THE BASICS:

- Score: No. 12 MIT 3, Eastern Nazarene 0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19)

- Records: MIT (4-0), Eastern Nazarene (1-4)

- Location: Quincy, Mass. (Lahue Athletic Center)

- The Lead: The 12th-ranked MIT men's volleyball team earned a 3-0 win over Eastern Nazarene on the road on Wednesday night. The Engineers improved to 4-0 on the season and are now 4-0 all-time against the Lions.


HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Set 1: Trailing 7-3, the Engineers ripped off four-straight points, capped by a block from sophomore Jack Roberson (Darien, Conn.) and first-year Riley Oh (Irvine, Calif.) to tie the match. MIT then scored 10 of the next 14 to pull ahead 23-14. With the Engineers needing one more point for the set win, the Lions scored three-straight points to make it a 24-18 set, however, a service error gave MIT the first set win.
 
- Set 2: The two teams played it close early before the Engineers scored four-straight points, highlighted by back-to-back aces by senior Bradley Albright (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) and a kill from junior Brett Allen (San Jose, Calif.) to take an 8-5 lead. Eastern Nazarene scored the next two points before MIT scored the next three to force a Lions timeout. Coming out of the TO, Eastern Nazarene scored three-straight to make it a one-point set at 11-10. MIT responded with a 5-2 run punctuated by a kill from Albright and the Engineers would go on to win the set 25-18.
 
- Set 3: The third set went back-and-forth with neither team getting much of a lead before the Engineers scored eight of 13 points, capped by a kill from first-year Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) to take a 15-9 lead. A 4-0 Lions run pulled them to within two, but MIT scored seven of the next eight points to go up 22-14. Eastern Nazarene chipped away and got to within five at 23-18, but the Engineers held the Lions off and took the set 25-19. 


INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- MIT had a balanced attacking game with G. Oh and Roberson each recording six kills and Allen adding five.
 
- Sophomore Samuel Kravitz (Cambridge, Mass.) finished with four digs while junior Troy Oliveira (San Diego, Calif.) and R. Oh had three each.
 
- Sophomore Max Turner (Chandler, Ariz.)  led the Engineers with seven assists on the night followed by junior Seth Fine (Allentown, Pa.) and R. Oh who each tallied six in the match.


UP NEXT:

- MIT is scheduled to return to the court on Friday, January 28 for a 5 p.m. contest at Kean University on the opening night of the Clash at Kean Tournament.


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