Pioneers Sweep Erskine 3-0

Monday, March 26

7 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

4-11

Erskine

6-15

ERSKINE

Sacred Heart

3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Sacred Heart University men's volleyball team swept visiting Erskine College Monday night, 3-0, at the Pitt Center.

Rob Chatterton had a match-best eight kills, without an error, to pace the Pioneers. SHU had eight players record at least one kills in the match. SHU held a 17-14 edge in digs as well

SHU returns to action at home on Thursday night as its hosts Saint Francis U. The EIVA match begins at 7 p.m.

Records

Erskine 6-15

SHU 4-11

First Set: SHU, 25-13

SHU hit .261 in the opening set, behind four kills from Rob Chatterton
Erskine took an early 2-1 advantage, before the Pioneers rattled off four points to take a 5-1 advantage
The Flying Fleet momentarily stopped the run, but after a service error, Emerson Waumans served three consecutive aces to make the score 9-3
A Chatteron ace led to an Erskine timeout and an ace after the break made it a 5-0 SHU run and made the score 16-5
A Shawn Tischler service error brought the Fleet within eight, 18-10, but Daniel Hermida gave the serve right back with an error of his own
Taylor Bloomquist served three consecutive aces, leading to a timeout, with the Pioneers in front, 22-10

Second Set: SHU, 25-19

Erskine jumped out to a 4-2 lead before a 5-1 SHU run, thanks in part to a pair of Blake Cox kills, put SHU in front 7-5
The Flying Fleet stormed back with six straight points of their own, building an 11-7 lead and maintained a lead until a Bloomquist ace tied the score, 12-12
Erskine led for the final time, 17-16 following a Pioneer hitting error
With the score knotted 19-19, the 10^th tie of the set, Bloomquist recorded a kill, starting a set ending 5-0 run, capped by an ace to seal the win

Third Set: SHU, 25-17

The Flying Fleet scored the opening four points of the set, before a Tischler kill put the Pioneers on the board
Cox snapped an Erskine run with the Pioneers trailing 8-4 and followed with a kill of his own to close the deficit to 8-6
The Pioneers drew even for the first time at 10-10 and they took their first lead on the next serve, with a Waumans kill on the way to a 13-11 edge
A Matt Friddle kill and a SHU hitting error knotted the score once again, 13-13
Waumans knocked down a kill that was followed by a Bloomquist ace to give SHU at 15-13 edge and force a Flying Fleet timeout
Erskine scored out of the break, before an error, a Chatterton kill and a Waumans ace made the score 18-14 in favor of the host
The Pioneers closed the set with seven of the last 10 points, to earn the sweep

The Numbers

The Pioneers dealt out 16 service aces, with six from Bloomquist and five from Waumans
SHU recorded 9.5 blocks in the match, with 5.5 in the second-set, as Bloomquist and Noah Ricchetti both had five
SHU hit .291 for the match, holding the Flying Fleet to a .000
Prior to the match senior Joshua Ayzenberg was named the National Libero of the Week and finished Monday's match with a match-best six digs