The Lindenwood men's volleyball team (10-11, 5-7 MIVA) came back from 2-0 down to defeat Quincy, (5-15, 1-12 MIVA) in five sets on Saturday in Quincy, Ill.

MATCH OVERVIEW
It was a back-and-forth start to the first set with the score knotted at 9-9 early. Quincy rattled off four-consecutive points to gain some separation, and the Hawks maintained a slight advantage throughout the set and finished it off at 25-21.

Quincy jumped out to a quick 8-3 lead in the second set and never looked back. The Hawks took their largest lead of the second stanza at 22-14. Lindenwood tried to claw back into the frame, but Quincy held off the Lions for a 25-19 set win and a 2-0 advantage in the match.

Lindenwood continue to battle, however, and hit .792 in the third set while compiling 19 kills as a team. Carter Stenmark provided a big spark in the set with five of them. The Lions won the race to 10, grabbing an early 10-6 lead in the set. The Lions held onto a comfortable advantage in the third and back-to-back terminations from Stenmark put the black and gold up 19-13. Lindenwood was able to finish off the set with a Stenmark kill at 25-17 and stay in the match.

In the fourth set, the two teams traded points until Lindenwood was able to grab some momentum at 14-12 after a Kadin Warner kill. The Lions pushed their lead to 19-14 after another termination from Stenmark. The black and gold continued to grow the lead and were able to send the match to a deciding fifth set after picking up the fourth 25-18.

The Hawks took a quick 3-0 lead in the fifth, but Lindenwood responded to go up 6-5 with the help of a Clay Wieter kill. Quincy answered back and went up 11-8 in the later stages of the stanza. Despite the deficit, Lindenwood wouldn't go away. The Lions knotted things up 13 apiece after a big block by Warner. The Lions finished off the set with a kill from Warner at 15-13, picking up a huge comeback win.

GAME LEADERS
Ian Schuller (19 kills, seven digs, .469 hit %)
Carter Stenmark (12 kills, .750 hit %)
Kadin Warner (eight kills, .636 hit %, two blocks)
Connor Sheehan (58 assists, four digs)

QUOTABLE 
"This is another match where we learned how to win differently", said head coach Joe Kosciw. "We started slow, we were off our game and didn't execute our gameplan for the first two sets. We made a couple of changes in the lineup and the guys did a good job refocusing and not panicking. They then started to build some momentum in the third set. Carter and Kadin did a great job stepping in and providing a boost in play and energy for the group. The bench kept the hype going through all five sets and the guys were able to pull through in the end."

UP NEXT
The Lions return home to host Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday, March 29. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m.