Tigers Bounce Back With Coker Sweep, Look Forward To Key Road Trip

Saturday, March 11

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

9-8

Coker

9-7

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Coker	15	20	21	0
Princeton	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Tigers Bounce Back With Coker Sweep, Look Forward To Key Road Trip

March 11, 2017 | Men's Volleyball

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One night after suffering a tough 3-0 loss at NJIT, the Princeton men's volleyball team found its footing before a critical six-match road trip. Strong hitting performances from the freshman duo of Parker Dixon and Greg Luck pushed the Tigers to a 25-15, 25-20, 25-21 home win over Coker College Saturday night in Dillon Gym.

Princeton (9-8) hit .329 for the match — including a perfect 5-for-5 performance from EIVA efficiency leader Junior Oboh — and controlled play throughout most of the match for the win. While both Dixon and Luck had 11 kills apiece, junior Kendall Ratter showed signs of his early-season brilliance in the final set with six kills and a .625 hitting percentage.

Head coach Sam Shweisky was able to use both Jonah May (12 assists) and Shane Gooding (17) to guide the offense, while the defensive effort was balanced throughout the team; seven different Tigers had between two and four digs in the win.

Princeton will be off for mid-terms this week, and then will travel over spring break for matches against both #3 BYU and Grand Canyon, the top team receiving votes outside the Top 15. Following those three (the Tigers play Grand Canyon twice), they will face a crucial three-match road trip at Penn State, Saint Francis and George Mason during the final stretch of EIVA play.