PLYMOUTH, Wis. -- The Adrian College men's volleyball team traveled to Plymouth, Wisconsin where they were defeated 3-0 by the Lakeland Muskies. The Bulldogs got better as the match went on by bringing each set score closer, but it wasn't enough to comeback and bring home a victory.

THE BASICS

Final: Adrian 0, Lakeland 3

Location: Plymouth, Wis. (Woltzen Gymnasium)

Records: Adrian 7-7, Lakeland 3-8

HOW IT HAPPENED

In set one, Adrian jumped out to a 5-4 lead. The Muskies followed up with a 7-1 run to take a 11-6 lead and force the Bulldogs to take a timeout. Adrian continued to struggled and called another timeout trailing 18-12. Four Lakeland errors put the Bulldogs back into the set by bringing the score to 19-16. Lakeland finished set one on a 6-2 run to win 25-18.

Set two started with the Bulldogs behind 10-6, but Adrian came back and tied to set at 13-13. Lakeland jumped up again after a trio of Bulldog errors to bring the score to 20-17. The Muskies finished set two on a 5-1 run to go up 2-0 in the match.

The teams traded points early in the third set and started with an 11-11 tie. Lakeland took a 15-12 lead, but two errors by the Muskies and a kill for Tedrick Gula tied the set again 15-15. After another kill from Gula and a kill from Noah Marcinkowski, the score was tied 19-19. After three Bulldog errors, Lakeland led 24-21, but Adrian went down fighting. A service ace from Samuel Williams put the Bulldogs to within one, but lost on a Lakeland block by a score of 25-23.

UP NEXT

The Bulldogs return to action at home on Tuesday, February 4 to host Aquinas. The Bulldogs look to even the season series after losing earlier in the season 3-0.