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MVB Preview vs Campbellsville

Men's Volleyball

Men’s Volleyball Looks to Sweep Season Series Against Top-5 Ranked Tigers

LEBANON, Tenn. - - Phoenix will host No.5 Campbellsville in their last home game of the season on Tuesday night.

The Phoenix come into the match with a 14-10 overall record and are 9-5 in conference play. In their most recent game, Cumberland defeated Rio Grande in three straight sets. In the previous matchup against Campbellsville on March 17th, the Phoenix won in four sets. 

Senior Joao Infante led the Phoenix with 15 kills. Infante also still leads the conference in overall kills and kills per set. The Phoenix have been solid at the net in defence, with Francesco Corradini and Austin Kuehler picking up seven and six kills respectively. Kuehler also had 30 assists on the night. In their last four games the Phoenix have only dropped one set. Cumberland currently has an average .254 hitting percentage and holds their opponents to a .210.

No.5 Campbellsville came into the match with a 24-2 overall record and is 12-2 in conference play. In their most recent match, the Tigers swept Rio Grande in straight sets. 

Pedro Zavatini led the way with 11 kills against the Red Storm, while Christou Savvas chipped in with ten. Alonzo Vega helped his team out with 38 assists on the night. Vega also leads the conference in assists per set with 11.01. Andrew Ovalle also leads the conference in digs per set so is another key player the Phoenix will have to be aware of.

In all time history the Tigers lead the Phoenix 5-12, however, in their last match up earlier in the season Cumberland shocked Campbellsville by handing them one of their two losses this season. Cumberland will be hoping to do the double over the visitors this season, while the Tigers will be looking for revenge so it's set to be a great match.

The game is set to begin at 7PM CT at the Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena on Tuesday night. Catch the game live on the Cumberland Sports Network.
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Players Mentioned

Francesco Corradini

#21 Francesco Corradini

MB
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Joao Infante

#11 Joao Infante

OH
6' 5"
Senior
Austin Kuehler

#7 Austin Kuehler

S
6' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Francesco Corradini

#21 Francesco Corradini

6' 2"
Graduate Student
MB
Joao Infante

#11 Joao Infante

6' 5"
Senior
OH
Austin Kuehler

#7 Austin Kuehler

6' 6"
Freshman
S