The Elizabethtown College’s men’s volleyball team had a busy week as they competed against Eastern Mennonite University, Southern Virginia University and Juniata College. All games were against Continental Volleyball Conference opponents.

Friday, Feb. 15, the Blue Jays went up against the Eastern Mennonite Royals. Etown took the win at 3-2. Junior Nick Baxter led the Blue Jays in kills, 31, with the five sets they played.

The first set started with a service error by the Royals, giving the Blue Jays an early advantage. The first kill for the Blue Jays was by first-year Mark Hall with an assist by first-year Tim Zieber. Zieber had a season-high 46 assists for the Blue Jays. Etown held the lead for the first set and the final score was 26-24.

The second set of the game went to Eastern Mennonite with a score of 25-20. After a third-set win by the Royals, the game went into the fourth set. The first point came from senior Ethan Maurer, who made a kill. The Jays took the lead. The lead was overtaken by the Royals and was held for while; the score was 14-11.

Eastern Mennonite then fell to Etown with a few service aces and two attack errors. The Blue Jays took the set 25-19 and a fifth set was needed to determine a match winner.

In the fifth set, the lead did not stay with either team for a long time, it kept going back and forth, but the Royals did hold a lead of 12-7 at one point.
The set only went up to 15 points and the Blue Jays won after an attack error by Eastern Mennonite player R.J. Ocampo and a block by Hall and sophomore Joey Nelson.

The Blue Jays went on to lose against Southern Virginia 3-0 Saturday, Feb. 16 and Juniata 3-0 Tuesday, Feb. 19. The team has an overall record of 4-9 and has a 3-1 record in the Continental Volleyball Conference.
The team’s next match will be against York (N.Y.) Saturday, Feb. 23 starting at 1 p.m.