BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Wilkes University's Zach Evans (Nescopeck, PA/Berwick) posted a match-high 15 kills to lead the Colonels to a 3-0 sweep of host St. Joseph's Brooklyn Tuesday night in non-conference men's volleyball action. Wilkes took the match by scores of 25-18, 25-13 and 25-13.
 
Wilkes moved to 8-6 overall after the three-set road victory. Brooklyn dropped to 2-5 overall on the year following the home defeat.
 
The Colonels raced out to a 10-3 lead early in the first set using two kills from Evans and another from Everett Fritz (Ringtown, PA/Hazleton Area). Wilkes continued to hold onto the advantage at 17-14 despite a rally from the hosts. A kill by Evans followed by two bad sets by Brooklyn pushed Wilkes ahead 21-16. From there it was yet another kill from Evans and two attack errors by Brooklyn that sealed the seven-point first set win.
 
Wilkes continued to lead throughout the second set as a two point lead early turned into a 12-7 advantage midway through the frame as a kill from Evans and back-to-back service aces by Cole Hefner (East Greenville, PA/Southern Lehigh) kept the Colonels in control. Three consecutive kills from Zach Shay (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom) (twice) and Hefner pushed the lead to 17-11 before two more kills from Evans and one from Randall Rykiel (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Curley) finished off the set.
 
The third set saw the Colonels lead throughout using kills from Evans, Andrew Potter (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) and Hefner to open a 22-13 lead. Hefner sealed the set and match with back-to-back service aces, his sixth and seventh on the night.
 
Five other Colonels registered kills in the win for Wilkes including seven each from Potter and Hefner and four each from Shay and Fritz. Alberto Ramon (Allentown, PA/William Allen) posted a team-high 11 digs and Shay paced the passing game with 27 assists on 39 Wilkes' kills in the match.
 
Wilkes returns home Thursday when its begins Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) play with matches against Misericordia University at 4:00 p.m. and Widener University at 8:00 p.m. at the Marts Center.