Men's Volleyball Drops Home Opener 3-1

Friday, January 26

7 pm

Sacred Heart

0-3

Lindenwood

5-2

LWU

Sacred Heart

1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

The Sacred Heart University men's volleyball team fell to dropped its home opener 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 23-25, 21-25) Friday night at the Pitt Center to visiting Lindenwood University.

Records

Sacred Heart — 0-3

Lindenwood — 5-2

Next Match

SHU returns to action on Saturday, January 27, to host EIVA foe Harvard at 7:00 p.m.

Set 1: Sacred Heart 25-22

The teams traded the first 18 points before a block from Emerson Waumans and Rob Chatterton block helped spark SHU to an 11-9 lead
After a Lion point Chatterton and Waumans again teamed up for a block that spurred the Pioneers to a mini run and a 15-12 advantage
The SHU lead was a pair, 19-17, before kills by Hlavin and Sam Schindler bracketed a SHU hitting error and gave the visitor a 20-19 advantage
After forcing a hitting error to tie the score 20-20, Shawn Tischler served three consecutive points, including an ace, to push the Pioneers to a 23-20 advantage.
Chatterton closed out the set with an ace

Set 2: Lindenwood 25-23

The teams again traded early points, over the first 10, before a SHU hitting error was followed by a Michael Jennings ace for a 7-5 Lions advantage
SHU responded, tying the score at 7-7 and 8-8, before taking a 9-8 led following a Lions service error
The Pioneers built there largest least, 13-11, after a Chatterton service ace and a LWU service error
The teams traded points, with ties at 13-13, 14-14, 15-15 and 16-16
LWU scored the next four points to build a 20-16 advantage
SHU rallied back, scoring three straight points and using a 5-1 run to knot the score at 21-21
The Lions scored consecutive points for the 23-21 lead, before a Waumans kill and an LWU error brought the teams even again
Following a timeout, Michael Jennings kill and a Ben Symonds service ace gave the Lions the set victory

Set 3: Lindenwood 25-23

LWU jumped out to an early 5-3 advantage, before the Pioneer rattled off a 4-2 run to take a 7-6 lead on a Blake Cox service ace
The teams then traded the next six points and a brief LWU lead at 10-9
A Tischler kill tied the score 10-10 and after dropping behind a point, a Cox kill made it 11-11 and started a 4-0 run to give SHU its largest lead of the set, 14-11, to that point
The Pioneers build that advantage to 20-15 on another kill from Tischler that led to an LWU timeout
After the break, the Lions scored back-to-back points and six of seven, to draw even at 21-21
The teams were tied at 22-22 and 23-23, before a SHU service error gave the Lions set point and a Johnny Winkler kill on the ensuing serve sealed the set

Set 4: Lindenwood 25-21

The fourth set was similar, with the teams trading early points and neither team opening more than a two-point advantage
LWU led 7-5 before a Waumans kill got the Pioneers going on a run that culminated with a Cox kill and a 13-9 Pioneer lead
The score was tied three times before LWU retook the lead, 19-18 after a SHU error
A Tischler kill knotted the score, 19-19, and the score was tied again after an LWU hitting error made it 21-21
A service error by Waumans put the Lions in front and was followed by back-to-back blocks from Schindler and Jennings for a 24-22 lead, before a hitting error gave the Lions the victory

Key Stats and Notes

Waumans led SHU with 11 kills and added three digs
Tyler Lee finished with 30 assists and 15 digs, both team-highs, for the Pioneers
Tischler was a kill shy of a double-double, with 10 digs
Chatterton hit .308 with four kills and added three of the Pioneers three aces
The Lions hit .123 for the match, while the Pioneers hit 119
Jennings had a 12-kill, 10-dig double-double for the visitor
Nathan Van Dellen added a dozen kills as well, to go along with six digs
Brewster finished with 40 assists