North Greenville, Mount Olive Advance to Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship
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MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Top seed North Greenville and three-seed Mount Olive advanced to the final of the 2022 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship with semifinal victories on Friday, April 22 inside Kornegay Arena on the campus of Mount Olive.
The Crusaders, who are making their first appearance in the conference title game, and Mount Olive, who will play in the championship match for the second straight season, will square off for the men’s volleyball title and the automatic bid to the NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship on Saturday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m.
North Greenville (19-5) showed why they were the No. 1 seed in the tournament in the first semifinal as they held Emmanuel (15-14) to a -.070 attack percentage and tallied 28 kills to the Lions’ 18 in a three-game sweep (25-19, 25-20, 25-12). The Crusaders hit an incredible .545 in the third set to seal the victory. Gregory Torres finished with a match-high 12 kills for the Crusaders while Diego Rosich and Michael de la Cruz each added nine. Sergio Carrillo dished out 35 assists and Emanuel Adames had seven kills and four blocks. Gustavo Cavalcanti paced the Lions’ offense with 10 kills.
Mount Olive (15-6) hit an incredible .409 in a four-set (25-19, 25-21, 18-25, 25-16) win over King (17-12) as the defense limited the Tornado to a .196 attack percentage. The Trojans hit .464 or better in three of the four sets while King hit an impressive .696 in their third-set win. Tobi Azeez led Mount Olive with a match-high 16 kills and hit .533 with four digs and two blocks while Eric Visgitis and Tyran Gillespie each added 11 kills with the former hitting .786 and tallying five blocks. Jarrod Ferguson served up 48 assists and collected three blocks. Suetonius Harris matched Azeez with 16 kills to lead King while Joshua Kim added 13.
Fans can watch every game of the tournament live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and BlueFrame at conferencecarolinasdn.com. Information regarding the championship schedule, bracket and George and Annie Dail Kornegay Arena are available
here.
2022 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship
First Round – Wednesday, April 13 (Higher Seed Hosts)
#5 Erskine def. #8 Barton, 3-0 (Box Score)
#6 Belmont Abbey def. #7 Lees-McRae, 3-1 (Box Score)
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, April 19 (Higher Seed Hosts)
#3 Mount Olive def. #6 Belmont Abbey, 3-2 (Box Score)
#4 Emmanuel def. #5 Erskine, 3-2 (Box Score)
Semifinals – Friday, April 22 (University of Mount Olive - Mount Olive, N.C.)
#1 North Greenville def. #4 Emmanuel, 3-0 (Box Score)
#3 Mount Olive def. #2 King, 3-1 (Box Score)
Final – Saturday, April 23 (University of Mount Olive - Mount Olive, N.C.)
#1 North Greenville vs. #3 Mount Olive, 6:30 p.m.