GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's volleyball team split two matches Saturday at its second annual invitational in the Grove City College Arena. After a 29-31, 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 loss to Olivet in the opener, the Wolverines rebounded to sweep Mount Aloysius in the nightcap, 25-10, 25-14, 25-23.
Sophomore
Keith Otto (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) and freshman
Joseph Allison (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) both recorded seven kills against Mount Aloysius to pace Grove City's balanced offensive attack. Junior
Andrew Kessler (Jeannette, Pa./Penn-Trafford), sophomore
Reese Malcolm (New Philadelphia, Ohio/Homeschooled) and freshman
Anderson Ross (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) all had five kills.
Junior setter
Craig Fair (Stevens, Pa./Cocalico) recorded 15 assists and freshman
Thomas Krahe (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) tallied 11 assists. Krahe also served two aces.Â
Malcolm recorded a team-leading five blocks. Kessler and freshman
Micah Wilding (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Academy) both had four blocks while Allison and Ross each authored three blocks.Â
Freshman libero
Evan DiMalanta (Medina, Ohio/Highland) had a match-high 12 digs.Â
Junior
Carson Good (Jeannette, Pa./Penn-Trafford) led Grove City with eight kills against Olivet. Senior
Tieg Malcolm (New Philadelphia, Ohio/Homeschooled) and junior
Max Gianneski (Butler, Pa./Butler) each contributed five kills.Â
Fair tallied 24 assists.
Tieg Malcolm served four aces. He also led the defense with six total blocks. Fair finished with a team-leading seven digs.Â
Grove City (6-6) will visit Mount Aloysius at 7 p.m. Thursday in a non-conference match.
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