The Royals continued their play at a Continental Volleyball Conference weekend in Owings Mills, MD, on Saturday.  The men split with Juniata and Philadelphia Biblical, coming home with a 7-8 record overall record.

No. 4 Juniata 3, Eastern Mennonite 0
EMU opened day two of the conference weekend with the nationally-ranked Eagles.  Juniata was in firm control early on, taking 25-8 and 25-18 wins.  The Royals found a groove by the third game, leading 20-18 and 22-21.  But the Eagles scored three in a row to skip in front and snuck out a 25-23 clincher.

Eastern Mennonite finished with just as many kills as attack errors for a season-low .000% attack percentage.  The men also had just two solo blocks, while Juniata had 15 blocks.

Sophomore George Greene (Highland Springs, VA/Highland Spring) led the Royals with 11 kills.  Greg Knight (Chesapeake, VA/Hickory) added seven.  Setter John Barry (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne) was limited to 22 assists.

John Grove (Glen Allen, VA/Deep Run) had both solo blocks while libero Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, VA/Frank W. Cox) dug up nine JC spikes.

Eastern Mennonite 3, Philadelphia Biblical 0
The men snapped a three-match skid by beating PBU to close the day.  EMU had a late 6-0 run to break open a close game one and win, 25-19.  The Crimson Eagles led 24-22 in game two, but the Royals rattled off three straight and stole a 27-25 decision.  Eastern Mennonite held a small edge much of game three and finished off with a 25-22 win.

Greene again led at the net, pounding out 19 kills, a career best for him in a three-game set.  Grove landed eight kills and Knight added seven.  Barry set up 31 assists as the men rebounded to a .295 attack percentage.

Prock had a whopping 14 digs in the sweep.  Middles Grove and Kyle Storc (Westerville, OH/Bishop Watterson) each had two solo blocks and two block assists.  Knight had three assists, and he and Kendall Garber (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) each had a pair of service aces.

The Royals stand at 7-8 on the season, including 1-3 in the CVC.  They are one of three teams in the CVC East with one win.  EMU has a week off before a tri-match at Philadelphia Biblical on Saturday, March 10.  The men have a non-conference date with PBU to open the day and then play Ramapo.