SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The Stevenson Men's Volleyball team improved to 2-0 after defeating Cal Lutheran 3-2 and No. 8 SUNY New Paltz 3-0 Friday evening. 

• Set scores were 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 15-8
• Stevenson trailed early in the first set but quickly gained the lead after a Cal Lutheran service error and never trailed again.
• The Mustangs took the second set surviving a 7-1 run by the Kingsmen before a Tim Flanagan block sealed the set for the Mustangs.
• Stevenson fell behind early in set three and lost the frame.
• Set four was tightly contested until a 4-0 Cal Lutheran run was halted by a Tanner Stauffer kill but the lead was too large to overcome.
• The Mustangs won the fifth set decisively capping the final frame on an 8-3 run.
• Stevenson tallied 28 block assists and 21 total blocks in the match.
• Stauffer finished the match with 12 kills and 37 assists. 
• Flanagan and Aiden O'Brien tacked on seven kills each.

• Set scores were 25-21, 25-20, 26-24
• Stevenson took the first set with an early 5-0 run, never relinquishing the lead.
• A 4-0 run by the Mustangs which included back-to-back aces by Michael Dougherty set up Stevenson to take the second set.
• Set three was tightly contested until a key kill by Aleks Melbardis and a Hawks attack error capped the match for the Mustangs.
• Elliot De La Torre led the team with a .750 hitting percentage.
• Justin Novoa handed out a game-high 27 assists.
• Dougherty had a game-high three aces, Tim Flanagan and Brian Farrell added one each.
• Aleks Melbardis had a team-high 11 kills while Tanner Stauffer added eight, Flanagan and O'Brien each had five.

• Stevenson tabbed 28 block assists against Cal Lutheran, the most in a match since January 20, 2019 (32  against Benedictine).
• The victory over No. 8 SUNY New Paltz was the Mustang's first victory over an AVCA ranked opponent since defeating No. 6 Rivier 3-1 (2/7/20).

Stevenson returns to action Saturday during the Slug Slam to face host-school UC Santa Cruz at 8:00 a.m. PST and Menlo College at 5:00 p.m. PST.