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MIT Defeats Regis, 3-0 to Open 2023 Season

The MIT men's volleyball team opened the 2023 season with a 3-0 victory over Regis on Saturday afternoon in Rockwell Cage.

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 3, Regis – 0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-20)
 
- Records: MIT (1-0), Regis (0-1)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Rockwell Cage)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's volleyball team opened the 2023 season with a 3-0 victory over Regis on Saturday afternoon in Rockwell Cage.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Set 1: The Engineers jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead on the serve on senior Troy Oliveira (San Diego, Calif.) to open the match. Back-to-back kills from senior Nick Gustafson (San Diego, Calif.) gave MIT an 18-10 advantage and forced a Pride timeout. Out of the break, MIT outscored Regis 7-5 to take set one. MIT hit .308 and held the Pride to a -.087 hitting percentage in the set.
 
- Set 2: After the two teams exchanged leads early in the set, MIT went on an 11-3 run to force a Pride timeout. A kill from Oliveira out of the break made it a 14-5 contest, but the Pride used a 5-3 run to make it a 17-10 match, but MIT finished the set on an 8-4 run capped by a Gustafson kill to seal the set.

- Set 3: The Pride pulled out to a 5-2 lead to force the Engineers to take a timeout. Out of the timeout, MIT went on a 6-1 run to take an 8-6 lead. With MIT in the lead 18-14, Regis went on a 6-4 run to get to within two points at 22-20, but the Engineers scored the next three points to take the set and the match.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- MIT hit .410 as a team and held the Pride to a -.015 hitting percentage.
 
- Oliveira and Gustafson led the team with 11 kills each in the match.  Oliveira also posted a team-leading five digs.
 
- Senior Albert Luo (Dallas, Texas) recorded a team-high 18 assists followed by junior Max Turner (Chandler, Ariz.) with 10.
 
- Orlando Plagata led the Pride with eight kills and Tyrell Bucasas led the team with 14 assists.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back on the court on Saturday, January 21 for a tri-match against Eastern Nazarene and Lasell. The Engineers will take on the Lions at 11:00 a.m. followed by the Lasers at 2:00 p.m. in Quincy, Mass.