All hands on deck

The Springfield men’s volleyball team used its depth to sweep Elms with respective scores of 25-19, 25-18, and 25-11.

__ By RiveR Mitchell @rivermitchell27

It has been nothing but three-set wins for the Springfield College men’s volleyball team lately, and Tuesday night was no different. Springfield picked up win No. 21 on the season against Elms College- winning by the scores of 25-19, 25-18, and 25-11.

Elms came into Blake Arena that year with a less-than-stellar 3-19 record, which prompted Sullivan to take a different approach to the game, allowing players who have not seen the court as much get more ingame reps.

“Experience is so valuable,” said head coach Charlie Sullivan. “They did a nice job.”

Talon Kohler was the main catalyst for the Pride on Tuesday evening, racking up a whopping 14 kills alongside six digs. Players such Matt Van Dusen, Ryan Roller, and Reed Bonkovsky capitalized on the extra playing time, collecting nine, eight, and six kills respectively with two, six, and four digs respectively. Paolo Mondini got in on the action as well, with a team-high nine digs along with two kills of his own.

“I’m proud of them,” Sullivan said. “They’re just getting better.”

Despite Elms having a lot of struggles over the course of the year, they showed several moments where they were able to hang in there with the Pride. The Blazers got start- ed right from the jump, as they were able to snag a quick lead early on in the first set, leading by 11-7 at one point and keeping the set tied late at 18-18. The unexpected Elms surge early on forced Sullivan to call two early timeouts.

“[We were] just trying to find a solution”, Sullivan said. “It’s a game of momentum, so we were losing momentum, but I thought we could get it back.”

Following the second break in action, Springfield pulled away thanks to a few attack errors from Elms.

Elms was up early again in the second frame, with a 7-5 lead at one point, and still in it later on in the set at 11-11. Yet, Springfield pulled away late yet again, as Roller, Van Dusen, and Kohler helped chip away for another set win for the Pride.

The third set did not live up to the competitiveness of the first two, as Springfield bulldozed Elms en route to their third straight set win, something that Sullivan’s

Pride is no stranger to.

“It was good,” Sullivan said. “They [the team] did a nice job.”

With the end of the regular season approaching and D-III championships right around the corner, Sullivan is locked in, with tunnel vision on getting his team ready for the tourney.

“[We’ll be] working hard. Hard as possible. Harder than anyone else,” he said.

The next game for the Pride will be in Blake Arena against Vassar on Friday at 6 p.m.

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