FREDERICK, Md. – The Hood College men's volleyball team put tension on their MAC Commonwealth foe and took two sets into extras but ran out of steam and lost in straight sets to Eastern 3-0. 

Set Scores  

• Eastern won in straight sets, 27-25, 30-28 and 25-14.  

Inside the Box Score   

• Charles Casas (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen High School) tallied 12 kills, eight digs, three blocks, and two service aces on the night. 

• Adam Bartice (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) marked seven kills and six digs. 

• Gael Bravo (Lanham, Md./Bowie High School) had 27 assists and a block. 

 How it Happened - 

Russell Odor (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) took a swing a ball near his shoelaces just for it to make it over the net and find open space in-bounds to put the Blazers ahead 18-17 in set one

Right when Eastern had set point, the Blazers scored two of the next three points via block to take it into extras where the Eagles snuck out with the set. 

Set two was the hardest fought set reaching a score of 30-28. Casas was set by Bravo to open up the set and the strike was too much for an Eastern blocker to start the scoring.

After trading runs back and forth a kill by Sean Seely (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage High School) gave Hood a 16-15 lead and then Bravo muscled out a kill at the net against a blocker for another point.

Hood had Eastern at match point but a service ace pushed the set into extras. The Blazers put their opponent in positions to make mistakes but evidently a ball handling error stopped the surge. 

The final set started with a 9-1 run for the Eastern Eagles, the Blazers' Adam Bartice (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) provided the offense with multiple kills that deflected off defenders. 

For the Opponent  

• Josiah Cash had eight kills and four blocks 

• Adam Lucas had six kills and two service aces. 

Up Next   

The Blazers will travel to Wilkes this Friday, March 22 with a 7 p.m. start time.