Eastern Mennonite made it four straight sweeps Friday night, rolling over Bluefield College in non-conference action in Harrisonburg.  The volleyball men improve to 9-5 with their fourth consecutive 3-0 win.

The Royals now return to Continental Volleyball Conference play, hosting Stevenson on Wednesday in Yoder Arena.  The Mustangs sit third in the CVC at 4-2 and beat EMU 3-1 on Feb. 11 in Owings Mills, Md.  Eastern Mennonite is in fifth at 2-4.  Start time in Yoder Arena is 7:00pm.

In Friday's match, the men jumped ahead quickly, rattling off six straight for a 7-1 lead.  Bluefield regrouped behind some strong net play and got within 13-11, but the Royals ended on a 12-4 run to win 25-15.

Eastern Mennonite again used a big run in the second to blow open an 8-4 lead.  They never let up this time, getting another 25-15 win.

The Rams inched to a 5-4 lead in the third set before EMU scored seven in a row for an 11-5 lead.  The visitors never recovered and Scott Brigham (Montpelier, Va./Patrick Henry) dropped in his match high 15th kill to seal the sweep, 25-17.

The Royals hit .308 as a team, their second highest total of the year.  Brigham pounded out his 15 kills with a .400 attack mark and led the team in the back row with eight digs.  Tim Callahan (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) also swung at .400, landing nine kills in two sets.  Zach Guiciardi (Creighton, Pa./Deer Lakes) put up 25 assists in two sets, while Russell Long (Hampton, Va./Bethel) added nine from the first set.

EMU dropped in 11 service aces for the third consecutive match, led by three from Justin Spanka (Virginia Beach, Va./Salem).  The Royals were perfect in serve receive, not allowing Bluefield any aces.

Coach Dominick Porter said his entire team was ready for tonight's win: