Box Score
LANGHORNE, PA - It was all business in the Mason Activity Center Friday night, at least for the red and white.
The Crimson Eagles picked apart visiting D'Youville College in methodical fashion - triumphing 3-0 - in a win that signals their sixteenth of the year. PBU bruised the visiting Spartans by utilizing another textbook effort on the offense end as the Crimson Eagles drilled a .385 hitting percentage as a group.
In perhaps their most impressive set of the season, the host squad drilled 18 kills during the opening rally, committing just three errors in the process en route to a 30-20 victory in game one. The team hit .500 as a unit while limiting the opposition to a .079 mark.
Game two would prove slightly more challenging as play would remain locked at 10-apiece through the first five minutes. PBU would use a 4-0 spurt to take a slight edge, but the Spartans battled back, generating an 18-17 lead moments later sparked by five D'Youville slams. However, the Crimson Eagles showed some resiliency, closing out the set on an 8-4 run to grasp a 30-26 victory during set two.
The visitors managed to compete during the beginning part of rally number three, hanging on despite trailing 12-10 early in the stanza. But a quick 6-0 burst from the host squad would provide some separation for the Crimson Eagles and would prove costly as the group would ultimately push their advantage to 10 by the time all was said and done, winning 30-20.
Facing the number one blocker in the nation in D'Youville's Brett Peters, the eighth-ranked Crimson Eagles managed to turn the tables, controlling the net defensively from start to finish. PBU recorded their highest mark of the season in the block department as the host group turned away 11 Spartan attacks, including 20 total block assists.
Senior Leo Dueck notched his seventh double-double of the year, tallying 17 kills and a game high 13 digs. Junior Justin Brubaker put up 18 kills and seven block assists, and rookie Josh Tuttle managed eight kills in just 11 total attempts. Third-year setter Drew Dillon contributed 46 assists and five digs in the win for PBU.
The volleyball team will have minimal recovery time as the group returns to action tomorrow during a trip to New York. The Crimson Eagles will trade blows with Sacred Heart University at 3:00 pm before squaring off with SUNY New Paltz at 5:00 pm.
