SAU gets second straight win with victory at Lincoln
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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St. Ambrose (2-6, 2-3) | 25 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 3 |
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Lincoln College (3-8, 1-3) | 17 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 1 |
Behind 14 kills from Jason Bageanis and 10 apiece from Skyler Marushige and Jeramie Gutierrez, St. Ambrose earned its second straight win with a 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18 victory at Lincoln Tuesday night.
The Bees used several big runs to stay in control throughout.
In the opening set, nursing a 9-8 lead, St. Ambrose ripped off five straight points. Jake Snyder had two aces and Richard Reed put down a pair of kills to help open up a 14-8 advantage. After two straight Lynx points, the Bees used kills from Nick Fox, Gutierrez and Marushige in a four-point run to build an 18-10 lead and led comfortably the rest of the set.
SAU trailed 9-8 in the early stages of the second. But kills from Fox, Gutierrez and Marushige, along with a pair of Lynx hitting errors, put the Bees in front 13-9. The margin was just 19-17 late but a Fox kill capped a 3-0 run that gave SAU some breathing room and ultimately a two-set lead.
St. Ambrose stumbled in the third. After leading by as many as five points and still maintaining a 16-13 lead midway through the set, SAU watched Lincoln win five consecutive points as part of a larger 7-1 spurt that extended the match.
But the Bees bounced back in the fourth. The Lynx won the first two points before the Bees took the next six, highlighted by a kill from Gutierrez and a kill and a block from Marushige. Lincoln (3-8, 1-3 CCAC) responded to pass St. Ambrose and grab a 12-11 edge. A Fox kill, a Snyder ace and a Reed block finished off a 5-0 run that put the Bees back in front 16-12. SAU left no doubt with a five-point run that featured three kills from Bageanis to extend the lead to 23-16. Four points later, St. Ambrose closed out the win.
Fox finished with seven total kills, while Snyder and Reed ended with four each. Snyder was credited with a match-best 43 assists. Jesse Moreno picked up 16 digs and Marushige had 10. Reed (eight) and Colin Teresi (seven) combined for 15 more digs.
St. Ambrose, now 2-6 overall and 2-3 in the CCAC, will step away from conference play to host Mount Mercy Saturday at 1 p.m.