WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to visiting Lancaster Bible College in a non-conference match Tuesday night at the Marts Center.
 
Wilkes slipped to 1-4 overall following the home defeat while LBC improved to 5-2 on the season.
 
Lancaster Bible cruised to the three-set sweep by winning by scores of 25-16, 25-17 and 25-15. The Chargers totaled 42 team kills and a .287 hitting percentage on the offensive attack.
 
Wilkes kept things close early in the first set when Jackson Shafer (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) notched a kill and a Charger attack error tied the match at 10. From there LBC scored the next seven points before back-to-back kills gave the Chargers a 21-13 lead and eventual win of set.
 
In the second set, the score was tied at four before another big run from the Chargers pushed the visitors ahead 15-9 midway through the action. LBC finished off the second set win with a pair of service aces to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
The third set played mostly like the first two with the Colonels tying the score at eight on a Shafer kill only to see LBC rally off 11 of the next 14 points to take a 19-11 advantage as the visitors sealed the sweep.
 
Shafer led the Colonels with a match-high 11 kills and added nine digs. Joshua Conley (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks South) led the passing game with 14 assists while Alex Derk (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) contributed a team-high 11 digs.
 
Wilkes travels to Eastern University for a non-conference match starting at 7:00 p.m. in St. Davids, Pa. It will mark the second time the teams have met this season with Eastern taking a 3-1 win over the Colonels on January 11 at the Marts Center.