Senior Day was a success for the Lakeland University men's volleyball team as it closed out its regular season with a three-set win over Illinois Institute of Technology Saturday afternoon at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

The Muskies worked through a 25-20, 25-15, 25-21 victory, needing just over an hour to post their fourth straight win and wrap up the regular season with a winning record. Lakeland now gets ready for the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament, where it will face Marian University Tuesday night in the first round of the six-team tourney.

The Muskies (13-12 overall, 7-9 NACC) honored six seniors before the match, and all played a part in the win that took just over an hour to complete. Lakeland was better on the attack and played the cleaner match, finishing with 35 kills and 18 errors for a .198 attack percentage while Illinois Tech posted just 17 kills and also had 20 errors.

Nathan Vanderwaal (Jr.-Rockford, Ill.) posted eight kills and both Dakota Hunter (Sr.-Waukesha, Wis.) and Matt Misheck (So.-Oak Forest, Ill.) added seven kills each. Cameron Ekum (So.-Mukwonago, Wis.) also finished with 21 assists from the setting spot plus five kills and five digs.

J.T. Levitt (Sr.-Schaumburg, Ill.) led the back row with seven digs and Ryan Frankel (Sr.-Palatine, Ill.) added six digs. The match was the final at home for Frankel, Hunter, Levitt, Noah Cotterman (Sr.-Glendale, Ariz.), Addison Mertler (Sr.-Boca Raton, Fla.) and Desmond Williams (Sr.-Riverside, Calif.), and all six played all three sets and were part of a balanced effort that saw ten different players record at least one dig and five posted one service ace each.

Lukasz Kupiec led Illinois Tech (6-19 overall, 3-13 NACC) with six kills and two service aces and Michael Ganczar added 12 assists plus six digs.

The Muskies will be the fifth seed in the NACC Tournament and will open against the No. 4 seed Marian in Fond du Lac Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The teams split a pair of regular season meetings this year, with the Sabres winning in four sets at home on Feb. 20 but Lakeland also winning in four at home just over a week ago on March 27.