LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Concordia University Irvine men's volleyball team played against the No. 2 seed Grand Canyon in the MPSF quarterfinals with a Wednesday matinee. The Golden Eagles put up a tough fight and did not let up easily but GCU was able to win in three sets with scores 25-19, 27-25, and 25-22.
 

In the first set the Golden Eagles took a 12-10 lead over the Lopes until they went on a seven point run to take the lead back from CUI and run with it until the end of the set. The second set was a battle as the score toggled back and forth between the two teams and went past the usual 25 points. A couple errors from GCU kept CUI in the game and extended the set until a kill and ace from the Lopes secured the second set.

 
The third set was no different as the Golden Eagles put it all on the court and jumped out to a 10-6 lead. The Lopes were closing in and took the lead as they reached the media timeout. After the timeout GCU was able to hold CUI and not allow them to go on a run and take the third set and match.

 
MPSF All-Freshman Ties Cornelissen led the Golden Eagles with 10 kills while hitting an impressive .421. He was also a force up at the net with the sole solo block for CUI and added three block assists. Christian Galoppo was right behind yet again with nine kills, six digs, and served up two aces. Gage Doble and Chris Morikawa contributed from the pins and had a combined two kills and digs.

 
Clement Osahon Jr. was unstoppable out of the middle as he had nine kills and hit a whopping .533 with two block assists. Maxwell McCullough added two kills and three block assists. Both Osahon Jr. and McCullough served up an ace from the back line.

 
Jacob Reilly wore the libero jersey and had seven digs. Yotam Briger and Nathan Biteau split running the offense and had seven and 20 assists. Biteau added two kills that came at critical times for CUI to gain momentum back to the Green and Gold.
 

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