IMMACULATA, Pa. – The Hood College men's volleyball team drops high-scoring five set match on the road to Immaculata with a final score of 3-2.
Set Scores
Immaculata won 25-21, 25-21, and 15-10.
Hood won 25-23 and 25-17.
Inside the Box Score
Charles Casas (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen High School) had 20 kills and 10 digs with a career-high points total of 24.
Adam Bartice (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) had a career-high 15 kills and 21 points overall. He also added three service aces, three blocks and five digs
Gael Bravo (Lanham, Md./Bowie High School) had 37 assists on the night with 14 digs.
How it Happened
Set one started with early service success by the Mighty Macs' Josh McGurl to push an 8-2 lead after Immaculata had scored six straight points. Hood would then spread the floor to get
Russell Odor (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee),
Sean Seely (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage High School) and
Zander Kirchner (Lewisberry, Pa./Red Land) involved to pull them within four at 12-8. The back-and-forth ensued and even included another
Gael Bravo (Lanham, Md./Bowie High School) kill as he had also been busy evening setting hitters. Six different Blazers ended up with a kill in set one.
Set two started with a 5-2 lead in favor of the Blazers, but diminished due to attack errors created by Michael Prall to tie it up 7-7. Hood could get as close as tying the match 20-20 but found themselves down 2-0 after two sets.
Set three brought an early lead, but this was here to stay as
Charles Casas (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen High School) broke up Mighty Mac runs with points of his own. Immaculata scored three points during match point for Hood, but ended up losing set three via a bad set.
Set four was Casas time to heat up as he tallied three kills in-a-row twice to take the lead 8-7 and to extend the lead at 19-13. The Blazers took set four and now the pressure was on Immaculata to escape in five sets.
Set five included a 5-1 run to start for Hood, but Immaculata responded with four straight of their own to bring it 5-5. Thomas Pierce of the Mighty Macs went to work to set up hitters and another streak of points led to the taking of the final set.
For the Opponent
Josh McGurl had 20 kills and nine digs.
Joe Martell had 22 assists and seven digs.
Up Next
Men's Volleyball will host Arcadia and St. Vincent for a tri-match Saturday, March 9 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m..
