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Shay Spadaro
Claire Nicholas
Shay Spadaro finished with 15 kills, and six digs at Maryville
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Winner Rockhurst Rock 8-9,2-2 DI Independent
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Maryville (MO) Mary 6-6,2-1 DI Independent
Winner
Rockhurst Rock
8-9,2-2 DI Independent
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Final
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Maryville (MO) Mary
6-6,2-1 DI Independent
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Rockhurst Rock 23 26 19 25 16 (3)
Maryville (MO) Mary 25 24 25 22 14 (2)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

Hawks defeat Maryville in five sets

A block by Max Tkachev, Shay Spadaro and Daniel Mekonen sealed a five-set victory for Rockhurst over Maryville in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday.

Maryville won the first set 25-23. The Hawks and Saints played a back-and-forth second set that saw no team take a lead of more than three for the first 38 combined points.
 
Rockhurst went on to take a 24-21 lead before Maryville tied the set at 24-24. The Hawks scored the final two points of the set to win 26-24 with a Spadaro ace.

The Saints won the third set, 25-19, to take a 2-1 lead.

Rockhurst took a 9-6 lead in the fourth set before a 9-2 Maryville run to go up 15-11. The Hawks responded with a 5-2 run of their own to pull within one at 17-16 and 22-21. Then, the Hawks scored the final four points to win the set 25-22 and force a deciding fifth set.

Maryville took a 9-5 lead in the fifth set before a 4-1 Hawks run pulled Rockhurst within one at 10-9. The set had ties shortly after at 11-11, 12-12 and 14-14 before Rockhurst finished the match by winning the final two points.

Lucas Tran led Rockhurst in kills with 19 and added two service aces. Mekonen had a team-leading eight blocks. Nathan Jacques had 32 assists while Tyler Zippay recorded 14. Jackson Daugherty led the Hawks with 11 digs, as Tkachev added 10.

Spadaro finished with 15 kills, a service ace, six blocks, two assists and six digs. 

The Hawks finished with 51 kills, three service aces, 16 blocks, 51 assists and 42 digs.

Up Next
Rockhurst returns home to Mason-Halpin Field House to face Central Christian on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
 
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