Mount Mercy MMU 22-6, 15-4

Missouri Baptist MBU 26-4, 17-2

Mount Mercy MMU

22-6, 15-4

Final

Apr. 16, 2025

Missouri Baptist MBU

26-4, 17-2

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Mount Mercy MMU	20	19	15	(0)
Missouri Baptist MBU	25	25	25	(3)

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | 4/16/2025 10:53:00 PM | Tyler Andrus

MBU Advances to First HAAC Championship Game in Program History

ST. LOUIS – Missouri Baptist University punched its first ticket to the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship game with a 3-0 sweep of Mount Mercy University in the semifinals on Wednesday night.

With the win, the Spartans will host the fifth-seed Grand View University on Saturday, April 19 at 1 p.m., for the HAAC Championship.

For the bracket, click here. All games will be streamed on the Heart Conference Network and tickets can be found here.

HAAC Semifinals Recap
Fourth-ranked and second-seeded MBU swept 10^th-ranked and third-seeded Mount Mercy at home with a 25-20, 25-19, 25-15, final score. The Spartans sent over 11 aces compared to the Mustangs' one and hit .400 on 70 attacks.

Veljko Culibrk, Michael Olson, and Marko Jovanovic combined for 28 of the team's 36 kills while the HAAC Setter of the Year David Rudic paved the way for them with 31 assists.

Junior middle blocker Johnathan Kreke stepped up in a big way, hitting .800 with four kills on five attacks with a team-high five blocks. Olson had over half the team's aces with six and Alex Seyer notched a game-high eight digs.

Olson had three of his six aces in the first set and helped MBU to a 25-20 win with four kills. The team had three blocks and hit .379 on 29 attempts.

The Spartans saw their percentage increase to .421 in the second set, doing virtually whatever they wanted offensively. Culibrk logged consecutive aces to give his team a 15-14 lead. Rudic later sent over another to make it 21-17 and Olson slammed the door with two more as they wrapped up a 25-19 win.

MBU scored nearly two points for every one point from MMU early in the third and went on an 8-1 run fueled by two more aces from Culibrk to jump ahead 18-9. They hit .409 in the final set and held the Mustangs to 15 points to punch their ticket to the HAAC finals.

Spartan Stat Leaders
Kills: Veljko Culibrk (10)
Assists: David Rudic (31)
Hitting %: Johnathan Kreke (.800)
Aces: Michael Olson (6)
Digs: Alex Seyer (8)
Blocks: Johnathan Kreke (5.0)

Records
No. 5 Missouri Baptist: 26-4
No. 10 Mount Mercy: 22-6

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