Queens (NC) Queens 9-21,2-14 MIVA

Ball St. BSU 21-9,13-3 MIVA

Queens (NC) Queens

9-21,2-14 MIVA

Final

Apr. 13, 2024

Ball St. BSU

21-9,13-3 MIVA

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Queens (NC) Queens	22	18	18	(0)
Ball St. BSU	25	25	25	(3)

Summary
Box Score

Katie Vandermark - Ball State

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | 4/13/2024 10:24:00 PM

Royals Battle Cardinals in MIVA Quarterfinals

MUNCIE, IND. — The Queens University of Charlotte men's volleyball team fell in a 3-0 decision (22-25, 18-25, 18-25) in the first round of the MIVA Tournament against the No. 1 seed Ball State inside Worthen Arena on Saturday evening.

MATCH NOTES

The first set saw six tied scores. Queens and Ball State started the battle in a back-and-forth affair, with the largest lead from the Cardinals coming towards the end of the set at only four points (19-23).
Jack Brinkman, Matthew Pilch, and Chance Shampine led the offensive effort in the first set with three kills apiece.
Back-to-back kills from Trevor Phillips and Rodney Wallace gave Ball State enough of a push to get through the first set with a 25-22 win.
Ball State pieced together a 19-11 lead in the second set led by Tinaishe Ndavazocheva, but Queens would crawl right back scoring five of the next six points - including a block from Pilch. The Cardinals would snag four of the next five points to jump ahead 2-0.
In the third, despite only Queens and Ball State combining for 16 kills total (eight on each side), Phillips and Ndavazocheva led the Ball State offense for a final 25-18 third-set win to take the 3-0 match victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Brinkman finished the match with a match-high 12 kills, while Pilch and Shampine each put down seven.
Pilch finished with two blocks to lead the Royals, while Brinkman and Stirling Sims each blocked one.
Cayden Marin added 24 assists to his stat line.
Shampine led with seven digs.
Ball State finished the match with a .355 hitting percentage compared to Queens' .203.
The match included a high amount of service errors on both sides of the net, as Ball State finished with 14 while Queens added 19.

REMARKS FROM COACH JEREMY PRICE

"I thought Cayden Marin did a really good job stepping in for Daniel, who was sick and had to sit out of the match today," Coach Price said after the match. "I was really pleased with the effort that he gave. I thought Jack Brinkman in his final match was really good with 12 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. I want to thank all our seniors for the contributions that they made throughout the year and their careers and I thought all of them played very solidly tonight. I am glad that Queens got a taste of the MIVA Tournament, and I think we're really excited for what the future holds for Queens Men's Volleyball."

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