QUINCY, Ill. – The Hawks welcomed the Missouri S&T Miners to Pepsi Arena for the first time in program history on Friday, January 27
th. Quincy completed its second consecutive sweep (26-24, 25-18, 25-22).
Set 1
QU jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but the Miners kept fighting as they would eventually take the 11-10 lead. The Hawks used a 5-1 run to take a three-point lead in the set on back-to-back kills by
AJ Goedheer to make it 16-13. The Miners made it 24-23 in favor of them on three straight kills. Ultimately, the Hawks would take the opening set on multiple kills by
Raje Alleyne.
Set 2
The middle set went smoother for the Hawks as they would rattle off 5 straight points to take a 13-6 lead in the middle part of the set. Both sides would trade points, before QU extended the lead out to 8 at 18-10. Quincy would take the 2
nd set by the score of 25-18.
Set 3
After the intermission, the Miners used their serving to take a 4-1 lead. QU took advantage of some Miners' errors to take the 10-8 lead. The Hawk lead would swell to 16-12 on a service run by Goedheer. Kills by
Jonas Holzinger and
Keegan Carey finished off the sweep for the Hawks.
Match Leaders
Raje Alleyne: 19 kills, .640%
Jonas Holzinger: 36 assists, 3 blocks, 7 digs