ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.-- The Elizabethtown men's volleyball team moved to 2-1 on the early season as they swept, Wilkes Tuesday evening, handing the Colonels their first loss of the season. 

Elizabethtown showed their power early as they took set one, 25-15. Etown started off with a 8-3 lead over Wilkes following a Logan Smith service ace and a kill from Steve Swain. The Blue Jays and Colonels went back-n-forth until a block by Smith and Chestin Jacobs was sandwiched between two Wilkes errors. Kills from Blake Hildebrand and Nick Chapman extended Etown's lead to 21-11. Wilkes put down three more kills before two attack errors cost them as Elizabethtown won set one, 25-15. 

Elizabethtown again started hot as two Swain kills sandwiched a Colonel attack error. Jacobs smacked down a kill as the Blue Jays led by just one, 5-4. Wilkes took over the lead as they tallied four consecutive points. In a close back-n-forth battle, Elizabethtown went on a 5-1 run with two Chapman aces ending the run. With Etown leading by just two points, Wilkes re-took the lead at 15-14. Wilkes kept gaining momentum as they came out to a 19-16 lead. A Chapman kill and a Colonel attack error brought the Blue Jays back within one. Following a Wilkes kill, Etown went on a five-point run to regain the lead, 23-20. Two Wilkes errors again cost them the win as Elizabethtown won set two, 25-22. 

The start of the third set was much closer as Hildebrand put down a kill to lead, 4-3. Two kills from Kyle McKiernan and one from Chapman brought the Blue Jays lead out to, 11-8. After Wilkes tied up the set, 11-11, a kill from Tony Camillo and Smith gave Etown back their lead. Swain smacked down a huge kill before Wilkes committed two attack errors. At 20-18, the Blue Jays went on a 4-0 run which ended in a Chapman service ace. Wilkes got two final points on Blue Jay errors before Swain recorded the match ending kill. 

Elizabethtown tallied 32 kills for a .319 hitting percentage. Swain led the match with 11 kills while hitting .556 with an ace and six digs. Chapman totaled seven kills (.500) and three aces. Smith totaled three block assists and a solo block and Camillo totaled two block assists and two solo blocks. 

Elizabethtown travels to Eastern on Thursday for a 7:00 PM match.