DC swept by Goshen on Friday

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College men's volleyball was swept by the Goshen Maple Leafs (28-26, 25-15, 25-14) in the Yellow Jackets' return from a long road swing and first-ever home conference game in program history.

The Yellow Jackets (2-6, 1-4 WHAC) played a valiant first set, trailing early by as many as 4 points before rallying to grab a 14-13 lead. Defiance also held set point at 24-23, 25-24, and 26-25 after 3 different kills by Philippe Meny, but the young Yellow Jackets were unable to close out the set.

The Maple Leafs (6-10, 1-4 WHAC) earned their first conference win of the year with dominant second and third sets. DC led 6-3 in the middle set but the visiting Maple Leafs flipped their fortunes by winning 13 of 15 rallies with the help of 9 DC errors. Goshen steadily pulled away to finish the sweep in the third with a 6-point streak in the middle of the set.

Meny led the Yellow Jackets with 11 kills, his second match in double figures this year. Matthew Schulte added 9 kills. Adam Sutton helped on 22 kills and had 9 digs. Libero Oniel Alvarez posted a team-best 11 digs. As a team, the Yellow Jackets hit .029 with 32 kills canceled out by 29 errors while also posted 20 total errors in the service game.

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The Yellow Jackets return to action on Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. by hosting 10th-ranked Bethel at the Karl H. Weaner Center.

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