The Illinois Tech Men’s Volleyball team had its most dominant win in program history on March 10. Illinois Tech hit over .300% in all three sets en route to a 3-0 sweep over Lesley University.

Set Scores

• Illinois Tech 3, Lesley 0 (25-9, 25-15, 25-12) 

How it Happened

• It did not take long for the Scarlet Hawks to jump ahead, as Illinois Tech led 11-3 after 14 points. The Scarlet Hawks had four service aces and seven kills over this span.
• Then, Illinois Tech opened up its largest run of the set (7-0) to take a 17-5 advantage. Strong serving helped close it out, as the Scarlet Hawks rode nine set one service aces to a set one win.
• In set two, Lesley came out with fight, leading 8-4 early. But Illinois Tech would impose its will mid-set, going on an 11-0 run to take a 17-9 lead. The run featured six Evan Robeck kills.
• The Scarlet Hawks were able to keep the Lynx at bay for the rest of the set. A David Allen service ace closed it out as Illinois Tech went up 2-0.
• Set three saw a steady attack from the Scarlet Hawks, jumping out to leads of 14-5 and then 17-6. While the Scarlet Hawks hit an astounding .429% for the set, two service aces from Paulo Sassmannschausen clinched the match victory.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Robeck was dominant, leading all players with 14 kills while tallying four service aces and a .435 hitting percentage.
• Allen (four kills, .429%), Irshad Hussain (five kills, .364%, two block assists), Lukasz Kupiec (five kills, .714%, 10 assists, three service aces), and Sassmannschausen (five kills, .300%, four service aces) joined Robeck with hitting percentages over .300%.
• Andrew Woltman led all players with 20 assists.
• Allan Huang also had four service aces.

Stats to Know

• Illinois Tech recorded season-highs in hitting percentage (.364%) and service aces (19).
• The Scarlet Hawks held the Lynx without a single service ace and to just 11 kills as a team.
• Illinois Tech’s defense was also stout, as Lesley hit .000% for the match.