NCAA Mens Volleyball

Blue Jays Defeat Eastern in Four-Set Thriller

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ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– The Elizabethtown men’s volleyball team picked up their third straight win of the season as they move to 3-1 after defeating Eastern, Thursday evening. 

The first set started close as kills from Logan Smith and Tony Camillo made the score, 3-4 early. Elizabethtown tied up the set, 8-8 following kills by Camillo and Chestin Jacobs along with an ace from Jacobs. The Blue Jays led, 15-13 after a Logan Smith service ace. As the teams traded points, Jacobs and Chapman tied up the set at 19-19. In a close race to the end neither team would give up more than a two-point lead. Etown won the first set, 26-24 after a Smith kill and an Eastern attack error. 

Eastern fought back in set two as the Eagles started off with an 8-3 lead after two consecutive aces. The Blue Jays came back within two after three points in a row. After Chapman smacked down a kill and three Eagle attack errors, the Blue Jays tied up the set, 10-10. Etown kept the set close as Chapman and Camillo put down kills. Elizabethtown trailed by two at 19-21. Eastern tallied two final kills to win, 25-20. 

Elizabethtown returned strong in set three as they jumped to a 15-6 lead with kills from Chapman and Kyle McKiernan. The Blue Jays went up by eight points as Nate Seeger assisted Smith on a kill. Eastern cut Etown’s lead, 18-14 after tallying four points in a row. Steve Swain put down a kill as Etown led, 19-14. The Eagles gained momentum recording four consecutive points to come within one of Elizabethtown. Chapman and Camillo sealed the Blue Jays win in set three at, 25-22. 

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