UW-Oshkosh Begins Season With Sweep of Marquette (1-19-08)
With a combined 30 kills from their left-side hitters, the UW-Oshkosh men's volleyball team began its season with a commanding 30-21, 30-26, 30-24 sweep of Wisconsin Volleyball Conference rival Marquette University in a match held on Friday (Jan. 18) in Kolf Sports Center. It was the season and conference opener for both teams.
Tyler Boddy (Fr. • New Ulm, Minn.) and Nathan Sederberg (Sr. • Racine) each slammed down five kills in the first game to lead the Titans to the nine-point cushion. UW-Oshkosh hit a dominating .678 in the game on 20 kills in only 28 attempts.
Eight hitting errors and seven serving errors hampered the Titans in game two as the Golden Eagles remained close throughout. Danny Hessling (Jr. • Greenfield) helped UW-Oshkosh pull out the tight game converting four kills on four attempts and Sederberg added six kills in the game.
John Erickson (Sr. • Ripon) came out strong in game three connecting on all seven of his kill attempts in leading UW-Oshkosh to the three-game victory. Boddy added six kills and Sederberg five as the Titans slammed down 23 kills in the game.
Sederberg led UW-Oshkosh with 16 kills. Boddy, in his collegiate debut, tallied 14 kills and a team-leading nine digs and three service aces. Hessling finished the night with 11 kills, Erickson with 10 and Nathan Malewiski with eight on only ten attempts. Malewiski led the team with three blocks and Aaron Wayne (Sr. • New Berlin) had six digs.
Brandon Kirkland (Sr. • Racine) dished out 54 assists on the Titans' 63 total kills for a glossy .509 hitting percentage. With the win the Titans even the all-time series with Marquette University at 27-27 in the 16-year old rivalry.
"We had a two great weeks of practice and I think it followed onto the court tonight," said head coach Brian Schaefer. "To hit over .500 as a team against Marquette University says a lot about our focus tonight. Sometimes we tend to take long stretches of points off in a match, but tonight those were reduced to only a few points."
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