ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Eastern University Men's Volleyball (6-4) picked up a pair of home wins in a tri-match with the College of St. Joseph's Bears and the Lehman College Lightning. Foster Lobb led the Eagles with 23 total kills in the two three-set wins.

How It Happened:
The Eagles hit .333 to pull away to a 25-11 opening-set win over the Bears (2-4). After the Bears scored the first point of the second set, Noah Westbrook served 15 consecutive  points for a 16-1 lead. Westbrook had five of his season-high ten aces in the burst. Jeong Joon came on to serve four points and the Eagles registered nine kills with no errors in winning the second set 25-6.

With the 2-0 lead, the Eagles changed some line-ups for the third set. With Darren Lopez and Justin Flor sharing setting duies, the Eagles built a 20-12 lead and were up 24-17 before the Bears clawed back to within three points at 24-21. Flor delivered the final kill of the match on a set from Lopez. Lobb had ten kills and ten digs and Samuel Christie put down eight kills.

Lehman beat the Bears in the middle game and offered early resistance in the opening set against Eastern. Eastern led 12-11 before Kiriam Yordan stepped to the service line for a four-point run after Lobb earned the sideout with a kill. The 17-11 lead, however, disappated as the Lightning found their rhythm in earning sideouts. The Eastern lead shrunk to 2-20 before Westbrook pounded home a kill for a two-point edge. Lobb delivered back-to-back kills with Lopez at the service line and the Eagles claimed a 25-20 win on a hitting error to end the set.

Eastern hit just .167 in the opening set.

Westbrook served the Eagles to a 7-2 lead in the second. The junior middle served tall three of his aces in a row to end the run. The Eagles pulled away to a 17-4 lead with Lobb serving and went on to take the second set 25-7. Eastern hit .414 in the final set to seal the match. Westbrook adn Lopez each had four kills and Christie and Lobb each had three as Flor spread the offense around. Flor finished the match with 32 assists, three blocks and two aces. Lobb had 13 kills on 21 attacks and 12 digs. Trey Miller had a team-high 13 digs.

Coach Syracuse Says:
"A couple good wins today as the team is still nursing itself back to health. Great Contributions from Noah behind the service line and in our attack. He is adjusitng to the middle position. Trey was very consistent passing.  He also was doing a good job of reading the plays as they unfolded so he was prepared to make the correct play when needed.  His first ball contact allowed us to do virtually anything on offense."

"With illness and injury we had a pretty easy week of practice, and that may be why we struggled early, In the end, the guys came through."

Up Next:
The Eagles are at Cairn on Wednesday.