The Master's University men's volleyball team improved to 8-0 with a dominant win over Soka University in straight sets on Friday in The MacArthur Center.
The Master's allowed single-digit points in two of their set wins as
Cooper Saelzler led the team with 7 kills.
In the first set, TMU got out to a big leads to several strong runs. The Master's jumped on the Lions early with a 7-0 run to seize a 13-3 lead early in the first frame. A 9-2 run, capped by a Lion attack error, put them up 22-6 and
Isaac Seltzer's kill gave TMU a dominant first set win. The Mustangs hit a ridiculous .667 in that opening frame.
The Master's continued to impose their will on Soka in the second set, forcing the Lions to hit just -.222 with eight attack errors. TMU scored six straight with
Trace Oswald serving and had their largest lead of the set at 24-8. Saelzler closed the set with another kill from
Brayden Darm.
The third set was much closer and Soka took the lead at 9-8 early in the set. But The Master's used several runs to take control and win the final set.
Isaac Igo and
Grant Foster tallied multiple kills in that final frame.
The Master's had nine aces and 6.5 blocks.
The win is TMU's first in GSAC play as they will take on OUAZ on next Friday in The MacArthur Center.
