MOUNT OLIVE, NC – The Merrimack College men's volleyball was downed in its first of three matches this weekend by Mount Olive University, 3-0. Zyshonne Lang had a career-high 15 kills during the three set match. Lang also led the team in aces with four on the day. Xander Thesz ranked second in kills with six.

The Basics
Score: Merrimack 0 Mount Olive 3
Records: Merrimack (0-3) | Mount Olive (2-1)
Location: Kornegay Arena

Rapid Recap

• A Lang service ace tied the first set at four. Both teams then battled back and forth, Lang once again tied the game with a kill. After the Trojans got a point, Merrimack went on a four-point run to go up by three. Lang had three straight aces. Mount Olive chipped away going down by just one, 19-18. Two points from the Warriors gave them a three-point advantage. The Trojans then scored the last five of the last seven points to steal set one from Merrimack.
• Both teams had five points early on in the first set. Logan Whitaker had a kill to put the Warriors up by one. Mount Olive battled back a couple points later going up by two. Merrimack found themselves down six. Lang had a kill to cut the lead to five. After back and forth play for a couple of points, Miles Dewhirst had a kill to maintain the five-point deficit. Sage Gatling had a kill late in the set to give the Warriors 19 points and put them down five once again. Merrimack would lose the second set by five.
• The Trojans went up 9-4 early on in the third set. Thesz killed the run with a kill. After another Warrior point, Mount Olive added four points to go up by seven. Lang stopped this run with a kill. Both Dewhirst and Thesz combined for two kills later on in the set to put Merrimack down eight. The Warriors battle back scoring five points in a row during a match point situation for the Trojans, but it was not enough. Mount Olive ended up winning the final set by four.

Top Performers // Notes

• Dewhirst and Kyle Standage tied for a team-high eight digs.
• Carson Bashford had a team-high 28 assists.
• The Warriors had seven aces, compared to the Trojans who had five.

Up Next
Merrimack stay in North Carolina to take on Barton College on Saturday. Game time is set for 2 p.m.