Sunday, February 6
Milwaukee, WI
7:00 am Pacific
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
2-10,0-0DIII Independent
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Wisconsin Lutheran
0-3,0-0NACC
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Cruz | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Wis. Lutheran | 19 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Banana Slugs Take Two Over Wisconsin Lutheran to finish roadtrip
2/6/2022 7:03:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
UC Santa Cruz hits season highs in hitting percentage in pair of sweeps
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WAUWATOSA, WI (2-6) – UC Santa Cruz finished up their four-match Wisconsin trip with two matches Saturday morning against Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Banana Slugs won both matches against the Warriors 3-0.
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Match #1
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In the first set, the Banana Slugs started the set on a 5-1 run, capped by a Colton Jeffrey kill. The Warriors would respond with an 8-3 run to take the lead at 9-8. The two teams would trade points for the next seventeen serves. The Banana Slugs would take the lead for good at 18-17 on a Phillip Grote kill and won the first set 25-19. In the second set, the Banana Slugs would start on a 10-4 run capped by a Dylan Foreman kill. The Banana Slugs would gain their largest lead of the set at twelve, at set point 25-13, on a Foreman kill. The Banana Slugs started the third set on a 17-4 run capped by a Grote kill before winning the set and match at 25-8 on a Xander Vriesman kill.
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Vriesman led the Banana Slugs with a season-high eleven kills. Foreman added ten.
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Match #2
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In the first set, after the teams traded points for the first ten serves, the Banana Slugs had an 11-1 run, capped by an attack error by the Warriors, to take the lead for good at 16-6. The Banana Slugs won the set at 25-10, on an assisted block by Braden Collins and Vriesman.
In the second set, the Banana Slugs started on an 11-4 run capped by an Ethan Makishima kill. The Banana Slugs led as much as thirteen and would win the second set 25-13 for a 2-0 lead in the match. In the third set, the Banana Slugs started the set on a 9-3 run capped by a service error by the Warriors. The Warriors would come as close as three, at 13-10, but the Banana Slugs finished on a 12-3 run and took the match on a service ace by Chicory Roth.
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Makishima had eleven kills and three blocks to lead the Banana Slugs. Collins had 20 assists while Roth dished a career-high 19.
UC Santa Cruz returns to California and will next play at Menlo College on Saturday the 13th.
WAUWATOSA, WI (2-6) – UC Santa Cruz finished up their four-match Wisconsin trip with two matches Saturday morning against Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Banana Slugs won both matches against the Warriors 3-0.
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Match #1
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In the first set, the Banana Slugs started the set on a 5-1 run, capped by a Colton Jeffrey kill. The Warriors would respond with an 8-3 run to take the lead at 9-8. The two teams would trade points for the next seventeen serves. The Banana Slugs would take the lead for good at 18-17 on a Phillip Grote kill and won the first set 25-19. In the second set, the Banana Slugs would start on a 10-4 run capped by a Dylan Foreman kill. The Banana Slugs would gain their largest lead of the set at twelve, at set point 25-13, on a Foreman kill. The Banana Slugs started the third set on a 17-4 run capped by a Grote kill before winning the set and match at 25-8 on a Xander Vriesman kill.
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Vriesman led the Banana Slugs with a season-high eleven kills. Foreman added ten.
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Match #2
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In the first set, after the teams traded points for the first ten serves, the Banana Slugs had an 11-1 run, capped by an attack error by the Warriors, to take the lead for good at 16-6. The Banana Slugs won the set at 25-10, on an assisted block by Braden Collins and Vriesman.
In the second set, the Banana Slugs started on an 11-4 run capped by an Ethan Makishima kill. The Banana Slugs led as much as thirteen and would win the second set 25-13 for a 2-0 lead in the match. In the third set, the Banana Slugs started the set on a 9-3 run capped by a service error by the Warriors. The Warriors would come as close as three, at 13-10, but the Banana Slugs finished on a 12-3 run and took the match on a service ace by Chicory Roth.
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Makishima had eleven kills and three blocks to lead the Banana Slugs. Collins had 20 assists while Roth dished a career-high 19.
UC Santa Cruz returns to California and will next play at Menlo College on Saturday the 13th.
Team Stats
UCSC
WLC
Kills
48
15
Errors
11
14
Attempts
88
75
Hitting %
.420
.013
Points
55
23
Assists
46
13
Aces
4
4
Blocks
3
4
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Players Mentioned
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