Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 The Lancaster Bible men's volleyball team took on the top ranked team in NCAA Division III, Nazareth, on Friday as well as Johnson & Wales as the Chargers opened up play at the Vassar College Invitational in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. On Saturday LBC took on host Vassar as well as NYU-Poly.

#1 Nazareth 3, Lancaster Bible 0
25-19, 25-20, 25-14

Nazareth had twice as many kills as the Chargers, 39-18 and cruised to a three-set victory to improve to 29-0 this season. Alex Bahn, Miles Herron and Joey Brennen all had four kills for LBC, while Brennen added a team-high nine digs. LBC hit for a negative percentage, -.044, for just the fourth time this season.

Johnson & Wales 3, Lancaster Bible 2
25-19, 16-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12

The Chargers (12-13) played much better in their second match of hte night, narrowly losing to Johnson & Wales, 3-2. Brennen and Herron each had 12 kills, while Bahn added 11. LBC smashed 51 kills in the five sets against 26 errors (.205). Andy Nguyen had a match-high 14 digs, while Brennen added two solo blocks. LBC is now 2-3 in five-set matches this season.

Vassar 3, Lancaster Bible 0
25-21, 25-14, 25-21

Vassar, ranked 10th in the country, was LBC's fourth top-10 opponent of the week. The Chargers lost in straight sets, but once again, played well against a top team. LBC lost in four sets to Stevenson and Baruch earlier in the week and lost to top-ranked Nazareth on Friday night.

Against Vassar, LBC's Joey Brennen had a match-high eight kills and added five digs. Miles Herron added seven kills, while Keith Mitzel had six kills. Sophomore Corey Leonard continued to fill-in well for A.J. Longacre and finished with five kills.

Lancaster Bible 3, NYU-Poly 0
25-10, 25-14, 25-21

Mitch Demko led the Chargers with 10 kills as they had 38 compared to NYU-Poly's 17. Corey Leonard had eight more kills for the Chargers and added four service aces. The win improves the Chargers to 13-14 this season and they will look to wrap-up the NEAC Regular Season title next Saturday in Utica, N.Y.

The Chargers are 3-0 in NEAC play and need wins against Wells and Cazenovia to earn the top spot in the NEAC playoffs which will be held at the top seed. Because there are just six teams in the NEAC, only three teams make the playoffs and thus, the top seed will earn an automatic place in the NEAC Final.