FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's volleyball team defeated Saint Thomas Aquinas Saturday night, 3-1. Dylan McClung led the Pios in kills with 17 and digs with 12. Aleksa Mandic secured a season high of seven aces and Cade Trujillo had a career high of 37 assists.
 
Records:
SHU: 5-11 (0-6 EIVA)
STAC: 11-7 (3-0 ECC)
 
Top Performers:
Dylan McClung: 17 kills (.263), 3 aces, 2 assists, 2 block assists, 12 digs
Aleksa Mandic: 13 kills (.128), 7 ace, 9 digs
Cade Trujillo: 37 assists, 9 digs, 1 ace
 
How it Happened:
The Pios maintained an early lead in the first set outhitting the Trojans 11-8 and .208 to .100. The Pios performed well at the service line as the tallied four kills.
 
The teams battled through four ties before the Pios took a lead with kills from Jaron Popp, Aaron Johnson and Aleksa Mandic. The Trojans came back to tie things up at 16 but an ace coupled with a trio of Trojan errors gave SHU the lead again. STAC was unable to close the gap as the Pioneers took the second set 25-22.
 
STAC took an early lead in the third that the Pios late run was unable to close the gap ultimately falling 25-19.
 
The fourth set was really tight as the teams faced 12 ties. STAC secured the 25-22 win with two kills and an error.
 
SHU capitalized on Trojan errors in the fifth to take the match 15-12.

Up Next
The Pios return home next Friday, March 28, to face EIVA opponent Princeton at 7 p.m.