March 7, 2014

No. 2 Eagles Outlast No. 15 Stevenson in 3-2 Win

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – No. 2 Juniata College men’s volleyball battled back and forth with No. 15 Stevenson University Friday night before coming away with the 3-2 (21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22, 15-8) win and improving to 4-0 in Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) play. Juniata (17-3) has now won seven of its last eight matches and sits atop the CVC East. They are 3-1 in five set matches and 6-1 against ranked opponents this season.

Juniata

17-3, 4-0 CVC

Stevenson

12-6, 3-1 CVC

Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Juniata 17-3, 4-0 CVC	21	25	22	25	15	3
Stevenson 12-6, 3-1 CVC	25	17	25	22	8	2

Game Leaders

Juniata

K: Alex McColgin - 18

B: Joe Bortak - 5

D: Brendan Smith - 17

SA: Justin Waldorf - 2

Stevenson

K: Austin Jacoby - 12

B: Kyle Wisner - 6

D: 4 Players (#4, #8, #18, #3) - 8

SA: 3 Players (#4, #6, #7) - 1

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata	Stevenson
Hitting %	.231	.173
Blocks	8.0	12.5
Digs	51	34
Aces	5	3

Full stats

By: Jennifer Jones
Director of Sports Information
jonesj@juniata.edu • juniatasports.net

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – No. 2 Juniata College men's volleyball battled back and forth with No. 15 Stevenson University Friday night before coming away with the 3-2 (21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22, 15-8) win and improving to 4-0 in Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) play. Juniata (17-3) has now won seven of its last eight matches and sits atop the CVC East. They are 3-1 in five set matches and 6-1 against ranked opponents this season.

Four Eagles earned double-digit kills led by reigning CVC player of the week Alex McColgin (Buffalo, N.Y./Hamburg). The junior had a match-high 18 kills and junior Joe Bortak (Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford) and sophomore Chad Albert (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) finished with 15 and 10 kills, respectively. Junior Justin Waldorf (Eden, N.Y./Eden) picked up his first double-double of the season with 13 kills and 10 digs of his own.

The offense was run by sophomore Matt Elias (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) who finished with a match-high 55 assists, two off from his career-best. Picking up a match and career-high was sophomore Brendan Smith (Fuquay-Varina, N.C./Fuquay-Varina). The libero earned 17 digs.

Juniata is in the second half of an eight-match road trip. The Eagles head to face Cairn University on Saturday, March 8. Match time is set for 2 p.m.

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