CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Tigers earned their second sweep of the weekend and eighth of the season as they improve to 11-0 with win over Life University.
Facing Mid-South Conference opponent, Life University (2-4) in a nonconference match, the NAIA's No. 2 Tigers used 25-18, 25-15, and 25-21 set wins to pick up the match victory.
The stat of the day for CU came by the way of the serve as the Tigers tied their season high 10 service aces behind three from Joudiel Poweymirow.
Jason Camacho,
Ramon Matos, and
John Montalvo pitched in for a pair each.
In the attack column, Campbellsville was incredibly efficient once again with an attack percentage of .365.
Coming out swinging, the Tigers helped these numbers by hitting for 11 kills in each of the first two sets before 12 in the third. CU did this by limiting their error count to seven, another season best.
Yannik Ahr led the Tigers once again with 11 kills on 18 attacks to hit for .556.
Rafael Cruz and
Mats Radzuweit closely followed with nine and eight kills, respectively.
While putting together an effective offensive attack, the Tiger defense also limited the Running Eagles to hitting just .132 on six blocks and 28 digs.
Noah Henkle led the front-line defense as he attributed to three of the six blocks, as Montalvo worked as libero to lead with nine digs.
CU uses the victory to extend record to 11-0 before opening Mid-South Conference action on Tuesday as they travel to Cumberland University on Feb. 4 to meet the Phoenix at 7 p.m. ET.
