FEBRUARY 12, 2005
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CONTACT: RUDY YOVICH, SID
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Volleydons Rebound with Sweep of 'Hurst

Fort Wayne, IN - A tough five game loss to Loyola-Chicago last night was softened a little with a three game sweep of Mercyhurst College, on Saturday night at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center.

IPFW cruised to the win by the scores of 30-21, 30-22, and 30-19.

Leading the Mastodons, who came into the match with an identical 3-2 conference record as the Lakers, was junior middle hitter Serdar Sikca with ten kills, two solo blocks, and seven block assists, for 15.5 points.

Senior outside hitter Matt Zbyszewski registered 11 kills and two block assists for 12 points.

The defense was huge for the Mastodons with 14 total team blocks and 21 digs.

Junior Mike Daiga, playing his first match at setter, recorded 29 assists.

Mercyhurst (4-3, 3-3 MIVA) was led by outside hitter Dave Schmidl with 14 kills and three service aces.

IPFW improves to 5-4, 4-2 in conference, and will compete in the Rutgers-Newark Golden Dome Classic next weekend. Their first match will be a re-match with Penn State on February 18th. The Nittany Lions beat IPFW at Gates, 3-1, back on January 22nd.

The Mastodons will also face host Rutgers-Newark on the 19th. Rutgers-Newark's assistant coach, Mindy Mills, is the former assistant sports information director at IPFW.

~Dons~