NCAA Mens Volleyball

Blue Jays Take Down Hood & Neumann in Tri-Match

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FREDERICK, Md.—The Elizabethtown men’s volleyball team grabbed two wins Saturday as they traveled down to Maryland to face Hood and Neumann.

ELIZABETHTOWN 3; HOOD 0

Nick Chapman led the match with 10 kills and eight digs. Logan Smith tallied nine kills (.368) and Nate Seeger totaled 28 assists.

Elizabethtown and Hood began set one trading points until Etown went on a 4-0 run to take an 8-5 lead. The Blazers gained some momentum coming within one of the Blue Jays as Alex Finch and Chapman recorded kills for Etown. Three straight Hood errors pulled the Blue Jays ahead, 17-13. Elizabethtown continued to lead after some back-n-forth. Smith, Chapman, and Cody Boyer smacked down kills to end the set, 25-20.

To start off set two, Elizabethtown jumped to a 7-1 lead after rattling off five straight points with the help from Finch and Smith. The Blue Jays then later recorded four straight points as Mason Boyer and Finch each laid down a kill. Two Blue Jay kills sandwiched a Seeger service ace to extend Etown’s lead by ten points. Elizabethtown continued rolling as they ended the set with a 6-1 run to win, 25-13.

Set three started tighter than the previous as Hood started off with an 8-5 lead. The two teams traded points until Etown burst out to a 16-11 lead after tallying six points in a row. Chapman and M. Boyer tallied kills along with Blazer errors on the run. Hood smacked down a kill before Etown went on another six-point run extending their lead, 22-12. Chapman and Dylan Holland recorded the final kills for Etown to win, 25-15.

ELIZABETHTOWN 3; NEUMANN 2

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