WILLKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Hood College Men's Volleyball team traveled to King's College for a tri-match and fell in both matchups against King's College and Drew with scores of 3-1 and 3-0.

 Set Scores  

• Kings won in straight sets. 25-15, 25-18, 25-20.  

• Drew won 3-1 in sets, 25-18, 25-21, and 23-16. 

Inside the Box Score  - Kings 

• Charles Casas (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen High School) had 11 kills and four blocks. 

• Sean Seely (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage High School) had eight kills and six digs.  

• Cameron Nugent (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional) led the Blazers in aces with three. 

• Gael Bravo (Lanham, Md./Bowie High School) had 18 assists. 

How it Happened - King's 

• Set one featured Bravo creating pressure on King's that lead to attack errors. The Blazers took the lead 4-3 before taking the lead back at 6-5 and 7-6. Then Kings would score four straight and then another four straight to create the gap. 

• Set two started was highlighted with a Casas kill at 3-2 followed by a service ace falling in the area of the Monarchs' Gavin Gilhool. Later Seely would score back-to-back points to put the Blazers within five and that is the closest the score would be. 

• Casas and Seely took control of the kills in the final set and even when Hood was met at match point at 24-16, they scored four points in response before the last point was scored for King's. 

For the Opponent  - King's 

• King's Greg Bousquet had 11 kills, eight digs, and two blocks. 

• Ben Maskiell had 31 assists. 

Inside the Box Score  - Drew 

• Charles Casas (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen High School) had 17 kills, seven digs, and two digs. 

• Gael Bravo (Lanham, Md./Bowie High School) had 23 assists and eight digs. 

• Dan Blanchfield (Cambridge, N.Y./Cambridge Central) had three aces. 

How it Happened - Drew  

• Drew quickly went up 5-0 before four different Blazers had kills to bring it back to a 8-6 deficit. The Rangers were very streaky as Hood would put up a couple of points but Drew replied with chunks of three and five and ran away with the first set. 

• After being down early in set two, the Blazers took advantage of opposing service errors and successful service aces by their own Dan Blanchfield (Cambridge, N.Y./Cambridge Central) and Brendan Stutz (Frederick, Md./Oakdale). Casas eventually found open space in the back row to take a 25-24 lead, then the Monarchs mishandled a Adam Bartice (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson) serve and the Blazers took set two. 

• Drew's momentum ultimately is what worked against the Blazers as an 11-2 run in the fourth set flipped the scripted and ended the match. 

For the Opponent  

• Drew's Ephraim Smith totaled 20 kills and a service ace. 

• Jacob Sledz had six service aces. 

Up Next   

 The Blazers will host Stevenson on Wednesday, March 27 for Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night with gametime at 7 p.m..