The Clarke College men's volleyball team won the first two sets against St. Ambrose Wednesday night, but the Fighting Bees rallied to take the final three sets and claim a 3-2 Mid-America Men's Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference win in Davenport. St. Ambrose won the match 26-30, 24-30, 30-28, 30-25, 15-12.

Casey Sawyer led Coach Chris Miron's Crusaders with a match-high 21 kills. The junior from Hemet, Calif.,  also had 14 digs.

Alex Wilharm had 17 kills and 11 digs for Clarke, while Ethan Holly recorded 13 kills and had eight blocks.

Matt Redman had 64 assists and Alex Kelsheimer had 15 digs and 11 kills for the Crusaders, who slipped to 5-3 overall and 1-1 in MAMVIC play.

Zak Krumlinde and Sean Wagner each had 20 kills for St. Ambrose (5-1, 2-0 MAMVIC).

St. Ambrose outhit Clarke .266 to .240. The Fighting Bees hit .356 in set four and .350 in the deciding fifth set.

Clarke will compete in the Lindenwood University Tournament on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, the Crusaders will face host Lindenwood (3 p.m.) and Graceland University (7 p.m.). The Crusaders will wrap up tournament play on Saturday with matches against Johnson and Wales University (9:30 a.m.) and Warner Southern University (1:30 p.m.)

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