GLENSIDE, Pa. -- The Arcadia men's volleyball team outlast No. 3 Stevenson for a 3-2 win in the MAC Championship match on Saturday night at Alumni Gymnasium. The Knights, in just their third season of competition, have qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
 
The top-seeded Knights (26-10) outlasted second-seeded and third-ranked Stevenson (30-4) 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-13 to become the third male athletics program at Arcadia to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament, joining baseball (2017, 2018) and men's basketball (2019). Arcadia's win snaps an 18-match win streak for the Mustangs and marks the second time this season that the Knights have tamed the Mustangs. 

Quinn Baily was named Tournament MVP after a 15-kill, 9-dig performance in the finals. Jason Manley added a season-high 20 kills, and Austin Braas chipped in 14 kills and six blocks while hitting .550.
 
Tied at 1-1 in the match, Arcadia opened up a 9-2 lead in the third set on the strength of a 6-0 run. The Knights and Mustangs traded four points apiece and AU led 13-6 until a 3-0 run Stevenson pulled SU to within 13-9. Later in the set, back-to-back kills by Braas pushed AU's lead to 19-12 before Stevenson got back in the set with an 8-3 burst to make it 22-20 on a Landon Shorts kill.
 
Arcadia's lead stood at 23-21 but Manley and Dan Paraskevov recorded kills to close out the set and give AU a 2-1 lead in the match.
 
The Knights started fast in the fourth, taking an early 12-6 lead when Baily served up an ace. The Mustangs answered with a 6-2 surge and pulled within 14-12 on a Kyle Bosko kill, but AU once again seized control and pushed out to a 20-15 lead following back-to-back attack errors by Stevenson.
 
Trailing 21-16, however, the Mustangs answered with a 5-0 run, the last point coming via an AU red card to tie the set at 21-21. Manley answered with a pair of kills to move the Knights nearer the victory at 23-21, but SU had yet another answer and three quick points gave the visitors at 24-23 lead that they would ultimately turn into the 26-24 win.
 
In the fifth and final set, Stevenson held and early 5-4 lead before kills from Braas, Manley, Robie Moctezuma and Baily helped AU take an 8-6 lead before the changeover. Stevenson hung around and managed to tie things at 12-12 follwing an AU blocking error. Deadlocked at 13-13 following errors by both teams, Baily gave AU match point with a kill and the Knights secured the win when Stevenson's Jason Gardner's attack was wide, setting off a frenzy inside Alumni Gymnasium.
 
Paraskevov added 10 kills for the Knights and Anthony Devantier handed out 48 assists with 13 digs.
 
Logan Smiley paced Stevenson with 17 kills, Gardner had 14 and Shorts and Bosko added 13 and 10, respectively. Derek Tangorra notched 12 digs, and Christian Taylor handed out 48 assists to go with 11 digs.
 
The Knights will now await Monday's selection NCAA Tournament selection show to find out its opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.