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Milwaukee, Wis. – The Cardinal Stritch University Wolves men’s volleyball team got the 2010 season off on the right foot in Wednesday night’s season opener. Facing the Moody Bible Institute Archers, Stritch swept the Archers, 3-0, by scores of 30-13, 30-15, and 30-14.
In the first game of the match, the Wolves rode the strong opening serving of Scott Golden (Vernon Hills, Ill.) to a quick 6-0 lead with two service aces by Golden and kills by Vladimir Frenc (Belgrade, Serbia) and Austin Cass (Madison, Wis.). After trading three points apiece in the next couple of plays, the Wolves extended their lead to 11-3.
After another kill by Cass to make the score 12-3, The Archers would come back for four more points to cut the deficit to 12-7, but that would be the closest they would get as the Wolves would claim the game 30-13. In the game, Frenc would lead all players with seven kills while Garret Payne (San Diego, Calif.) would add 16 assists.
In game two, Stritch came out firing again, racing out to another quick lead this time at 8-2. During the opening run, senior Matt Tauaese (Ponoma, Calif.) would register three kills while George Ghassan (Naperville, Ill.) would add two.
The Wolves would eventually lay claim to the 30-15 win as Tauaese would finish with five kills. Ghassan would close the game with four kills on five attempts.
The Archers, who would commit 21 attack errors in the match, couldn’t respond in the third game as the Wolves would cruise to a 30-14 win. Fernando Bernal (Miami, Fla.) would add five kills in the final game of the match. Meanwhile freshman Adam Cosson (West Allis, Wis.) would contribute to the win with three digs.
In the three-game set, the Wolves would be led in kills by Tauaese and Bernal, who each claimed eight kills. Meanwhile, Frenc would add seven kills while Cass and Golden would end the night with six apiece.
With the win, the third ranked Wolves open the season at 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Conference (MAMVIC) East. The loss drops the Archers to 1-1 on the season and to 0-1 in the conference.
Next up, Stritch will hit the road to St. Charles, Mo. to play in the Lindenwood University Invitational on Friday, Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 30. The Wolves will play matches against Missouri Baptist University and Warner University on Friday and will return to action on Saturday to face Warner University again, and then wrap things up against Park University.