Saturday, April 15
Muncie, IN
6 pm
Ball State University
19-8,11-3MIVA
3
vs
0
Quincy
8-19,1-13MIVA
1
2
3
F
Quincy
20
19
15
0
Ball St.
25
25
25
3
Photo by: Grace Walton - BSU Creative Services
Men’s Volleyball Advances to MIVA Tourney Semifinals with 3-0 Sweep Over Quincy
April 15, 2023 | Men's Volleyball
MUNCIE, Ind. - The top-seeded Ball State men's volleyball team (19-8) prevailed once again Saturday night in Worthen Arena as they earned a 3-0 sweep over the eight-seeded Quincy Hawks (8-19) in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament quarterfinals.
It marks the third-straight season that Ball State will advance to the semifinal round which will be played Wednesday, April 19, at 7 pm ET in Worthen Arena against fourth-seeded Lewis or fifth-seeded Purdue Fort Wayne.
Just a year ago the same scenario happened for the Cardinals against the Hawks in the quarterfinal round but this time the sets were a bit closer from start to finish. Despit Ball State winning in three sets, the match faced 19 ties total along with six lead changes.
Set one would be the closest of all three frames. Ball State began to pull away late in the set after a 17-17 tie the Cardinals' Vanis Buckholz served three-straight points to give BSU the 20-17 edge over Quincy.
After that, Ball State remained in control to take the opening set by a score of 25-20 which came off a kill from Felix Egharevba off the assist from David Flores.
The second and third sets mimicked one another with Ball State taking control towards the middle of both frames.
In set two, Bryce Behrendt was able to put the Cardinals ahead after some strong serves and Tinaishe Ndavazocheva did the same in set three allowing Ball State to control the tempo of the match the remainder of the contest. The Cardinals went on to win set two (25-19) and set three (25-15).
Tonight's win was an all-around team performance that saw All-MIVA First Team selection Ndavazocheva lead all players with 13 kills while Dyer Ball also reached double-digit kills with 10. All-MIVA Second Team honoree Flores dished out 33 assists.
As a team, the Cardinals had one of their better hitting performances with 44 kills off 72 attacks for a .500 hitting percentage.
Team Stats
Quincy
BSU
Kills
28
44
Errors
20
8
Attempts
71
72
Hitting %
.113
.500
Points
35.5
56
Assists
27
37
Aces
3
3
Blocks
4.5
9
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
3
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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