Kenosha, Wis. – The North Park men's volleyball team battled hard with a highly ranked Carthage squad on Wednesday night, but the No. 3 Firebirds were too much and defeated the Vikings by a score of 3-0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-14)

A kill by Erik Bullard early in the first set had the Vikings up 3-1 on the Firebirds but Carthage used an eight-point run to diminish any hopes of a North Park set win. The second set was similar, with North Park going up 2-1 on a Carthage service error, but the Firebirds used some more convincing runs to take the second set. The visiting Vikings had trouble getting on a roll in the third and fell in that one, cementing the final score to be 3-0 in favor of Carthage.

Quick Hits:

• Erik Bullard with six kills, Armando Quinones with five of his own.
• Teddy Gedville had 13 assists.
• Noah Salazar led the Vikings with four digs.
• Frank Mauigoa had a hitting percentage of .333 for North Park.

What's Next?

North Park (5-5, 2-4 CCIW) will be back home on Saturday, March 13^th as they take on the Big Blue of Millikin University. That game will start at 3 p.m. at NPU Gymnasium.