QUINCY, Ill. – The Hawks continued their home conference schedule on Saturday (Feb. 25) evening with a 5 p.m. MIVA contest against the Cardinals of Ball State University in Pepsi Arena. QU kept within striking distance in each set, but couldn't put it all together down the stretch in a 3-0 sweep for BSU.

Set 1
After falling behind early at 3-1, QU took advantage of a service error and kills from Raje Alleyne and AJ Goedheer to pull ahead 4-3. Later in the set, Quincy scored three in a row to open a 10-8 advantage. An ace from Keegan Carey, a kill from Logan Gieseke and another Ball State error powered the run.

Alleyne collected the next four kills for the Hawks, good for four of the next six points for his squad to give QU the lead 16-15. Still up a point at 18-17, the Cardinals scored five of the next six to pull back in front late in the set at 22-19.

Staving off a set loss at 24-21, Quincy pulled within one at 24-23 on a BSU error and another kill from Alleyne, but ultimately weren't able to score the equalizer losing the set 25-23.

Set 2

Knotted up at 5-5 early in the set, the Hawks rattled off four straight on kills from Goedheer, Alleyne and Carey along with a Ball State error to go out in front 9-5. BSU went on a run of its own to later draw the set once again at 10-10.

QU bounced right back with three of their own on another kill from Carey, an ace from setter Jonas Holzinger and an error to make it 13-10. The Cardinals responded once again with three more to even the score 13-13.

Ball State found the separation they needed late in the set, down 18-17, BSU scored three straight to make it 20-18. Quincy hung around until the end, drawing within one at 23-22, but couldn't find the spark they needed dropping another hard fought set 25-22.

Set 3

The Hawks took advantage of three Cardinal errors and a kill from Carey to push ahead 9-7 in the early going. Ball State took the lead back on a four point run to go up 12-10. Still pushing the issue, BSU increased their lead to four at 17-13.

QU got back into it taking three straight on a kill from Roman Deryckere and an ace from Ryne Jacobsen as well as an error making it 17-16.

Ball State extended their lead back up to five at 22-17 late in the set. The Hawks battled to within two, but couldn't complete the late comeback bid falling in the final set 25-22.

The Hawks will take a short break from their conference schedule next week, playing host to Milwaukee School of Engineering for a Wednesday (Mar. 1) 7:00 p.m. match in Pepsi arena. QU resumes MIVA play the following day, Thursday (Mar. 2) hosting Lindenwood University.

Top Performers
Raje Alleyne: 16 Kills, 1 Block
Jonas Holzinger: 33 Assists, 1 Block, 1 Ace
AJ Goedheer: 7 Kills, 1 Block
Keegan Carey: 5 Kills, 1 Block, 1 Ace