The Lancaster Bible College men's volleyball team had an up and down Saturday as the Chargers set a program-record for consecutive wins, and then lost a matchup against the other top team in the North Eastern Athletic Conference. The Chargers defeated Wilson, 3-1 in the opening match, securing their eighth straight victory and then lost, 3-1 to Penn St. Altoona as the top two teams in the conference met for the first time this season. Lancaster Bible is now 16-6 overall and 6-2 in conference play.
Lancaster Bible 3, Wilson 1
25-19, 24-26, 25-16, 25-19
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 49 kills, while Wilson had 44...The Chargers had just 16 errors in the four sets and had a .260 attack percentage...Senior
Derek Bigley had a team-high 15 kills and added five digs, while junior
Kasey Gentry had 12 kills, 19 digs and five blocks...Sophomore
Daniel Kreider had 11 kills and five blocks...Freshman Kaleb Ansell had 40 assists and five digs, while fellow freshman
Kole Horst had nine kills, eight digs, two blocks and two aces...Freshman
Richard Solano chipped in with 16 digs.
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 4-0 all-time against Wilson...The .260 attack percentage marked the eighth time this season Lancaster Bible has had a .260 attack percentage or higher...The eight straight wins break the previous record of seven, set earlier this season.
Penn St. Altoona 3, Lancaster Bible 1
20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-19
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 42 kills, but committed 22 errors and had a .150 attack percentage...Lancaster Bible had 14 blocks as a team...Kreider had 12 kills and five blocks for the Chargers...Gentry had 10 kills, 12 digs and two aces, as well as three blocks...Horst had nine kills, seven digs and four blocks, including three solo blocks...Ansell added 37 more assists and also had four blocks...Freshman
Jacob Faust chipped in with two kills and four blocks.
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 3-10 all-time against Penn St. Altoona and has dropped seven straight matches to the Nittany Lions.
Up Next: Lancaster Bible hosts Cairn on Wednesday night at 7 p.m...The Chargers defeated the Highlanders for the first time in program history earlier this season.