THE BASICS:
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Score: MIT - 3, No. 5 Wentworth - 2 (16-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20, 15-12)
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Records: MIT (8-3), Wentworth (9-1)
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Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
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The Lead: After dropping the first set, the MIT men's volleyball team rebounded to come-from-behind in a five-set thriller against No. 5 Wentworth on Tuesday night in Rockwell Cage. The Engineers handed the Leopards their first loss of the season as MIT moves to 38-6 all-time against Wentworth.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
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Set 1: The Leopards jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead and held that lead for the entirety of the set. A kill from first-year
Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) made the score 11-9, but Wentworth would pull away using a 9-4 run to take a 22-15 lead and took set one by a score of 25-16.
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Set 2: With the score 10-9 in favor of MIT, three-straight Engineers points put the home team up four. Back-to-back kills from Oh put MIT up 16-11 as the Engineers continued to counter any run from the Leopards as a kill from junior
Dylan Ryan (Oviedo, Fla.) sealed the 25-17 set win for the home team.
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Set 3: Wentworth took a 13-5 lead but a kill from junior
Jack Yurkanin (New Lenox, Ill.) jump-started a 5-0 MIT run to make it a 13-11 set. Ryan tied the set at 17 all with a kill, however Wentworth regained the lead and held on for a 25-22 win.
- Set 4: Back-to-back kills from sophomore
Phillip Johnson (Chandler, Ariz.) and Oh put MIT up 10-5 but the Leopards used a 3-0 run later in the set to get to within three at 13-10. Wentworth pulled to within one at 17-16, however, Oh started a 3-0 run to make it a 20-17 contest as a kill from Yurkanin sealed the fourth set, 25-20, and sent the teams to a decisive fifth set.
- Set 5: MIT kept the momentum going as a kill from Yurkanin put them up 9-5 and forced a Wentworth timeout. The Leopards got to within three, but the Engineers held onto the lead as senior
Bradley Albright (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) sealed the upset win with a kill.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Yurkanin led the attacking unit for MIT with 18 kills on the day while adding nine digs.
- G. Oh added 16 kills and 12 digs while Ryan contributed 11 kills and five block assists.
- First-year
Riley Oh (Irvine, Calif.) put up a match-high 48 assists while also adding nine digs.
- MIT hit .320 in the match while holding the Leopards to a .244 attacking percentage.
UP NEXT:
- MIT heads out on the road as the Engineers will take on Bard College in a UVC match-up on Friday, February 18 at 7 p.m.
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