BOSTON, MA – The No. 17 MIT men's volleyball team defeated Emmanuel, 3-0 on Wednesday night at the Jean Yawkey Center to improve to 4-0 on the year.
THE BASICS:
- Score: MIT 3, Emmanuel 0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-19)
- Records: MIT 4-0 Overall, Emmanuel 1-4 Overall
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Set 1: A kill from Michael Rini gave MIT an 8-2 lead, but the Saints scored the next three to pull to within three. An 8-1 Engineer run, capped by an ace from Nathaniel Black put MIT up by 10. The Saints chipped away as a kill from Trey Guest cut the Engineer lead to 18-11, but a 4-0 run punctuated by a Rini kill gave MIT the set one win, 25-15.
- Set 2: MIT jumped out to a 6-2 advantage, but the host hung around and eventually put together a 3-0 run to pull ahead 15-14. MIT used a 5-0 run with a kill from Jensen Fiskin capping the run and giving the Engineers a 20-16 lead. Emmanuel could not regain the lead as an Alexander Garrett kill gave MIT the 25-22 win.
- Set 3: The teams remained close in the early portions of the set before MIT used a 5-1 to go up 11-6. The Saints quickly responded with a 4-1 run to cut the Engineer lead to 12-10. A kill from Garrett put MIT up 16-10 and the Engineers were able to hold the Saints off and secure a 25-19 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Garrett led the way with nine kills followed by Nate Toth with eight and Fiskin with five.
- Toth also led the way with eight digs while Kevin Windisch had seven.
- Fisken also collected three digs and six assists.
- Maddox Brandenburg and Matthew Louis had three blocks each while Rini finished with two.
- Colin Zimmerman handed out 25 assists.
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