) victory over the University of Mount Union tonight at McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex on the Mount Union campus. Daemen, an independent member of NCAA Division I-II, improved to 12-4 on the year and has now tied the program record for most wins in a season. Mount Union, a member of NCAA Division III and the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League, dropped to 7-10 following its third-straight loss.

Daemen, which was coming off a hard fought 3-2 loss at Division I Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne last night, recorded its 19th consecutive win against a Division II or III opponent.  Like Daemen, the Mount Union program is in its fourth season of existence. The Raiders returns 14 players from their 2021 team that advanced to the championship round of the MCVL tournament, finishing with a 21-3 overall record.

The Wildcats jumped out to a 12-4 lead in set one and Daemen maintained a lead of at least six points the rest of the set en route to a 25-16 victory.

The teams traded points early in set two and it was tied at 10-10 when the Wildcats put together a 12-6 run to take a 22-16 lead. Juniors Zach Schneider (Lockport, N.Y.) and Jake Couzens (Hamburg, N.Y.) and sophomore Cameron Milligan (Pavilion, N.Y.) had two kills each during the Daemen rally, and Milligan's second service ace of the run gave the visitors a 22-16 lead. UMU did not go down without a fight and scored seven of the next eight points to tie the set at 23-23. A kill by Couzens gave Daemen a 24-23 lead, but UMU tied it once again following a Daemen service error. Back-to-back kills senior Henry Moffitt (Sydney, Australia) and Schneider would give Daemen a 26-24 victory.

Daemen scored the first four points of set three, but the Raiders responded with a 10-6 run that tied the set at 10-10. UMU later opened up a 17-14 lead, but Daemen scored the next three points to knot the game at 17-17. The set featured eight ties after that point, the last of which came at 25-25. A bad set by Daemen and a block by UMU then gave the hosts a 27-25 victory.

Once again, the fourth set saw the teams go back and forth early on in the set. The Wildcats held a 9-8 lead when the visitors strung together four straight points and took a 13-8 lead. The lead eventually grew to seven points, 17-10, and the Raiders came no closer than four points (19-15) after that. Daemen took the set and the match with a 25-17 victory.

IMPACT PLAYERS

  • Schneider led the Wildcats with 21 kills and just four attack errors for a hitting percentage of .459. The program's all-time leader in kills with 458, Schneider has posted double-figure kills in five straight and 11 of his 14 matches this season. He came just one kill shy of equaling his career and season-high for kills (22), which he posted in a 3-2 loss at Sacred Heart University on Jan. 22.
  • Milligan also equaled his career and season-high for kills, as he posted 13 kills and just four attack errors for a .321 hitting percentage.
  • Moffitt reached double-digit kills for the first time this season (10) and came just two kills shy of equaling his career high (12) that he posted during a win over D'Youville during his freshman season.
  • Junior Ryan Parker (Fairport, N.Y.) contributed seven kills, a team-high three service aces and six digs.
  • Senior setter Michael Krueger (Canonsburg, Pa.) tallied a match-high 49 assists and a team-high seven digs. Krueger has now posted 40 or more assists in five of the eight matches he has played in this season.
  • Senior Sam Matonis paced the Raiders with 12 kills and just two attack errors for a .500 hitting percentage. Freshman setter Will Heeney posted 30 assists and five kills for the hosts.

GAME NOTES

  • Daemen posted a season-high 66 kills and a season-high 59 assists today.
  • Schneider broke his own program record for kills in a four-set match (21). He set the previous record of 19 vs. Penn State Altoona (2/15/20) and Urbana (2/9/20).
  • Krueger broke his own program record for assists in a four-set match (49). He set the previous record of 43 vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn (4/3/2021).
  • Daemen is competing in its fourth season of existence.
  • The Wildcats return 12 players from their 2021 team which finished with a 10-0 record—the only NCAA Division I-II team without a loss.
  • Daemen's last loss against a Division II or III opponent came on February 29, 2020 when they dropped both matches of a doubleheader vs. Wells (both by 3-2 finals).
  • Daemen is 31-6 in their last 37 matches—a span that dates back to early February, 2020. Four of the six losses have come against Division I opponents.
  • Daemen entered the match ranked No. 7 in the Off The Block Division II Coaches Poll. The Wildcats have been included in that poll for eight straight weeks. 

UP NEXT

Daemen is now idle until March 26 when it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson in its final home match of the season.



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