The Lancaster Bible men's volleyball team, hosting a two-day North Eastern Athletic Conference weekend, dropped both matches over the two days as they opened the festivities with a 3-0 to Wells on Friday night and lost 3-0 to SUNY Polytechnic on Saturday at Horst Athletic Center. The Express won 25-7, 25-17, 25-16 on Friday night, while the Wildcats defeated the Chargers, 25-11, 25-16, 25-15 on Saturday.
The losses drop the Chargers to 1-22 this season and 0-11 in NEAC play. Below is quick recap of each match.
Wells 3, Lancaster Bible 025-7, 25-17, 25-16
Lancaster Bible was led by senior
Corey Leonard's six kills as he in his first match of the season as he joined the team following the men's basketball season which ended last week. Fellow senior
Nathan Diehl added four kills, while senior
Paul Fulbright had 10 assists and five digs. Freshman
Justin Stoltzfus had a match-high 10 digs and
Sha'quan Mack added four digs of his own.Â
Wells was led by Brannon Perdicho's 11 kills, while J.J. Podczasy had six kills and six digs.
SUNY Polytechnic 3, Lancaster Bible 0
25-11, 25-16, 25-15
A.J. Davids had 11 kills, while teammate Evan Smith added 10 kills as the Wildcats improved to 13-10 overall and 6-6 in NEAC play. The Chargers were led by
Nathan Diehl's seven kills, while fellow senior
Corey Leonard had five kills and eight digs. Senior
Paul Fulbright had three kills, 15 assists and three blocks as well for Lancaster Bible and freshman
Justin Stoltzfus had two kill and six digs.
Sha'quan Mack added a season-high nine digs as well for Lancaster Bible.
The Chargers return to the court next Saturday and Sunday when they take part in another NEAC Weekend, this time in Buffalo, N.Y. Lancaster Bible will play Hilbert and host Medaille on Saturday and take on D'Youville on Sunday morning. Lancaster Bible will wrap-up its season next Wednesday, April 1 when the Chargers host Penn St. Altoona in a non-conference match at 7:30 p.m.