Chicago, Ill. – The Lawrence Technological University men's volleyball team lost a pair of matches to top 10 foes, falling to the #6 University of Jamestown (ND) in straight sets (19-25, 16-25, 23-25) before being swept by #8 Saint Xavier University (10-25, 19-25, 18-25) on Saturday afternoon.

Match One vs #6 University of Jamestown:

First Set:

• Five straight from the Jimmies put them ahead 12-8
• 6-3 run by LTU, capped by a Zach Narkiewicz kill, pulls LTU within one at 15-14
• UJ doubles up Blue Devils (10-5) the rest of the way to win set 25-19

Second Set:

• The Jimmies again get out to 12-8 advantage in the second
• A pair of UJ errors pause the run as LTU trails by three, 13-10
• 10-1 spurt by the Jimmies stretches lead to double digits, 22-11, before they take set 25-16

Third Set

• Simon Phillip finds Perez to give LTU slim 11-9 edge
• 6-2 run buy UJ allows it to retake lead, 15-13
• JT McCarthy capped off four consecutive LTU points to swing the score in the Blue Devils favor, 17-15
• The Jimmies respond with 7-of-9 to go up 22-19 before a service error cuts the margin to just one at 24-23
• UJ ends any comeback attempt with a kill to clinch the match at 25-23

Inside the Numbers:
24 – Assists by Phillip
9 – Kills by Fuhrmann to lead LTU
.421 – Jimmies team hitting percentage
.292 – Blue Devils team hitting percentage

Match Two vs #8 Saint Xavier University:

First Set:

• The Cougars raced out to a 10-4 lead before pushing the margin to 14 at 19-5
• Connor Cooper halted the stretch with run with a kill
• The teams traded points down the stretch as SXU prevailed 25-10

Second Set:

• Zach Narkiewicz pulled LTU within one at 11-10
• 5-of-6 by the Cougars opened up some breathing room at 16-11
• Felix Perez cut the deficit to four, 22-18, but SXU took 3-of-4 to close out the set 25-19

Third Set:

• Jeffry Fuhrmann made it 6-3 LTU early in the third
• Simon Phillip found Fuhrmann again to hold a two-point lead at 14-12
• The Cougars retook the lead with five consecutive points, 17-14
• Perez kept LTU within two, 18-16, but SXU closed out the set with 7-of-9 to win 25-18

Inside the Numbers:
16 – Attack errors by LTU compared to just eight for SXU
.493 – Cougars team hitting percentage
.087 – Blue Devils team hitting percentage
 
 Lawrence Tech returns home on Tuesday, March 15^th for WHAC play when it hosts Goshen at 7 pm inside the Don Ridler Field House.