ELMIRA, NY – The Buffalo State men's volleyball team earned a split at the Elmira Tri-Match this afternoon as they fell in three sets to the host-Soaring Eagles before defeating King's College in four sets at Speidel Gymnasium.

GAME ONE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Elmira – 3, Buffalo State – 0
SET SCORES: (21-25, 12-25, 17-25)
LOCATION: Speidel Gymnasium – Elmira, NY
RECORDS: Elmira: 3-0 (0-0 UVC), Buffalo State – 3-5 (0-0 AMCC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Kaden Strong (Buffalo, NY/West Seneca East), Davian Serrano Colon (Naranjito, Puerto Rico), and DeAngelo D'Aloise (Lockport, NY/Starpoint) each had four kills to lead the Bengals.
• Drew Bowman (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) dished out 11 assists while Gavin Wilczewski (Elma, NY/East Aurora) had four digs.
• Strong and Serrano Colon each had a pair of blocks in the effort.

 
 HOW IT HAPPENED

• After jumping out to a 4-2 lead, the Soaring Eagles never lost the lead the rest of the first set despite a late push from the Bengals.
• Elmira dominated early in the second set jumping out to a quick 10-2 lead. The Soaring Eagles were eventually able to score the final four points to win the set.
• Another fast start in the third set propelled Elmira to a 17-7 start.
• The Soaring Eagles were able to hold off any threat of a Bengal comeback to secure the win.

 
 FOR THE FOES

• Jordan Peiser had 15 kills while Max Cohen had 32 assists to lead the Soaring Eagles.

 
GAME TWO BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 3, King's – 1
SET SCORES: (25-23, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22)
LOCATION: Speidel Gymnasium – Elmira, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 4-5 (0-0 AMCC), King's: 1-2 (0-0 MAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Wilczewski paced the Bengals offense matching a career-high with 21 kills.
• Strong chipped in 10 kills of his own with a pair of blocks and a pair of digs.
• Jackson Stang (Tonawanda, NY/Sweet Home) dished out 51 assists to break 1,000 assists for his career: the first Bengal to accomplish the feat in program history.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Monarchs started strong in the opening set, however, a late push from the Bengals led them to an opening set victory.
• The Monarchs bounced-back in the second set after a back-and-forth affair for much of it.
• The Bengals dominated late in the third set as they scored six of the final seven points to push the Monarchs.
• Five straight points in the final set was enough for the Bengals as they used to momentum to finish the win.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Logan Dougherty led King's with 15 kills in the effort.
• Ben Maskiell dished out 30 assists with four digs.

 
 UP NEXT
The Bengals will return to action next Friday as they will travel to Mount Union for a 7:00 pm matchup with the Purple Raiders.