After Friday's important win over Thiel, the EMU volleyball men held serve Saturday at the CVC Weekend, taking a win over PBU before falling to No. 4 Juniata.  The Royals wrap up their regular season Wednesday night at Stevenson.  A win against the Mustangs would assure the men a top three spot in the East Division and berth in the inaugural CVC Tournament.

EMU 3, Philadelphia Biblical 2
The match with the Crimson Eagles was one filled with wild momentum swings.

PBU jumped to a 9-2 lead in game one before the Royals tied the score at 15-15.  The men squirted ahead and took a 25-23 win on a kill from John Barry (Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne).

EMU fell behind early in sets two and three, taking identical 25-20 losses.

With their backs against the wall, the Royals responded, blowing open an early lead to a big 25-11 win in game four to force a decisive fifth set.

The men made a couple of comebacks in game five, including three straight blocks to cap a late 4-0 run which put them on top 14-13.  PBU scored a point to tie things up, but Eastern Mennonite had the final say with two points for the 16-14 decision.

As a team, the Royals hit .302, landed nine service aces and made 13 team blocks.

Chris Moise (Hollywood, FL/South Broward) led all players with 18 kills along with two aces.  Greg Knight (Chesapeake, VA/Hickory) had 13 kills to go with a solo stuff and five assists.  He also had four aces.  Kendall Garber (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) landed 12 kills.

Barry finished with 48 set assists and two service aces.  John Grove (Glen Allen, VA/Deep Run) was a huge presence from the middle of the net with nine kills, two solo blocks and six assists.

Libero Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, VA/Frank W. Cox) had a match high 18 digs.

No. 4 Juniata 3, EMU 0
The match with Juniata had a definite pattern to it, as in each game the Eagles would take over late to grab a win.  Game scores were 25-18, 25-17 and 25-21.

The Royals struggled to get around Juniata's block and finished with just one team block of their own.  Garber and Moise each had nine kills to co-lead Eastern Mennonite, with Moise adding five digs.

Prock topped the team with six digs and Barry had 27 assists.

EMU is now 11-13 for the season including 3-4 in the CVC East.  The Royals close their season Wednesday at Stevenson.  The Mustangs are currently in second in the East at 4-3.  Thiel College, meanwhile, is a half game behind EMU at 3-5.

A win at SU would earn Eastern Mennonite a trip to the CVC Tournament hosted by Thiel on April 13-14.  A loss would send the men and the Tomcats into a tie-breaker scenario, as they split their regular season head-to-head matches.