mvb team
Mathew Kirby
3
Winner St. Ambrose SAUMVB 11-3
1
Quincy QU 8-12
Winner
St. Ambrose SAUMVB
11-3
3
Final
1
Quincy QU
8-12
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Ambrose SAUMVB 25 15 25 25 (3)
Quincy QU 22 25 22 19 (1)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | Brendan Bittner

Hawks Drop Four-Setter To St. Ambrose

QUINCY, Ill. – The Quincy University men's volleyball team dropped a four-set match to NAIA No. 7 St. Ambrose on Sunday (Feb. 21), 25-22, 15-25, 25-22, 25-19, in non-conference action at Pepsi Arena.
 
The Hawks (8-12) finished the match with more kills than the Fighting Bees, 46-42, but struggled with 24 attacking errors and 20 service errors.
 
Quincy led Set 1, 21-20, but the Bees (11-3) scored the next four points before Henry Lamp won the set with a kill.
 
The Hawks, playing their third match in three days at Pepsi Arena, were dominant in Set 2. QU hit .421 in the game and never trailed after an early service run by senior Chris Chappelle (Los Angeles, Calif./Westchester/San Diego City). Senior Ian Lawson (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West) had four kills and an ace in the frame.
 
Quincy led by as many as four points in Set 3, but could not hold on to the lead as a 4-0 run by the Fighting Bees gave the visitors an 18-16 lead they would not give up.
 
Set 4 was hotly-contested and featured 13 tie scores and six lead changes. The score was tied, 18-18, but SAU scored seven of the last eight points to secure the win.
 
Senior Jack Gamache (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell Central) paced the Hawks with 12 kills (.290). Lawson added 11 kills (.333) and junior Jarrod Kelso (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Darby) finished with 10 kills and five blocks (three solo).
 
The Bees out-hit the Hawks, .240 to .208. Ryan Mahl led St. Ambrose with 13 kills (.258).
 
The Hawks return to the court Friday (Feb. 26) with split squad action. One team will travel to No. 12 Ball State for a MIVA contest at 6:30 p.m. CT. The other squad battles Hannibal-LaGrange in Hannibal, Mo. at 7 p.m.
 
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