Crestview Hills, Ky. – The Lawrence Technological University men's volleyball team season won a pair of matches in straight sets, defeating Lincoln College (Ill.) (25-19, 25-14, 25-20) before blanking host Thomas More (25-13, 25-22, 25-21), on Saturday afternoon.

Match One vs Lincoln:

First Set:

• JT McCarthy kill doubles up Lincoln 12-6
• The Lynx trimmed the margin to four, 19-15, but the Blue Devils responded by winning the next three points (22-15)
• Simon Phillip set up Jeffry Fuhrmann to make it 23-17 before a pair of Lynx service errors closed out the first set for LTU 25-19

Second Set:

• LTU raced out to a 9-1 lead in set two
• Andrew Lee found Fuhrmann to keep the cushion at seven, 16-9
• Bartosz Rauch kill bumped the margin to eight at 20-12
• LTU took five of the last seven points to take set two 25-14

Third Set:

• Three straight McCarthy kills opens up 13-10 LTU lead to force Lynx timeout
• Lee finds Felix Perez to extend the lead to five at 19-14
• Lincoln cuts the deficit to three, 22-19, before three errors stop any comeback hopes as the Blue Devils clinch the match with a 25-20 third set win

Inside the Numbers:

22 – Assists for the freshmen Lee

13 – Digs by Collin Holt to lead LTU defense

12 – Kills for McCarthy, season-high for the freshmen

.421 – Team hitting percentage, season-high

Match Two vs Thomas More:

First Set:

• Back-to-back Fuhrmann kills gave LTU a five-point cushion at 13-8
• McCarthy's finish pushes the margin to nine at 20-11
• Saints kill halts momentum before BLue Devils end the set with five-straight points (25-13), including three kills

Second Set:

• A kill from the defensive specialist Holt knots set at 13-13 
• Saints win next two points before Blue Devils rip off four in a row to go up 17-15
• Thomas More pulls within one, 22-21, but Zach Narkiewicz answers with a kill as LTU takes three of the last four to win the set 25-22

Third Set:

• Perez service ace gives Blue Devils 14-10 advantage
• Saints trim the margin to one, 15-14, but McCarthy kill pauses Thomas More's momentum
• Phillip finds Perez to double the lead at 22-18, but the Saints don't go quietly as they cut it to two at 22-20
• Finishes from Fuhrmann and Narkiewicz close the third set at 25-21 to clinch the match for LTU

Inside the Numbers:

30 – Assists by Phillip

13 – Digs by Holt for second straight match

10 – Kills by Perez to pace LTU

.057 – Team hitting percentage by Thomas More

After a five-match road trip, the Blue Devils return home for a WHAC match versus Goshen on Wednesday, February 2nd at 7 pm inside the Don Ridler Field House.