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Tatum Gray - March16, 2021

Spirit Close Regular Season with Two Matches

ARIZONA CHRISTIAN FIRESTORM (1-5, 1-5 GSAC) at #12 OUAZ SPIRIT (10-3, 6-0 GSAC)
Match Details Wednesday, March 10 • 6 p.m. • Surprise, Ariz. • Faith Arena
Video Stream ouazspirit.com/digital
OTT App NAIA Network (Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku)
Live Stats ouazspirit.com/sidearmstats/mvball
Tickets ouazspirit.com/tickets

#12 OUAZ SPIRIT (10-3, 6-0 GSAC) at THE MASTER'S MUSTANGS (2-6, 2-4 GSAC)
Match Details Friday, March 19 • 6 p.m. • Santa Clarita, Calif. • The MacArthur Center
Video Stream ouazspirit.com/digital
OTT App NAIA Network (Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku)
Live Stats ouazspirit.com/sidearmstats/mvball
Tickets NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED
All times local to Arizona (Mountain Standard)

The 12th-ranked OUAZ men's volleyball team will close out its regular season this week with a pair of GSAC matches. OUAZ will host Arizona Christian on Wednesday in Faith Arena a 6 p.m. The Spirit then travel back to Santa Clarita, California to face The Master's on Friday at 6 p.m.
 
SPECTATOR POLICY
A limited number of tickets for the home match against Arizona Christian are available now at OUAZSpirit.com/tickets.
 
Spectators are not allowed to attend matches at The Master's at this time.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Both home matches will be broadcast live on the OUAZ Digital Network. Fans can view the game online at OUAZSpirit.com/digital or on the NAIA Network app on Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku devices.
 
Saturday's match will be produced by The Master's University.
 
Live stats will be available during both matches. Links for all the live video and stats features are available on the men's volleyball schedule at OUAZSpirit.com or OUAZSpirit.com/live.
 
ABOUT THE SPIRIT
OUAZ enters the final two matches with a 10-3 overall record and having won a school-record eight straight matches. The Spirit are 3-0 at home and 3-1 on the road this season.
 
With a pair of wins last week, OUAZ clinched the GSAC East Division with its 6-0 conference record. By winning the division, the Spirit will play in the GSAC Championship on March 27 at Vanguard in Costa Mesa, California.
 
Riding an offense that has found some momentum of late, OUAZ is now 14th in the NAIA by hitting .250 and they rank 19th in the country with an average of 11.31 kills per set. They can also be found 23rd nationally at 10.04 assists per set.
 
OUAZ is getting 1.42 service aces per set to rank 27th in the NAIA. The team is 23rd at 2.01 blocks per set and the 8.56 digs per set is good for 40th in the country. The Spirit holds their opponents to 10.0 kills per set and a .189 hitting percentage.
 
SPIRIT LEADERS
Jordan Moses leads the Spirit with 185 kills and he is 24th in the NAIA by averaging 3.56 kills per set. Moses has been in double figures nine times this season, including each of the team's last six matches. During that span, Moses is averaging 4.12 kills per set and hitting .236.
 
Colin Donisthorpe ranks eighth nationally with his .507 hitting efficiency. Blake Music ranks 45th by hitting .329.
 
Andrew de'Leon leads the Spirit with 370 assists. He is 28th nationally with an average of 7.55 assists per set. The OUAZ all-time leader with 1,686 assists, de'Leon has recorded at least 30 assists in a match seven times this season.
 
Emery Outin leads three Spirit players with double figures in service aces this season with 18. Outin has multiple aces in a match four times this season and he has recorded at least one ace in seven of the team's last eight matches. Outin needs five aces to tie the school record for aces in a season at 23.
 
Tatum Gray is the OUAZ leader in digs with 101 and his 2.24 digs per set is good for 39th in the NAIA. Gray has been in double figures in digs four times on the season and had at least eight digs in seven straight outings.
 
Conner Duyck leads the Spirit with 39 total blocks and 11 solo blocks. He has climbed to 34th in the country with an average of 0.87 blocks per set. Duyck has five matches this season with at least four blocks.
 
SERIES NOTES
With its third 3-1 win of the season against Arizona Christian last week, OUAZ improved to 8-0 all-time against its Arizona rival. The Spirit are 4-0 all-time when playing at home in the series and 2-0 in Faith Arena. Of the eight meetings, five have been decided in four sets with three others ending in a sweep.
 
The Spirit moved to 4-0 all-time against The Master's with a five-set win on Saturday. OUAZ is 2-0 in Santa Clarita, winning 3-1 earlier this month. In total, the Spirit has one sweep, two wins in four sets, and one win in five sets against the Mustangs.

 
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