(ST. DAVIDS, Pa.) – The Randolph-Macon men's volleyball team remained unbeaten with a four-set victory over Eastern to start the three match weekend in Philadelphia Friday. The match was extremely tight throughout with three of the games requiring a team to score more than 25 points to win.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 3, Eastern 1 (26-24, 25-27, 25-19, 27-25)

Venue: The Gymnasium at St. Davids

Records: Randolph-Macon 5-0, Eastern 1-1

How It Happened

• The first set was about as close as it could get with neither team getting a lead larger than three points. That belonged to the Yellow Jackets on a few occasions, but the Eagles stayed with them before obtaining a narrow 22-20 lead late. An Andrew Klein (Jr., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) kill, a block by Gio DeLuca (So., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) and Scotty Carter (Sr., Virginia Beach, Va. / Frank W. Cox), and a James Manning (Jr., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) ace quickly put R-MC back in front at 23-22. A Jarrett Carrano (Jr., Beaverdam, Va. / Patrick Henry) kill put the Lemon and Black at 24, and although Eastern stayed alive with the next point, a pair of errors on the next two points gave the Jackets a 1-0 lead.
• The Jackets looked poised to go up 2-0 with a strong start to the second. A kill by Carrano and a block by DeLuca helped R-MC go up 16-9 midway through before Eastern went on an 8-1 run to tie the set. A pair of Eagles errors allowed the Jackets to serve for game point twice, but Eastern recovered to score five of the last six to even the match.
• After Eastern tied the third set at 13-all, Randolph-Macon had one of its finest stretches of the night and closed the game by scoring 12 of the last 18 points. Daniel Nguyen (Jr., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) and Cade Terrell (So., Glen Allen, Va. / Deep Run) scored the final two points for the 2-1 lead.
• As well as the third set ended, the fourth game started just as bad as Eastern jumped out to a 6-0 lead. The Jackets eventually fought back and were able to tie it up at 11-all. The rest of the way went back-and-forth and saw the Eagles serving for game point twice, but kills from Sean Cunningham (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va. / Kempsville) and Carrano kept the Jackets alive. With the set tied at 25-all, R-MC was able to wrap up the win after an error by Eastern followed by a kill from Carrano.

Inside The Numbers

• Klein led the offense with 15 kills while Carrano joined him in double figures with 12. Terrell set up the attack with 40 assists on the night.
• Klein added four more points with a match-best four aces. Each team had nine total on the evening.
• Defensively the Jackets were once again dominate up front and blocked nine of the Eagles' swings. Carter went up for all but one of them, and Cunningham joined him on six of them. Nguyen led the Jackets on the receiving end with nine digs.
• Eastern was led by Foster Lobb with 18 kills. Darren Lopez added 10.
• R-MC scored at least 25 points in all four sets.

Up Next

The Jackets will put their undefeated record on the line twice tomorrow when they play Arcadia at 1 p.m. followed by a match with Widener at 3.