CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Tech men's volleyball team closed out the home schedule in style on Friday night, coming back after a tough first set to down the Aurora University Spartans 3-1.
Scores
Tech 3, Aurora 1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23)
How it Happened
The Spartans impressed out of the gate, holding off the Scarlet Hawks early on to build a 17-11 lead. Tech would manage to score a few points late, but the Spartans remained ahead throught to win 25-20.I
n set two, the Scarlet Hawks began with an 8-4 run before the Spartans rattled off three straight. Tech, however, responded by increasing the lead to 18-10. The advantage stayed steady the rest of the way as Tech evened the match.
Set three was a build-off of set two, as the Scarlet Hawks used a 7-0 run to jump ahead 13-6. While Aurora attempted to remain close, a 7-1 later on bumped the lead to double-digits at 22-12, an insurmountable lead for the visitors.
The fourth and final set saw a rejunvinated Spartan team, scoring first and climing a lead to 16-11. The Scarlet Hawks would respond, going on a 9-2 run to grab a 20-18 lead and force an Aurora timeout. After another Tech point, AU scored four straight to go up 22-21. With the score then tied at 23-23, a Lukasz Kupiec kill and attack error by Justin Elliott gave Tech the 3-1 win.
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
Cinjun Coe was awesome, tallying 22 kills, nine digs, and a .288 hit percentage. He also has three aces.
Kupiec had 12 kills, seven digs, and three total blocks (two solo, one assisted).
Ben Peschl (27) and Daniel Throop (13) both recorded double-digits in assists. Throop had three blocks as well (two assisted, one solo), while Peschl led the team with 13 digs.
Stats to Know
Tech had 47 kills compared to Aurora's 34.Digs were in favor of Tech 48-39.Both teams had plenty or service errors. Tech had 16 compared to Aurora's 12.
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