SAINT MARY OF THE WOODS, Ind. - The GC men's volleyball team was on both sides of a three-set sweep on Saturday at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Tri-Match. They lost to SMWC in three sets, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22, and then defeated Bresica in three by a score of 25-15, 25-15, 25-16.

Goshen vs. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
After the Saturday win against Goshen, the Pomeroys boasted a 7-1 record and a five-match win streak. They were selected tenth out of ten in the WHAC preseason coaches poll with just 13 points - Siena Heights was nine points ahead of them in the ninth place spot. However, they played much better than what shows on paper against the Leafs. Goshen's only first-set lead was at 1-0. The Leafs scored the first three points in the second, but the Pomeroys had a 16-8 run in the middle of the set to go up 22-14. GC had four straight points when SMWC was at set point, but a serve that went long ended the set as the host won 25-21.

The teams were tied 20-20 in the third when Saint Mary-of-the-Woods had three consecutive kills to create enough separation. They won by three, 25-22. SMWC doubled Goshen's number of aces (8-4) and blocks (10-5) in the match.

Bruno Barac had ten digs - his first double-digit dig performance as a Maple Leaf. He had four kills and no attack errors on seven attempts for a .571 hitting percentage. Hasan Hadzic had 11 kills for Goshen. Anery Laforce contributed 28 assists across the three sets.

Goshen vs. Brescia
Goshen had 13 aces in the win against Brescia. The Leafs are 4-0 in games when they have nine or more aces and 0-6 when they have fewer than nine.

The Leafs led from start to finish in the first set. Brescia led 4-2 in the second when Goshen started a 20-7 run to go up 22-11 and eventually win 25-15. The Bearcats had another 4-2 lead in the third, and Goshen answered again. They used a 15-6 stretch to go up 17-10 before winning 25-16.

Goshen had seven aces from Hadzic, three from Sawyer Frystak, two from Ishmail Bangura and one from Barac. Hadzic and Bangura had 12 kills apiece. Avery Laforce had 30 assists - Goshen doubled Brescia's assist total in the match. Barac led the team with nine digs and had two block assists and two solo blocks.

The Maple Leafs (4-6, 0-3 WHAC) are at #10 Indiana Tech on Tuesday, February 20, at 7:00 pm.