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Men's Volleyball

Winning Streak Stopped In Four-Game Loss At PBU

Box Score

After starting the NECVA Metro slate 5-0, Eastern Mennonite's men's volleyball team had a big date Saturday night, playing at No. 8 Philadelphia Biblical in Langhorne, Pa. Riding a four-match winning streak, the Royals won the first set before falling in four.

The men started strong in the road contest, turning an early deficit into a 13-9 lead. The Crimson Eagles tied the score at 17-17, but EMU never gave up the advantage and pushed out for a 25-22 win.

The Royals struggled to get good swings at the net in game two and took a quick 25-14 loss to even the score.

EMU regrouped for the third game and the two teams traded leads. PBU scored four straight to break off a 17-17 tie and snuck out with a 25-22 win.

The Royals had an early lead in the fourth game but Philadelphia Biblical took over and had leads of 15-11 and 23-17. The men would not go down quietly, however, scoring the next five points to get back within one after a big double block by John Grove (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) and Greg Knight (Chesapeake, Va./Hickory).

But the Crimson Eagles ended the match with two straight points, claiming the 25-22 win.

Eastern Mennonite showed great defensive prowess at the net, collecting a total of 12.0 blocks in the contest compared to just 4.5 for PBU. Frankie Coto (Miami, Fl./Southwest Miami) and Chris Moise (Hollywood, Fl./South Broward) each had six block assists. Grove finished with three assists and one solo stuff.

Moise had 10 kills. Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank W. Cox) added 10 kills and a team high 13 digs. Coto added six kills with no errors.

Kendall Garber (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) had 10 digs and John Barry (Aaron Bridge, Oh./Worthington Kilbourne) had 32 set assists.

NECVA Player of the Week Justin Brubaker led the Crimson Eagles with 28 kills.

The loss drops EMU to 6-5 overall and 5-1 in the Metro Division. Philadelphia Biblical is 6-2 overall and at 2-0 is the last remaining undefeated team in the Metro. The Royals host D-II Mount Olive this Wednesday in Yoder Arena before traveling to Beverly, Mass., next weekend for the Endicott Invitational.

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Players Mentioned

John Barry

#4 John Barry

S
6' 2"
Sophomore
Frankie Coto

#10 Frankie Coto

MB
6' 2"
Senior
Kendall Garber

#12 Kendall Garber

L/OH
6' 2"
Junior
John Grove

#15 John Grove

MB/OH
6' 7"
Sophomore
Greg Knight

#11 Greg Knight

OH
6' 4"
Sophomore
Chris Moise

#1 Chris Moise

OH/OP
6' 1"
Sophomore
Nolan Prock

#8 Nolan Prock

OH/L
6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

John Barry

#4 John Barry

6' 2"
Sophomore
S
Frankie Coto

#10 Frankie Coto

6' 2"
Senior
MB
Kendall Garber

#12 Kendall Garber

6' 2"
Junior
L/OH
John Grove

#15 John Grove

6' 7"
Sophomore
MB/OH
Greg Knight

#11 Greg Knight

6' 4"
Sophomore
OH
Chris Moise

#1 Chris Moise

6' 1"
Sophomore
OH/OP
Nolan Prock

#8 Nolan Prock

6' 0"
Junior
OH/L