Reading, Pa. (Mar. 27, 2018) - Fontbonne University (14-5) captured a close first set and road the momentum to a 3-0 win over Alvernia University (11-13) Tuesday evening in non-conference men's volleyball action at the Physical Education Center.
Fontbonne scored three straight points later in the first set to take a 20-18 lead and needed a kill from Brendan Schwartze to close out a 25-22 win.
The Griffins has leads of 4-1 and 10-4 early in the second set on their way to a 25-18 win and a 2-0 lead in the match, and the third set was more of the same with the guests putting together a run to pull ahead 11-4 in the deciding set.
Ralph Lunati III had a team-high 13 kills for the Golden Wolves and Jon Demeter led the way with 11 digs. Â Justin Gibbs finished with 34 assists.
With other results around the MAC on Tuesday Alvernia did clinch a postseason berth in the first year of MAC Men's Volleyball. Â The Golden Wolves had three more conference matches left to determine seedings and will open up with a semifinal match on April 11.
Fontbonne 3, Alvernia 0
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