THE BASICS:
 
- Scores: No. 12 MIT - 3, No. 15 Hobart - 1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23)
 
- Records:  MIT (19-7), Hobart (18-11)
 
- Location: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Kenyon Hall / Vassar College)
 
- The Lead: The No. 12 MIT men's volleyball team earned a trip to the UVC semifinals with a 3-1 win over No. 15 Hobart on Friday night at Vassar College. The fourth-seeded Engineers defeated the fifth-seeded Statesmen to advance to their second-straight semifinal appearance.

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- Set 1:  In a set that featured 16 ties and nine lead changes, MIT came out with the 25-22 win. A 5-0 Hobart run put the Statesmen up 15-10, but the Engineers chipped away, and back-to-back kills from graduate student Nick Gustafson (San Diego, Calif.) gave MIT an 18-17 lead. With the score 22-all, MIT scored the next three points with a kill from junior Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) sealing the win.
 
- Set 2:  Down 7-4, Hobart used a 10-3 run to pull ahead 14-10. A kill from senior Phillip Johnson (Chandler, Ariz.) and an attack error cut the Hobart lead to 19-17, but that is as close as MIT got as Hobart won set two, 25-20.

- Set 3: Andrew Kim gave Hobart a 12-9 lead, but MIT used a 4-0 run punctuated by an Oh ace to take a 13-12 lead. Down 17-15, the Engineers used an 11-5 run, capped by an Oh kill to take set three, 25-22.

- Set 4: Hobart jumped out to a 6-2 lead and held onto the lead until an attacking error tied the match at 23. A kill from Oh game MIT match point and another Hobart error sealed the 25-23 win for the Engineers.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Gustafson led MIT with 15 kills, followed by Oh with 14. Johnson recorded 10 kills with seven block assists and one solo block.

- Junior Riley Oh (Irvine, Calif) finished with 32 assists, and senior Max Turner (Chandler, Ariz.) added 12. Sophomore Kevin Windisch (Placentia, Calif.) totaled 12 digs.

- Kim finished with a match-high 27 kills for Hobart.

UP NEXT:

- The Engineers will take on top-seed and eighth-ranked Vassar, tomorrow, Saturday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m.
 
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