QUINCY, Ill. - In their penultimate home match of the season the Hawks played host to a nonconference foe in the Saints of Maryville. Quincy got a strong showing from Raje Alleyne who delivered 20 kills but it wasn't enough to overcome the Saints as MU took the match three sets to one (19-25, 22-25, 25-15, 23-25). 

Set One

Maryville jumped out to an early advantage leading by a score of 7-3 before taking seven of the next 11 to double up Quincy 14-7. The Hawks responded taking seven of the next nine, including a five-point run that featured a kill from Alleyne, back-to-back aces from Zackary Zdrojeski and a couple of errors to narrow the deficit to 16-14. 

MU answered with seven of the next nine points to move ahead 23-16 and went on to claim the set 25-19. 

Set Two

QU used a pair of kills from both AJ Goedheer and Alleyne along with a block for Logan Gieseke and Alleyne supplemented by Saints errors to build a 6-4 advantage. Both sides traded points until a three-point run for Maryville gave it a 13-11 edge. 

MU remained at the forefront as the Hawks nipped at their heels until a three-point QU run at the 21-18 mark on a pair of errors and a kill fro Goedheer evened the tally at 21-21. The Saints mixed service aces and errors from the opposition to close out a 25-22 win in the second. 

Set Three

Needing a spark to stave off the sweep, Quincy got one in a big way to kick off the third, opening with an 8-1 lead. During the stretch, Alleyne collected four kills along with one from Zdrojeski to fuel the run. 

The Hawks maintained a comfortable advantage for the remainder of the set, never letting the Saints any closer than six points and building the advantage to as many as 10 on a service ace from Ryne Jacobsen that also happened to be the set clincher in a 25-15 victory. 

Set Four

MU turned up the heat to start the fourth building a 10-5 lead. QU got right back into it taking five of the next seven on kills from Keegan Carey, Alleyne and Gieseke to trail 12-10. Maryville rebuilt the advantage to five at 16-11 before a six-point Hawks run boosted Quincy to a 17-16 lead. 

The Saints took five of the next six to lead it 21-18 heading down the stretch and even pressed the advantage to 24-20 shortly after to force match point. QU used a pair of errors and a kill for Gieseke on a feed from Dylan Feely as part of a three-point run to narrow the margin to 24-23, but conceded the final point to give Maryville a 25-23 winner in the final set. 

Next Up

The Hawks now look forward to the final home match of the season on Senior Day against the Mastodons of Purdue Fort Wayne. First Serve is slated for 5:00 PM from Pepsi Arena.