Men's Volleyball Can't Keep Pace With 11th Ranked Georgetown

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – The Roosevelt University men's volleyball team closed out its season opening road trip to Kentucky with a straight set loss to 11^th ranked Georgetown College on Saturday, January 22 at Davis Reid Alumni Gym.  The Lakers are now 0-2 to begin the year.

The Lakers came out strong to begin the match and went toe-to-toe with the 11^th ranked Tigers in the opening set.  Georgetown led early on and held an 11-7 advantage before Roosevelt fought back to take a 14-13 lead.  However, the Tigers regained the lead and pulled away late for a 25-20 set win.

Georgetown scored the first eight points of the second set and never looked back, winning the second stanza convincingly by the score of 25-6 to take a 2-0 match lead. 

In the third set, the Lakers stayed with the Tigers early on and the set was tied up at 7-7.  However, the home team scored five straight points to take control and went on to win the set 25-10 to win the match in straight sets.

MATCH DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt            20           6              10
                Georgetown      25           25           25

Records: Roosevelt 0-2 | Georgetown 2-0

Location: Davis Reid Alumni Gym | Georgetown, Ky.

KEY STATS

• Shawn McCarthy had two kills, two digs, & a block
• Axel Garcia posted two kills
• Tony Galeana registered five assists & two digs

NEWS & NOTES

• This was the first ever meeting between the Lakers and Tigers in men's volleyball
• Georgetown is rated 11^th in the NAIA Preseason Top 15 Poll

NEXT UP

The Lakers begin their CCAC Conference schedule versus 10^th ranked St. Xavier University on Thursday, January 27.  Match time is set for 7pm at the Shannon Center on the campus of St. Xavier on the south side of Chicago.