The Lancaster Bible College men's volleyball team opened its 2020 season with a victory on Friday night, defeating Lakeland, 3-0 in the team's opening match of the Jim Coleman Invitational held at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. The Chargers are 1-0 this season, while the Muskies dropped to 0-5. Lancaster Bible won Friday's match, 25-16, 25-15, 25-9.
 
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible led early in the first set, and extended the lead to 13-9 midway through the set on a kill from Kyran Flahive. The teams exchanged service errors later in the set, but back-to-back aces from Flahive gave the opening set to the Chargers, 25-16.
 
The second set played similar to the first, as Lancaster Bible took an early need and never looked back. Kole Horst and Zeke Hallman had three straight kills for the Chargers in the middle of the set to give Lancaster Bible a 10-6 lead, and it was Flahive who ended the set again in the second frame, as he smashed home two kills to give the Chargers a 25-15 win.
 
Lancaster Bible cruised in the third set, opening up a 9-3 lead thanks to back-to-back kills from Horst, and then added two more points on an ace from Flahive, and a kill from Reuben Kemrer. A kill from Benjamin Herb made it 16-6 later in the set, and the Chargers wrapped up the match with a kill from Horst.
 
Statistically Speaking: Lancaster Bible had 39 kills and just four errors on 60 attempts for a .583 hitting percentage…The Muskies had 20 kills and 14 errors on 68 attempts for a .088 hitting percentage…The Chargers led in aces, 7-1 and digs, 29-14…Horst led the Chargers with 10 kills, while Hallman had eight kills…Flahive had seven kills, four aces, and five digs, while Herb added six kills and six digs…Joshua Hess led the Chargers with eight digs, while Kemrer had 32 assists.
 
News & Notes: The Chargers are now 2-2 (1-2) all-time against Lakeland…The Muskies defeated the Chargers, 3-0 last season in Springfield, Ohio…Lakeland University is located in Plymouth, Wisconsin…Friday marked the first time since the 2012 season that the Chargers have opened the year with a victory…The .583 attack percentage for the team is the best in program history, and bests the previous mark of .528 set last season against Wilson.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will play two more matches at the Jim Coleman Invitational on Saturday, as the Chargers take on Augustana (Ill.) at 10 a.m., and Mount St. Joseph at 12 p.m.