WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Cole Dorn led the Red Flash with seven kills.
>> Richard Kaminski collected five digs on the night.
>> Saint Francis lost in three to Hawaii (25-23, 25-14, 25-10).
TURNING POINT OF THE GAME
Saint Francis went neck and neck with the No. 3 ranked men's volleyball team in the country until the very end of the first set. Kills by Dorn and Nathan Zini gave the Red Flash some fire to tie the game at 2-2. This same intensity was continued throughout the game with key plays from Nicholas Lynch and Brady Stump.
With the game tied 17 all, Hawaii had two major attacking errors that put Saint Francis up by two. During the next point, one of the Rainbow Warriors went up with power in his swing, but Sam Lane and Kyle Charles shut it down. This block gave the Red Flash the largest lead of the set with three. This point forced Hawaii to call a timeout. However, after the timeout Hawaii found some fuel to tie the game back up at 20-20. After a couple of back-and-forth points, Hawaii went on a 3-0 run to claim the first set. They never stopped fueling themselves and won the match 3-0.
FLASH MOMENTS
In the second set, Stump had a dominate kill to put the Red Flash on the board first. Later on, Saint Francis tried to close the 17-9 gap with two back-to-back kills by Charles that were assisted by Kaminski. Freshman Luke Colquette's debut tonight included a kill set up by Charles.
Dorn, Brayden Gall, Stump, Lane, and Jackson Decker all had kills to contribute to the third set. Towards the end of the set, Lane and Zini had a duo block that shut down Hawaii's outside hitter.
FLASH NUGGETS
Stump, the NEC Player of the Week, finished the afternoon with five kills.
Lane registered four kills, three assisted blocks, and a .333 hitting percentage.
Zini collected three kills, three digs, and two assisted blocks.
Charles tossed in 18 assists and two kills.
Dorn finished with seven kills, three digs, and one assisted block.
Kaminski had five digs while Jack Wolgemuth had four digs.
NEXT ON TAP
The Red Flash will continue their home stretch in Loretto, Pa. on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m.
