MEN'S VOLLEYBALL LOSES TO ELMS COLLEGE, 3-0

The Mount Ida College Men’s Volleyball team hosted Northeast Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England division member Elms College losing 3-0 by scores of (21-30, 22-30, 27-30). The Mustangs would drop to 4-18 overall, 2-7 in the conference while the Blazers improved to 10-7 on the season, 5-2 in league play.

In the opener, both teams stayed relatively close up until the end of the game with Elms holding the advantage up 8-11. But the Mustangs would come on strong with senior middle blocker Timmy Hughes (Holliston, MA/Holliston) notching consecutive kills along with freshman outside hitter Shane Wilson (Gloucester, MA/Gloucester) tallying a kill along with a Blazers hitting error to tie the game at 14-14. Unfortunately, the visitors would reel off seven consecutive points to pull away at 16-23 making it difficult for the hosts to post a comeback. Elms would eventually take game one winning 30-21 and gain the 1-0 lead in the match going into the second set.

It would be another nail biter throughout the bulk of game two with the Blazers maintaining the small advantage up around the 10-7 mark. They visitors would score four consecutive points to stretch their lead to 14-7 on three errors by the Mustangs. MIC would close the EC advantage and get within a deuce only trailing 16-14. But the Blazers would crank up the offense and capitalize on errors by Mount Ida going ahead by nine up 28-19 and ultimately snatch a game two victory winning 30-22 taking the 2-0 lead.

Game three was identical to the previous two with the score very close the entire match. There were five ties early on with Elms eventually taking the advantage up 14-15 on a Mount Ida error. The teams would exchange points for the next few rallies with the Blazers upholding a small edge at 23-25. The Mustangs would push hard on the opposition the rest of the way, but eventually were unable to crack the momentum handing the hosts the 3-0 loss, 30-27.

Mount Ida will head to spring break next week and start back up action at Mount Ida Athletic Center March 18th against Emmanuel College for a 7:00 p.m. start.