THE BASICS:
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Score: MIT – 3, Endicott - 0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-22)
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Records: MIT (12-8), Endicott (15-6)
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Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
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The Lead: The MIT men's volleyball earned a 3-0 sweep over visiting Endicott on Wednesday night which ended the Gulls' three-game winning streak. The Engineers improve to 19-16 all-time against Endicott.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
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Set 1: An ace from junior
Seth Fine (Allentown, Pa.) jump-started a 5-0 MIT run to give the team a 22-16 lead. The Gulls made it a 24-19 contest, but first-year
Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) sealed the set with a kill.
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Set 2: With the score tied at 10, the Engineers scored six of the next eight points to pull ahead by four. With MIT holding a 22-16 lead, the Gulls five of the next seven points to make it a 24-21 set, but senior
Bradley Albright (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) ended the set with a kill.
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Set 3: After an ace from junior
Nicholas Gustafson (San Diego, Calif.) gave MIT a 15-9 advantage, Endicott slowly began to chip away at the lead, eventually pulling to within two at 23-21, but the Engineers scored two of the next three points on kills from junior
Jack Yurkanin (New Lenox, Ill.) to take the set and the match.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Oh led MIT with 12 kills and eight digs.
- Yurkanin finished the match with eight kills, and Gustafson and junior
Dylan Ryan (Oviedo, Fla.) each recorded seven kills in the match.
- Fine led the team with 22 assists and junior
Albert Luo (Dallas, Texas) concluded the match with 14 assists.
- As a team, the Engineers hit .382.
UP NEXT:
- MIT continues its homestand to conclude the season as the Engineers will host top-ranked Springfield on Friday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m.
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