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Friday, Feb. 7, the men’s volleyball team played their True Blue event against Randolph-Macon College.

The Blue Jays took a 3-1 loss.

This was the first Continental Volleyball Conference match of the season.

The team now stands 6-4 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

Senior Nick Baxter went double-double in the match with a total of 17 kills and 10 digs.

First-year Blake Hildebrand followed Baxter with 10 kills.

First-year Dan Brackholtz made a high 35 assists. Junior Joey Nelson and first-year Steven Swain made 12 digs each.

In all True Blue fashion, the Blue Jay community went out to support the team, and some of those early birds got a fun item from the Office of Student Activities (OSA).

The Blue Jays started off on the right foot, taking the first set 25-21.

Randolph-Macon put themselves on the board by the second set, starting a win streak for them.

Both the third and fourth set were also won by Randolph-Macon.

In the first set, the Blue Jays made seven points in a row, giving them an advantage that they were able to keep throughout the rest of the set.

In the second set, although the Blue Jays started out strong, they were not able to keep up after the lead change and trailed a few points behind Randolph-Macon.

This was a similar situation in the third and fourth sets.

The team will travel again Saturday, Feb. 15 to King’s College with the first set starting at 2 p.m.