The Lancaster Bible College Men's Volleyball team took down Valley Forge 3-0 to pick up their first conference win in 2024. The Chargers are now 6-13 overall and 1-0 in the United East. The Patriots fall just below .500 at 6-7 this season and 0-1 in the conference.
 
How It Happened: Both teams came out trading points early, but Lancaster Bible was able to pull away to a slight 9-5 lead. Valley Forge crawled their way back making it a two-point deficit, but after a wild rally, Christian Herr had a momentum-changing kill to make it 11-15. Following a late 5-0 run by the Chargers, the team pulled out the first set win 25-18.
 
The second set was all Chargers as they came out to an early 11-3 lead to start the set. Valley Forge made a slight fight to cut the deficit in half. Lancaster Bible answered quickly and pulled together an 8-2 run, and the Chargers ended up dominating the second set 25-14, just one set from victory.
 
The Patriots refused to go down so easily in the third set, and for every point Lancaster Bible had, Valley Forge responded. After being tied at seven, the Chargers pulled away to a two-point lead, but again, the Patriots came back. Later in the set, the Chargers jumped out to a convincing 22-16 lead after leading by no more than three previously. Lancaster Bible closed the match with a third set win of 25-19 to finish the sweep.

By the Numbers: The Chargers racked up 43 kills to go along with five aces and 34 digs... the Patriots had 25 kills and 22 digs... Kevin Bryant led all hitters with 13 kills while Jake Rotelle and Nicholas Marion added nine and six kills respectively... Christian Herr dished out 22 assists and Marion finished with eight digs... Nathan Whisman led the Patriots with seven kills. 

Up Next: On Saturday, March 16 at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., the Chargers will face off once again against Valley Forge and Pratt at the Horst Athletic Center.