The Lancaster Bible College men's volleyball team opened up Colonial States Athletic Conference play on Saturday evening, taking down Bryn Athyn College in a 3-0 sweep for their first CSAC win as a program. The Chargers improve to 11-8 overall and 1-0 in CSAC play, while the Lions drop to 1-8 overall and 0-1 in the CSAC.

How it Happened: A kill from senior Elijah Herb and a service ace from Michael Myers got the Chargers off to a quick 3-1 start. Some LBC errors kept it close early, but the Chargers launched on a huge 10-point run with kills from Dawson Forney, Jake Rotelle, and four service aces from senior Hunter Davis. The Chargers and Lions traded points for the next few minutes, Then back-to-back service aces from Herb helped the Chargers close out set one, 25-12.

A kill and a service ace from Rotelle got the Chargers off to a 4-0 start in the second set. Three kills from Herb and a slew of Lions errors quickly extended the LBC lead to 12-2 as Bryn Athyn called a timeout. Substitutions began to come in for both teams as the Chargers sealed the second set, 25-8.

Coach Jade Brubaker went deep into his bench for the third set as the Chargers continued to roll past Bryn Athyn. Ben Latham and Tyler Martin both landed service aces, while Myers and Vladimir Podgorodniy each knocked their first kills of the season. Freshman Nicholas Vega came into the game and landed three straight service aces and Mac Swineford assisted Zach Herb on his first kill of the season, with DJ Omogrosso capping off the night with a service ace to close out set three, 25-8 and a conference-opening sweep of the Lions.

Inside the Numbers
- Jake Rotelle had a game-high eight kills and three service aces
- Elijah Herb and Dawson Forney each added five kills
- Hunter Davis had a game-high five services aces and Christian Herr dished 20 assists
- The Chargers dominated almost every statistical category for the night, only being edged out by the Lions in blocks (2-1)
- Nine different LBC players had a service ace tonight
 
Information to Know: This was the first-ever meeting between Lancaster Bible and Bryn Athyn in men's volleyball. The Chargers' 20 service aces set a program record for the most service aces in a single match. Hunter Davis' five services aces are a career-high. Nicholas Vega landed his first career service ace, finishing with three aces. Michael Myers, Vladimir Podgorodniy, and Zach Herb all got their first kills of 2023. Elijah Heyworth and Mac Swineford both dished their first assists of the season, with Heyworth recording nine in total. Freshman Christian Herr now has 642 assists this season, the 7^th-most in a single season in program history.
 
Up Next: The men's volleyball team will travel to Phoenixville, Pa. to play the University of Valley Forge in another CSAC contest on Wednesday, March 15^th at 7:00 p.m.