Boston, Mass. –  The #12 ranked Raiders of the Milwaukee School of Engineering began its East Coast trip with a 3-1 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology on Thursday evening inside Tansey Gymnasium. The Leopards opened the match strong with a 25-23 set win, but the Raiders took the next three sets by scores of 25-17, 31-29, and 25-23.

RECORDS

• Wentworth (12-5))
• MSOE (8-3)

STAT LEADERS

• Kills – Ryan Love (15), Hunter Oshman (10), Ryan Engel (6)
• Digs – Ryan Love (8), Hunter Oshman (5), Peter Klembczyk (5)
• Assists – Augusto Rodriguez-Guerrios (26), Connor Adams (12)
• Aces – Colin Stockton (3)
• Blocks – Colin Stockton (7), Ian Carlson (4), Connor Adams (4)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Leopards opened the match on a 7-2 run using a combined 4.5 points from Hunter Oshman (Pennington, N.J.) and Colin Stockton (Hummelstown, Pa.). MSOE turned a 9-3 run, tying the set at 10-apiece, as both teams battled point-for-point until a final kill from Ryan Love (Gaithersburg, Md.) gave the Leopards a 25-23 win. Love led the Black & Gold with five kills, while Oshman chipped in with four in the opener.
• MSOE hit a blistering .500 in the second set with 14 kills and three errors on 22 swings, powered by six kills from Matthew Binkus. Binkus capped a 7-3 run with a kill off the hands of Kalvin Fellows, and later built a 15-9 advantage to force a Wentworth timeout. Binkus put down back-to-back kills to keep the Raiders on top, and put the set away 25-17.
• Love and classmate Ryan Engel (Floral Park, N.Y.) steered Wentworth to a 6-3 advantage in the third set, but MSOE quickly retaliated and teetered within a single point on three occasions before a block from Jacob Sirny and Binkus tied the set 10-10. After several lead changes and tied scored, MSOE narrowly escaped the set and gained a 2-1 match lead after a Binkus block and a kill from Jake Christiansen.
• Despite MSOE leading by nine points in the middle of the set, the Leopards ignited a spirited comeback with a 10-4 run, which pulled WIT within one, 19-18, forcing a Raiders' timeout. Wentworth stayed within one point until Ben Pung put the set away by a 25-23 set score.

THE SERIES

• This was the first meeting between the two teams.
  
  

NEXT

• Wentworth hits the road to New York on Friday and Saturday of next week, and will face Baruch, NYU, and St. Francis Brooklyn in non-conference action. 
  
  

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