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EMU Come Up Points Short Against Mount Olive
The Eastern Mennonite men's volleyball team hosted powerful D-II
foe Mount Olive Wednesday in Harrisonburg. The Royals stayed close
to their visitors all night but could never get past them when it
mattered and dropped a 3-0 decision.
The Trojans took a 12-7 lead in game one and effectively traded
points to a 25-19 win.
But EMU was ready for game two. The men jumped ahead 7-4, only to
have Mount Olive use a 7-1 streak to go on top 11-8. The Royals got
to within 18-17 before the Trojans closed out on a 7-3 edge to win
25-20.
Despite trailing 2-0 in games, the home team didn't fold and held
a lead of 13-11. Mount Olive retook the lead but the Royals tied it
back up at 18-18. But the Trojans got some big swings down the
stretch to end on a 7-1 run to close things out at 25-19.
Outside hitter Chris Moise (Hollywood, Fl./South
Broward) had a solid night, getting nine kills and a pair of
blocks. John Barry (Aaron Bridge, Oh./Worthington
Kilbourne) had 24 set assists and five kills of his own.
John Grove (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) and
Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank W. Cox)
each had six kills.
EMU had 17 serve receive errors and just two service aces.
The Royals slide back to .500 with the loss at 6-6. The men are at
the Endicott Invitational this weekend, playing Hilbert Saturday at
3:00pm and MIT at 5:00pm. After pool play completes, they will play
two more matches on Sunday at 11:00am and 1:00pm at the invite in
Beverly, Mass.
