LANGHORNE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's volleyball team rebounded to record a 3-1 win at host Cairn University after dropping a 3-0 decision to Stevens Institute of Technology Saturday. Stevens is ranked fourth in this week's American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) Coaches' Poll.
FOR THE RECORD: The Knights' record now stands at 10-12 in its rookie campaign. Stevens improved to 17-2 with its two wins; the Ducks swept the Highlanders to open the day's action. Cairn's record fell to 3-19 with the two losses.
ARCADIA 3, CAIRN 0 (25-18, 25-20, 16-25, 25-22)
HOW IT HAPPENED: The first game with tied at 15 before freshman
Edwin Waters Jr. sparked a run of six straight points as part of a 10-3 surge to close the game out 25-18, ending on back-to-back kills for classmate
Jason Manley. Arcadia trailed 17-15 in the second before scoring five points in a row to go up 20-17 and scored each of the last three points to close the game with a 25-20 win that put them up 2-0 in the match.
Cairn led 15-14 midway through the third game before Juston Wolgemuth's kill started a 10-2 Highlander run to close the set with a 25-16 win, cutting their deficit in the match to 2-1. The fourth game was separated by no more than two points most of the way, with Cairn briefly holding a 10-6 lead to go up by a set-high four points. A four-point run for Arcadia that featured two kills from freshman
Austin Braas put the Knights up 21-18 on their way to a 25-22 final to close the match.
ARCADIA LEADERS: Braas and Manley finished with 14 kills each to lead the Knights. Braas added a match-high eight blocks with three digs, while Manley tallied nine digs and two blocks. Waters Jr. registered eight kills with two aces and three blocks, while fellow freshman
Zayne George led the Scarlet and Grey with 17 digs. Senior
Sean Cohen notched 39 assists with seven blocks and five digs.
CAIRN LEADERS: Andy Willits posted a double-double with 10 digs and a match-high 19 kills, while Wolgemuth added nine kills with five digs. Matt Gump had 20 assists with six blocks, while Ryan Ludvik had a match-high 19 digs.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Arcadia outscored Cairn 55-46, totaling 42 kills while hitting .110 for the match. The Highlanders totaled 33 kills while hitting .056. Both teams recorded 10 blocks and three aces.
No. 4 STEVENS 3, ARCADIA 0 (25-13, 25-17, 26-24)
HOW IT HAPPENED: Stevens scored each of the first eight points of the match on its way to building a 16-3 lead in the first game, which the Ducks went on to win 25-13. Arcadia got out in front 4-1 to open the second game before Stevens scored four straight to go up 8-6 and later used a 5-1 run to build a 15-10 lead. A Manley kill brought Arcadia within four at 19-15 before Alexander Carpenter started a 6-2 run for the Ducks to close the game.
Neither team led by more than three in the third and final game. Stevens used a 7-1 run to go up 22-18, and the Knights answered with a 5-0 surge to regain the lead at 23-22. Joshua Hinton's kill that followed triggered a 4-1 Stevens run to take the decision 26-24.
ARCADIA LEADERS: Manley registered a double-double with team-best totals of 10 kills and a match-high 11 digs, while Waters Jr. finished with eight kills and five digs. Braas contributed seven kills, while Cohen had 22 assists and three digs.
STEVENS LEADERS: Gabe Shankweiler hit .500 with a match-high 12 kills on 22 attempts to go with three aces and six digs, while Dylan DeBoer notched a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs while hitting .400 in the match. David Lehman hit .455 with seven kills on 11 swings, while Jacob Patterson handed out a match-high 32 assists.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Stevens outscored Arcadia 52-38, totaling 41 kills while hitting .368 as a team. The Knights had just 29 kills while hitting .103. The Ducks held a one-point margin in aces (5-4) and blocks (6-5).
