Bourbonnais, Ill. - Jumping out to a two sets to zero lead, the Illinois Tech men's volleyball team was extended to five sets before pulling out the 3-2 victory over Olivet Nazarene University Saturday night. With the win, the Scarlet Hawks evened their season record to 1-1. The Tigers dropped to 0-9 overall.

Jumping out to a two set lead, the Hawks could never get untracked in the third set, as the Tigers went on a 4-0 run early to break a 4-4 tie, en route to the set victory.

The Hawks held the lead midway through the fourth set before another 4-0 run propelled Olivet to the fourth set victory, evening the match at two sets all.

Illinois Tech fell behind 10-4 in the final set before a 6-0 run tied the score at 10-10. The teams traded points up to 14 all before the Hawks took the set 16-14 on back-to-back blocks by Jackson Van Engen.

Set Scores

• Illinois Tech 3 - Olivet Nazarene 2 (25-13, 25-19, 19-25, 23-25, 16-14)

 Match Highlights and Notes

• Mychal Markevych paced the Hawks with 15 kills, good for a .278 attack percentage.
• Grant Couper finished with 13 kills.
• Lucas Guanes had 44 assists in the contest.
• Alec Donald tallied 21 digs.
• The Tigers were led by Max Slaughter (15 kills), Hunter DeMello (14 assists), and Eric Atkinson (13 digs and three service aces).

 Up Next

• The Hawks complete their two-game road swing with a stop in Bloomington, Ill. to take on Illinois Wesleyan Friday, February 4th at 7pm in a non-conference match.