ROANOKE, Va. – The Randolph-Macon men's volleyball team took the road for a midweek match against new CVC opponent Roanoke to battle the Maroons for the third time this season. RMC held off the Roanoke comeback attempt to earn a much needed win, 3-1.

The Basics:

Scores: Randolph-Macon 3, Roanoke 1 (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 29-27)    

Location/Venue: Roanoke, Va./Roanoke College/Cregger Center

Records: Randolph-Macon (10-13, 2-2 CVC), Roanoke (7-12, 0-3 CVC)

How it Happened:

• RMC jumped on the Maroons early, pulling out to a three point lead, which they held for most of the set. The Yellow Jackets forced an over pass at the end of the set that Kody Rogan (Chesapeake, Va./Hickory) picked up a kill off of, giving RMC the set one win, 25-20. RMC got at least two kills out of five different players in the set and hit .417 as a team.
• In set two, it went almost exactly like the first set. RMC jumped out to a three point advantage before cruising through a lot of the set. The Yellow Jackets maintained the lead throughout and pulled away at the end to pick up another 25-20 set win. Kolby Gibson (Bumpass, Va./Louisa) had three kills on 10 swings with no errors in the set. Jarrett Carrano (Beaverdam, Va./Patrick Henry) had three kills on five swings for RMC.
• For the third straight set, RMC built an early lead, seemingly on their way to a three set sweep of the Maroons, but Roanoke fought back from being down four late to get a few big kills and take the third set, 25-23.
• In the fourth set, Roanoke used that momentum to jump out to a 6-0 lead and then eventually an 8-2 lead. RMC came all the way back to cut the lead to one at 14-13. RC then pulled back ahead by three and eventually had multiple set points, but RMC wouldn't go away. It was tied at 27 when Kody Rogan and Hank Foglia (Remsenburg, N.Y./ESM) got up for a block to give the Yellow Jackets match point. RMC then forced an error on the final point to win the set, 29-27, and win the match 3-1.

By the Numbers vs. Kean:

• Jarrett Carrano was virtually unstoppable, picking up 16 kills and just two errors. He finished with a .609 hitting percentage to lead RMC. Carrano also had nine digs for the Yellow Jackets.
• Kolby Gibson and Ian Wagenhauser (Glen Allen, Va./Deep Run) each had 11 kills on the night. Wagenhauser also had eight digs and two blocks. Gibson had five digs.
• Kody Rogan had 35 assists in the match, continuing his strong stretch on the season. He also had five service aces which adds to his team-leading total of 37 this year. Kody also had four blocks at the net.
• RMC had a hitting percentage of at least .300 in three of the four sets in the match.

Up Next:

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Friday night at home against CVC opponent Elizabethtown at 7:00 p.m. for senior night.