Reading, Pa. (Mar. 30, 2019) - Alvernia University (10-16, 4-7) swept a MAC Men's Volleyball Tri-Match Saturday with a 3-2 win over Messiah College (17-9, 8-4) and a 3-0 win over Eastern University (6-10, 2-10) at Jack McCloskey Court.

Messiah defeated Eastern 3-0 in the middle match.

Alvernia got a 28-26 win over Messiah to level the first match at 1-1 and won 25-20 in the fourth set to force the fifth.  Both teams made mini runs in the early part of the fifth set with Messiah taking a 12-11 win on a kill from Matt Knab in the race to 15.

Alvernia answered with three straight points on kills from Mike Monczewski and Josh Stewart and an error on Knab.

Messiah got the side out on the first match point, but Logan McGinely's swing drew a touch to give Alvernia the 15-13 win.

Stewart finished the match with 17 kills.  Monczewski had 45 assists and a team-best 10 digs.  Anthony Dadson and Aaron Kuhlman had five blocks each.

Alvernia swept through Eastern by scores of 18-19-20. Spencer Matthews had nine kills, Monczewski added 30 assists and Jon Demeter had nine digs.

Alvernia wraps up the conference schedule at Stevenson on Wednesday then faces Widener and Wilkes next Saturday at Widener.

Alvernia 3, Messiah 2 (Match One)
Alvernia 3, Eastern 0 (Match Two)