No. 3 Juniata Sweeps Blue Jays in CVC Match

HUNTINGDON, Pa.—The Elizabethtown men’s volleyball team traveled to No. 3 Juniata for a mid-week CVC match, Wednesday evening inside Memorial Gymnasium. The Eagles swept the Blue Jays, 3-0.
 
Set one saw, Juniata jump to a 10-3 lead as an Eagle error and kills from Steve Swain and Kyle McKiernan gave the Blue Jays their first points. Etown picked up three straight points from Blake Hildebrand and Nick Chapman to cut Juniata’s lead, 13-8. The Eagles quickly doubled their lead to 22-12. The Blue Jays felt relief on a Juniata attack error before the Eagles grabbed the final three points to win, 25-13.
 
Elizabethtown and Juniata were close early with the Eagles leading, 3-2 until Juniata rattled off five straight points. A kill from Swain brought Etown within three points of Juniata. The Blue Jays then added three more points to tie up the set, 8-8 after three Juniata errors. From there the Eagles would jump to a 16-10 lead after two Blue Jay errors sandwiched Eagle kills. Etown then gained momentum as they went on a 5-1 run with help from Chapman and Swain. Through the final five, the two traded points before Juniata ultimately won, 25-22.
 
Juniata was quick to take the lead in the third set, after a service ace the Eagles led, 7-1. Elizabethtown cut the Eagles lead as they came within four following a Chapman kill. The Blue Jays kept Juniata’s lead to five as they continued to trail, 15-10 after a service error. Swain smacked down a kill making the score, 17-13, Juniata. The Eagles tallied three straight points to lead, 20-15 before the two went…