NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack College men's volleyball team won their fifth match in program history on Saturday night after beating Fisher College, 3-0.
Sage Gatling had 7 kills in the match, Logan Whitaker had 6, and Matthew Motes had 5.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 3 Fisher College 0
Records: Merrimack (5-3) | Fisher College (0-3)
Location: Hammel Court
Rapid Recap
- The Warriors started the first set off early with a 3-point run lead by a service ace from Carson Bashford. The run ended with a point from Fisher College but Merrimack wasted no time to go on a 6-point run lead by a kill from Gatling and a service ace from Miles Dewhirst. Gatling had another kill along with Logan Whitaker. Motes had 3 kills along with Zyshonne Lang having 2 kills to lead the Warriors to win the first set 25-8.
- Merrimack continued to dominate all through the second set with 5 and 6 point runs led by kills from Xander Thesz, Motes, Lang, and Whitaker. The Warriors had a 20 point lead later in the set with a kill from Thesz and Anthony Clapp to have the score 24-4. The Falcons would break up the scoring run with a 3 point run, until Ian Callahan finished the second set with a kill 25-7.
- Going into the third set, the Warriors wasted no time to finish the game early by going on a four-point run early in the set with two kills lead by Tanner Planz. Merrimack continued to go on a scoring run with a 12-4 score. Fisher College looked to get back into the third set but kills from Callahan and Gatling finished the third and final set for the Warriors 25-8.
Top Performers // Notes
Up Next
Merrimack heads down to Cambridge MA to take on Harvard University on February 8. Game time is set for 7:00 P.M.
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