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Box Score 2 BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University men's volleyball team swept their opponents Saturday afternoon at the Student Center Complex. The Tornado started off the day by defeating Belmont Abbey College 3-0, and proceeded to defeat Bluefield College 3-0 in the later contest.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 3, Belmont Abbey 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18); King 3, Bluefield 0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-21)
LOCATION: Student Center Complex; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 13-5, Belmont Abbey 7-14, Bluefield 6-13
HOW IT HAPPENED – BELMONT ABBEY
- The Tornado used an early 4-0 run to take a 5-3 lead over the visiting Crusaders in the first set.
- King would later use a 6-0 run that was capped off by a Jeff Sprayberry kill from Nick Drooker to take a 14-7 lead over Belmont Abbey.
- After a Crusader point to make the contest 14-8, the Tornado used another 4-0 run to extend their lead to 18-9. The run featured four straight kills for the Tornado including ones by Sprayberry, Kiel Bell, and Adrian Besson.
- A kill late in the set by Jon Wheaton would give the Tornado a 23-17 lead. King would go on to close out the set 25-18 and take a 1-0 lead in the contest.
- Bell started off the second set with a huge kill that came from Drooker to take a 1-0 lead early.
- King used a 4-0 run midway through the set to take a 14-9 lead over the Crusaders. Bell capped off the run with another kill.
- The Tornado would use another 4-0 run later in the set to extend their lead to 19-14. Bell rallied off three straight kills during the King run.
- King went on to defeat the Crusaders 25-19 in the second set and take a 2-0 lead in the contest. Bell recorded five of his team-high ten kills during the set.
- In the third set, the Tornado trailed 4-7 early, however, bounced back to tie the set 14-14 following a Crusader error.
- King used a 7-1 run late in the set to take a 21-15 lead and would go on to finish off the Crusaders 25-18 in the third set. The Tornado took the match 3-0 over Belmont Abbey.
FOR THE FOES
- Liam Maxwell posted a game-high 12 kills for the Crusaders.
- Brian Long chipped in seven kills for Belmont Abbey.
HOW IT HAPPENED – BLUEFIELD
- The Tornado used a 5-0 run to take an early 11-5 lead over Bluefield. Dalton Johnson capped off the run with a service ace for King.
- King would use another 5-0 lead later in the set to extend their lead to 21-12. Sean Kohlhase recorded the final point of the run with a kill from Leo de Quadros.
- The Tornado would go on to close out the set 25-17 following a Julian Young kill from Chandler Christy. Young's kill was one of his seven during the first set.
- King used a 7-0 run to jump out to a 7-2 lead over the Rams in the second set. Justin McCarthy capped off the run for the Tornado with a kill from Christy.
- The Rams would cut into the Tornado lead, however, a Johnson kill pushed the King lead 13-10.
- A kill by Christy gave the Tornado a 21-15 lead late in the set. The Tornado proceeded to close out the set 25-16 to take a 2-0 lead in the match. McCarthy posted four kills in the set to lead King.
- In the third set, King trailed 2-4 early, but quickly bounced back to take a 6-4 lead following a 4-0 run by the Tornado. Young would cap off the run with another kill.
- The two teams battled back and forth throughout a majority of the set, however, 3-0 run late in the set gave King a 24-21 following a McCarthy kill.
- The Tornado would go on to close out the Rams 25-21 in the third set and defeat Bluefield 3-0 in the match.
- Johnson led the way for the Tornado with 10 kills and four blocks.
- Young tied his career-high with nine kills in the contest to go along with six digs.
- McCarthy posted a career-high eight kills in the match while hitting .375.
FOR THE FOES
- Alberto Chiaparini led the way for Bluefield with nine kills.
- Lesharo Clark chipped in seven kills for the Rams.
UP NEXT
- King travels to Erskine College Friday, March 23 for a Conference Carolinas matchup at 7:00 pm.
