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<\/p>\n CHARLOTTE, NC.- The Lindenwood Men’s Volleyball team (17-3, 8-2 MIVA) won their second straight match in a five set thriller\u00a0on the road at Queens on Saturday afternoon. Caden Whiteside<\/a> and Luke Kraft<\/a> both had 10 or more kills to lead the team offensively as Whiteside finished the five setter with a career-high 19 kills on a hitting percentage of .483, while Kraft added 15 to extend his team-lead in kills. Redshirt Sophomore Luke Koster<\/a> also had a career day for the Lions as he finished the match with a career-high 42 assists and added a career-high six digs to help Lindenwood improve to 8-2 in the MIVA.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the first set, Lindenwood hit .435 as a team and recorded 13 kills en route to a 25-20 win. Walsh and Whiteside each had four kills in the opening set, while Kraft was right behind them with three kills. LU made a late 4-1 run after leading 20-17 thanks to two kills from Walsh and one kill from Jake Schreiner<\/a>. Koster added a service ace during the run\u00a0and finished the set with two as Lindenwood grabbed a 1-0 lead. In the second set, the Lions jumped out to an 8-3 lead behind two more kills from Kraft, a service ace from Walsh, and a kill from Amir Grant<\/a> to take control of the set early on. Queens was able to cut the lead to one point at 13-12, but Lindenwood used their second big run of the set to distance themselves from the Royals. Kraft, Grant, and Schreiner added a key block in the middle of the run to make it 16-12, and Walsh added two more service aces to make the score 20-12. Whiteside recorded the final kill of the set later on to make it 24-16, and the Lions took the second set 25-18 to go up by two sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n The third set was close throughout as the largest lead was four in favor of the Royals by a score of 24-20. Jake Schreiner<\/a> briefly gave Lindenwood a 14-13 lead midway through the set, but Queens was able to respond with a 4-1 run and closed out the set on a 6-2 run to take the middle set 25-20. Similar to set three, the Lions were able to grab a lead by a score of 20-19 after trailing for most of the set, but the Royals ended set four on another 6-2 run and sent the match to a winner take-all set five.<\/p>\n Queens grabbed a 9-6 lead in set five, but Lindenwood dug deep and responded with a 7-2 run to take the lead in the final set by a score of 13-11. Aidan Akkawi<\/a> was a big part of the crucial run for the Lions as he recorded one assist, one kill, and a service ace to shift the momentum in the set and in the match. Caden Whiteside<\/a> ended the set with back-to-back kills as LU was able to hang on for the five set win with a 15-13 fifth set victory.<\/p>\n As a team, the Lions hit .318 and had 54 kills for the match and tied their season-high with 41 digs defensively. Lincoln Geist<\/a> led the way with nine digs, while Luke Kraft<\/a> had eight and Luke Koster<\/a> added six. Amir Grant<\/a> led the team in blocks with three.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lindenwood will now return home for their next two MIVA matches beginning on Thursday night against Ball State. First serve is set for 7 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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