The Lancaster Bible College men's volleyball team saw its six-match winning streak come to an end on Wednesday night, as the 11^th ranked Chargers fell to 3^rd ranked Kean, 3-0 in Union, N.J. The Chargers are now 16-4 overall this season after the 25-16, 25-23, 25-22 defeat, while the Cougars improved to 17-3.
 
How it Happened: Kean won 10 of the first 13 points, as the Chargers called timeout to break up the scoring run, and then took two straight points on Cougars' errors, but Kean rebounded and eventually took a 15-6 advantage on an ace from Jacob Milnazik. Lancaster Bible closed the gap to 19-11 later in the set after Nate Miller had a solo block, followed by a block assist by Benjamin Herb and Daniel Kreider, but the Cougars had too much offense in the opening set, and won, 25-16.
 
Lancaster Bible jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set, as Kole Horst and Miller had early kills for the Chargers. The Chargers eventually led, 7-3, as Miller crushed three more kills, but Kean responded, and tied the set at 8-8 after another service ace. The Cougars eventually built a 20-16 advantage, but Lancaster Bible won four of five points late in the set, and trailed just 22-21 after another kill from Miller. Lancaster Bible couldn't get over the hump however, and the teams traded points the rest of the way, and Kean won the set, 25-23 on a kill from Kamil Garbowski.
 
Kean raced out to a 9-3 lead in the third set, but the Chargers took the next three points, and closed the deficit to 15-14 midway through the set after four more kills from Miller. After the Cougars won a point, Lancaster Bible took the next two, and tied the set at 16-16 on an error by Milnazik. Kean recovered and won the next three points, though Lancaster Bible narrowed the deficit to 20-18 after a kill from Horst, and then to 21-20 following an error by the Cougars. Again, the Chargers did everything they could to tie or take the lead, but Kean won the final two points, and closed the set and match on an ace.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 32 kills and 15 errors on 72 attempts for a .236 hitting percentage, while Kean had 39 kills and 11 errors on 80 attempts for a .350 attack percentage…Miller had a match-high 18 kills to go with seven digs and a block, while Horst added six kills and seven digs…Herb had five kills, two blocks and two digs…Kreider added two kills and two blocks, while Kaleb Ansell had 29 assists and a block…Milnazik had 10 kills to pace the Cougars.
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 0-6 all-time against Kean…The Chargers are now 3-3 this season against teams who have been ranked in the AVCA Top 15 at one point or another this year…Wednesday marked the first time this season the Chargers have lost a true road match, as Lancaster Bible is now 5-1 in true road matches, and 8-3 in all matches away from Horst Athletic Center…Wednesday is also the first time all season Lancaster Bible has not recorded a service ace…Lancaster Bible's .236 hitting percentage was their highest in any of their four losses this season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is off for over a week, as the Chargers return to action next Friday, March 15, in Keuka Park, N.Y…Lancaster Bible will face Keuka that night, and then battle Wells and John Jay the following day in Aurora, N.Y.