Campbellsville, Ky. – The Lawrence Technological University men's volleyball team was down one set to none and two sets to one before ultimately forcing a fifth set on their way to falling at (RV) Campbellsville University (23-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-22, 11-15) on Wednesday night.

First Set:

• Felix Perez kill put LTU up 12-6 in first set
• The Tigers took four straight points to pull within one at 20-19
• CU won 4-of-6 to go ahead one at 23-22
• Connor Cooper kill knotted the match at 23-23 before back-to-back Tigers' kills won the set 25-23

Second Set:

• Simon Phillip found JT McCarthy to give LTU a 15-12 advantage
• A pair of CU attack errors held the LTU lead at four, 23-19
• The Tigers' won three straight points to trim the margin to one, 23-22
• Perez halts the run at 24-22 before a CU service error gives the set to LTU 25-23

Third Set:

• CU starts the set on a 7-0 run before extending the lead to 11-2
• Jeffry Fuhrmann chips away at the deficit, making it 15-9 CU
• Three consecutive points by the Tigers stretches the margin back to nine at 22-13
• Zach Narkiewicz kill makes it a six-point match, 23-17
• CU closes out the set with back-to-back points, 25-17

Fourth Set:

• Three CU errors put LTU ahead 12-10
• Phillip finds McCarthy to make it 21-18 Blue Devils
• A setter kill from Phillip wins set for LTU, 25-22

Fifth Set:

• Tigers double up Blue Devils early, 10-5
• Back-to-back kills by McCarthy and Perez pull LTU within three at 10-7
• The teams trade a pair of errors as the Blue Devils trail by two, 12-10
• CU wins three of the last four to win set 15-11

Inside the Numbers:
51 – Assists by Phillip, season-high
21 – Kills by Fuhrmann to lead the match and set season-high (.415 hitting percentage)
15 – Digs for Collin Holt
.288 – Tigers team hitting percentage
.259 – Blue Devils team hitting percentage
 
Lawrence Tech heads to Midway University (Ky.) on Thursday, March 10^th for a tri-match beginning at 3 pm against Cumberland University (Tenn.) before playing the host Eagles at 5 pm.