ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.—The Elizabethtown men's volleyball team earned two sweeps on the day as they defeated Drew in a crucial CVC match before taking down Penn St.-Schuylkill.
Cole Burkhardt,
Dustin Hagin,
Logan Smith,
Craig Patrick, and
Brennan Bower were honored prior to the final match this afternoon.
GAME 1: ETOWN 3, DREW 0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-14)
Braydon Ambruster recorded a double-double of 10 kills and 20 assists while also grabbing four blocks.
Arun Gopinath tallied 11 kills. Patrick and Burkhardt each recorded four blocks and five kills. Hagin grabbed 11 digs.
Set one saw the Blue Jays start off with a 10-6 lead after two kills from Gopinath. The two teams traded points for a while, but the Blue Jays were able to hold on to the lead. Burkhardt and Gopinath put down kills to bring the score to 18-12. Burkhardt put down the final kill to earn the 25-17 win.
Etown jumped to an 11-3 lead to being set two. Two Ranger errors pushed Etown's lead to 14-5. Ambruster kills sandwiched a 4-0 run by the Blue Jays to put Etown up, 19-9. After some back-n-forth
Mason Boyer put down the final kill to win, 25-16.
The Blue Jays held their momentum going into the third set as they started off with a 14-6 lead. Etown rattled off five in a row to lead. Boyer and Gopinath smacked down a kill each to put Etown ahead 19-10. The Blue Jays recorded four points in a row ending the set 25-14 to win the match, 3-0.
GAME 2: ETOWN 3, PENN ST.-SCHUYLKILL 0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-14)
Burkhardt totaled 12 kills while Hagin totaled eight kills. Smith tallied 20 assists.
The first two sets were both close to start but the Blue Jays were able to pull away to win, 25-20 and 25-18. Set three saw Etown come out to a 10-5 lead after two kills from Hagin. Five straight from the Blue Jays jumped them ahead, 16-7. Two aces from
Reid Maas brought Etown ahead, 21-10 before three points in a row for the Blue Jays ended the set 25-14.
Etown will host Marymount (Va.) in their final CVC match on Wednesday.