Express Men's Volleyball Takes Down Medaille!

On Friday night the Express men's volleyball team hosted the Medaille Mavericks for their first home game of the season.

The Mavericks came into today with a record of 1-5, meanwhile, the Express were still looking to secure their first win of the season.

In the first set, neither team was able to gain a large advantage over the other. There was a red card distributed to Medaille within the first few points which gave the Express some extra energy. Towards the end of the set, the Express were able to slightly pull away thanks to some errors on the Mavericks part win by a score of 25-21. 

The second set brought a lot of the same action. The action was so close the entire time that the set was tied up at 24 and ended up going into extra points. In the extra points, Connor Garvey had some big kills with some assist from Cooper Colesante. Also, some key serves from Christian Hahn helped seal the deal and give the Express a 2-0 lead by a score of 31-29.

The third set was the most competitive of the 3. Confidence Burrows started the Express out hot with some big kills to give them a 3-0 lead. The Mavericks however would not go quietly and kept it close the entire time. Some key kills from Cooper Colesante and Connor Garvey helped the Express maintain the small lead they began the set with. In the end, some service errors from the Mavericks gave the Express the third set win and a 3-0 sweep for their first victory of the year. 

Express Stat Leaders:

Connor Garvey: 16 kills

Cooper Colesante: 22 assists

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