Oshkosh II Wins St. Ambrose University Invite (2-7-10)
The UW-Oshkosh II men's volleyball team found good competition at the St. Ambrose University tournament and won the invitational without losing a set on Saturday (Feb. 6) in Davenport, Iowa.
The Titans won their pool by defeating Lindenwood University-Belleville (Mo.) 25-17, 25-16, Augustana College (Ill.) 25-15, 25-16 and Missouri Baptist University II 25-18, 30-28. In the single elimination portion of the event, UW-Oshkosh II rolled over Monmouth College (Iowa) 25-10, 25-18 and Augustana College a second time 25-8, 25-17.
In a repeat of the championship match from last year, UW-Oshkosh II defeated the host school St. Ambrose University II 25-23, 25-16 to claim the title. Last year the Titans had to go three sets to take home the crown.
Team leaders for the Titans over Lindenwood University-Belleville included Gus Odorizzi (Jr. - Pleasant Prairie) and Matt Maciejewski with six kills and Bob Hall (Fr. - Appleton) with 14 assists. Nick Mueller (Fr. - Kenosha) added five service aces and Jordan Mattingly (Jr. - Kaukauna) had three blocks.
Mueller claimed nine kills in the win over Augustana College and Maciejewski added six kills in only one set of action. Mattingly added three digs and one solo block, Bob Hall dished out 15 assists and produced two service aces and Chris Schinner (Sr. - Mequon) had three service aces and eight assists.
After easily winning set one, the Titans seemed to have the match well in hand after sprinting out to a 22-16 lead in set two against Missouri Baptist University II. The Spartans outscored the Titans 9-3 to force a tie at 25-25. From there the teams traded points until UW-Oshkosh put the match away by a kill by Parker Gross (So. - Appleton) to win its pool.
The Titans recorded 19 kills in the second set, 15 of which were assisted by Bob Hall. Mueller finished with 10 kills, Gross eight and Mattingly seven. Jim Hall (Sr. - Appleton) had six digs, Maciejewski three service aces and Bob Hall 19 assists.
After an easy win over Monmouth College that featured seven kills by Mueller and five service aces by Schinner, the Titans destroyed Augustana College for a second time to set-up a rematch with St. Ambrose University II for the championship.
Mattingly had six kills on seven attempts, all in the first set and Maciejewski, Mueller and Gross each had four kills. Dominic Judkins (Fr. - Kaukauna) added three kills and Bob Hall had 16 assists. Jim Hall added five digs and Maciejewski and Judkins added two service aces each in the win over the Auggies.
In the championship match Mattingly came up big with eight kills without an error and Mueller added five kills. Bob Hall provided 21 assists, five kills and four digs and his brother, Jim added six digs. Odorizzi and Mattingly had three blocks and Mattingly picked up four digs and two service aces.
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