No. 2 Ranked Pride Too Much for Men's Volleyball

Springfield, Mass. – The #2 nationally-ranked Pride of Springfield College bested the Wentworth men's volleyball team in straight sets by scores of 25-18, 25-20, and 25-18 on Saturday evening inside Blake Arena.

RECORDS

• Wentworth (11-4)
• Springfield (15-2)

STAT LEADERS

• Kills – Hunter Oshman (12), Ryan Love (11), Ian Carlson (4)
• Digs – Augusto Rodriguez-Guerrios (9), Hunter Oshman (4), Ryan Love (3)
• Assists – Augusto Rodriguez-Guerrios (27)
• Blocks – Ryan Love (4), Colin Stockton (4),

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Despite the result, the Leopards hung with the 11-time national champions, as both teams were tied 15-15 in the middle of the first set following a kill from Alex McLane (Columbus, Ohio). The Pride used a 7-0 run to pull away, including three consecutive service aces from Brennen Brandow for the 21-15 lead. Two kills from Ryan Love (Gaithersburg, Md.) and a kill from Ian Carlson (Parker, Colo.) gave Wentworth its final points of the set, as Springfield closed with the final four of seven points. The Leopards hit a team-best .346 in the set, but unfortunately so did Springfield, hitting .684 with 14 kills and one error on 19 swings.
• Love, Hunter Oshman (Pennington, N.J.), and Colin Stockton (Hummelstown, Pa.) helped guide Wentworth to a 9-9 score in the second set, including an opening block from the Love/Stockton duo. Down 11-10, Wentworth burned a timeout after the Pride used a 3-0 run for the 14-10 score, but Springfield came out of the break with a kill from Liam York, 15-10. Springfield would hold onto the five-point margin until the final point, another kill from Liam York and the 25-20 final.
• Neither team hit particularly well in the third, as WIT hit in the negative category for the first time since their February 6^th match vs. #14 ranked Endicott. The Pride used a spirited 10-1 run to pull away in the final set and held off WIT's response of an 8-1 run with a kill and an ace from Carlson.

THE SERIES

• Springfield is 10-1 in the all-time series dating back 10 1996. Wentworth's lone win against the Pride was a four-set victory in 2015.
  

NEXT

• Wentworth hops back into conference action on Wednesday with a 7:00 p.m. home match against Colby-Sawyer.

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