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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