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Billy Wieberg swings against Maryland Eastern Shore
James P. McCoy
0
UMES UMES 11-8,2-3 NEC
3
Winner Daemen Daemen 11-10,4-3 NEC
UMES UMES
11-8,2-3 NEC
0
Final
3
Daemen Daemen
11-10,4-3 NEC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
UMES UMES 25 15 23 (0)
Daemen Daemen 27 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Director of Athletics Communications | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Wildcats Best Maryland Eastern Shore

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's volleyball team got back into the win column in conference action with a 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-23) victory over NEC newcomer Maryland Eastern Shore in the first meeting between the two teams at Lumsden Gymnasium tonight. The Wildcats improve to 11-10 overall and 4-3 in NEC play.

Redshirt senior outside hitter Billy Wieberg (Grand Island, N.Y.) led all players offensively on the night with 11 of Daemen's 34 kills. The Cats hit .286 in the night and held UMES to hit just .081. Daemen held the NEC's top blocking team to just six total blocks while six Wildcat players combined for 10 blocks in the win, led by fifth year middle blocker Maverick O'Neill (East Amherst, N.Y.) with three total blocks.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Wieberg totaled 11 kills with zero errors on 18 attacks for a .611 hitting percentage, adding three digs, one ace, one solo block and one block assist.
  • Redshirt sophomore Patrick Mullen (Farmingdale, N.J.) totaled 10 kills, three aces, three digs and two block assists.
  • Redshirt freshman outside hitter Aidan White (Fairport, N.Y.) finished with six kills, three digs, one ace, one solo block and one block assist.
  • O'Neill totaled three blocks – two solo – three kills and two digs.
  • Junior setter Jariel Giraud (Orlando, Fla.) finished with 29 assists, seven digs, one kill, one ace and one block assist.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • UMES opened the first set with a 7-1 run, taking advantage of six straight Wildcat errors. Daemen would put together a 9-3 run off kills from Wieberg (2), Mullen (2), and Leicht (1) to bring the game within one, 11-12, but the Wildcats would have to wait until 22-21 to take their first lead of the game after hanging with the Hawks and going on consecutive two-point runs. A pair of back-to-back blocks from O'Neill and Leicht locked up the first set for the Cats, 27-25.
  • The Wildcats dominated the second set from start to finish, jumping out to a 9-2 advantage early and held onto a sizeable lead throughout the rest of the set. In the middle of the set, Daemen scored 10 points off seven UMES mistakes to take a 22-10 lead and finished off the set with a kill from Giraud to take the second, 25-15.
  • The third set started much closer, with the Wildcats taking a 10-6 lead off three Wildcat kills and a host of Hawk errors. Daemen remained with a multi-point lead through the middle of the set, up 17-12, until UMES rattled off four of the next five points to make it a two-point game, 18-16. The Wildcats got to match point at 24-21 but the Hawks stayed in it with a Daemen service error and a kill to make it 24-23. Wieberg sealed the deal with a huge kill to the back of the court to take the third 25-23 and win the match 3-0.  
UP NEXT
The Wildcats and Hawks will square off again on Saturday at 2 PM at Lumsden Gymnasium. 
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