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Nick Gustafson getting ready to serve
David Silverman
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Winner MIT MIT 16-6, 4-2
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St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 23-4, 4-1
Winner
MIT MIT
16-6, 4-2
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Final
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St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
23-4, 4-1
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
MIT MIT 25 22 25 25 (3)
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 22 25 16 22 (1)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

No. 15 Men's Volleyball Earns Upset Win Over No. 6 St. John Fisher in Four Sets

THE BASICS:
 
- Scores: No. 15 MIT - 3, No. 6 St. John Fisher - 1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 25-22)
 
- Records: MIT (16-6, 4-2 UVC); St. John Fisher (23-4, 4-1 UVC)
 
- Location: Pittsford, NY (Manning & Napier Gym)
 
- The Lead: Graduate student Nick Gustafson (San Diego, Calif.) had 23 kills to power the No. 15 MIT men's volleyball team to a four-set upset win over No. 6 St. John Fisher on the road on Friday night. The Engineers handed the Cardinals their first UVC loss of the season
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- Set 1: The first set was a back-and-forth battle between MIT and St. John Fisher as there were nine ties in the early portions of the set. Ultimately, the Engineers pulled away at the end of the set, winning 25-22.
 
- Set 2: With MIT leading 12-9 in the middle of the set, the Cardinals shifted the momentum as they scored four straight unanswered points to take the lead. From there, the Engineers were unable to swing the momentum back their way as they dropped the set, 22-25. Junior Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) registered six kills for the Engineers in the set.

- Set 3: A pair of five-point runs early on gave MIT enough cushion to control the set, defeating the Cardinals 25-16. Gustafson registered six of the 15 kills in the set for MIT.

-Set 4: The final set  was a nail-biter with 13 ties between the two. Tied at 22-22, MIT got two kills from Gustafson and a service ace from senior Phillip Johnson (Chandler, Ariz.) to lift the Engineers to the win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Gustafson had a match-high 23 kills for the Engineers and collected nine digs. Grant Oh chipped in 14 kills with eight digs. Junior Riley Oh (Irvine, Calif.) had a match-high 42 assists for MIT. Johnson had seven total blocks at the net while sophomore Kevin Windisch (Placentia, Calif.) led the match with 18 digs.

- This is the first win over the Cardinals for the Engineers since 2018.

- MIT sits third in the UVC standings.
 
UP NEXT:
- MIT returns to UVC action once again tomorrow in Rochester, NY to take on Nazareth University in a 1:00 pm tilt.
 
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