Box Score Highlights |
Stats | The Pioneers held off a scrappy Benedictine squad on Wednesday to advance to the HAAC tourney title game. MNU swept the Ravens 25-23, 25-23, and 25-19. MNU controlled the second half of the first set to win 25-23, but the Ravens came out strong in Set 2. Trailing 12-18, the Pioneers went on a 13-5 run to take a 2-0 lead in the match. The momentum carried over into Set 3 and MNU completed the sweep.
Linjun Ji led all attackers with 10 kills.
Vladi Kopanarova had 8 kills in just 11 attacks to hit .636.
Taryn Salum recorded 32 assists. And
Rosan Rivera added 2 aces.
The #8 Pioneers are 25-2 (9-0 HAAC). The next match is the HAAC Tournament title game on Saturday vs. Baker (23-8, 7-2) at 6:00. The teams played a 5-set thriller at Baker last month where MNU overcame an 0-2 deficit.
