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OUAZ and Vanguard Set to Play for GSAC Title

#12 OUAZ SPIRIT (12-3, 8-0 GSAC) at #6 VANGUARD LIONS OUAZ SPIRIT (9-3, 6-1 GSAC)
Match Details Saturday, March 27 • 1 p.m. • Costa Mesa, Calif. • The Pit
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
Tournament Central GSAC TOURNAMENT PAGE
All times local to Arizona (Mountain Standard)

The 12th-ranked OUAZ men's volleyball team will look to punch its ticket to the NAIA National Championship on Saturday when it travels to Costa Mesa, California, to face No. 6 Vanguard in the GSAC Championship.

OUAZ earned its place in the title match by winning the GSAC East division while Vanguard was the champions of the West division.

SPECTATOR POLICY
Spectators are not allowed to attend matches at Vanguard at this time.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Vanguard will produce the match and it will air 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.

Live stats will also be available during the match. 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 finished a 12-3 regular season by setting a school record in winning its final 10 matches of the year. The Spirit went 4-1 in matches played on the road and 8-3 in all matches played away from Faith Arena.

With its two GSAC wins last week, OUAZ finished the conference season at 8-0. They were the only team to go undefeated in the GSAC matches this season.

Riding an offense that has found some momentum in conference play, OUAZ enters Saturday 15th in the NAIA by hitting .251 and they rank 20th in the country with an average of 11.37 kills per set. They can also be found 25th nationally at 10.17 assists per set.

OUAZ is getting 1.39 service aces per set to rank 28th in the NAIA. The team is 19th at 2.10 blocks per set and the 8.56 digs per set is good for 40th in the country. The Spirit holds their opponents to 9.9 kills per set and a .183 hitting percentage.

SPIRIT LEADERS
Jordan Moses leads the Spirit with 221 kills and he is 19th in the NAIA by averaging 3.75 kills per set. Moses has been in double figures 11 times this season, including each of the team's last eight matches. He currently has the third-most kills in a single season in program history and is 51 away from setting the record.

Colin Donisthorpe ranks ninth nationally with his .466 hitting efficiency. He has six matches this season with at least five kills and a .500 or better hitting percentage.

Andrew de'Leon leads the Spirit with 429 assists. He is 27th nationally with an average of 7.80 assists per set. The OUAZ all-time leader with 1,745 assists, de'Leon has recorded at least 30 assists in a match eight times this season.

Emery Outin leads three Spirit players with double figures in service aces this season with 21. Outin has multiple aces in a match five times this season and he has recorded at least one ace in nine of the team's last 10 matches. Outin needs two aces to tie the school record for aces in a season at 23.

Tatum Gray is the OUAZ leader in digs with 107 and his 2.23 digs per set is good for 40th in the NAIA. Gray has been in double figures in digs five times on the season and had at least six digs in 10 straight outings.

Conner Duyck leads the Spirit with 45 total blocks and 12 solo blocks. He has climbed to 34th in the country with an average of 0.88 blocks per set. Duyck has six matches this season with at least four blocks.

SERIES NOTES
The only previous meeting between OUAZ and Vanguard was a 3-0 sweep by the Lions on January 31, 2020, at Faith Arena.

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
OUAZ had three players recognized by the GSAC earlier this week when the conference announced its end of season awards. Outin was chosen as the conference Freshman of the Year while Moses and de'Leon were each named to the All-Conference Team.
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