CHARLESTON, W.V. (February 20, 2016)—Chris Delucie helped the Sacred Heart men's volleyball team complete a weekend sweep of Charleston Saturday afternoon with 10 kills. The junior hit .444 in the match as the Pioneers improve to 3-1 in EIVA play with the 3-0 victory.

After taking the opening set 25-20, Sacred Heart dominated the second for a 25-10 win.  SHU hit an impressive .524 in the set with Delucie and Michael Comens combining for nine of SHU's 13 kills. The Pioneers struggled offensively in the third set hitting just .147, but managed to pull out the 25-23 win.

SHU continues its five-game road trip this Friday as they travel to New Jersey to take on the Princeton Tigers at 7:00 p.m.

How It Happened:

Set 1:

• The Pioneers jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but the Golden Eagles came back to even the score a five. A bad set by Charleston tipped the scales back in favor of SHU, but not for long as Rajahl Moxey's service ace once again evened the score at seven
• Just two points later, SHU came alive taking a significant seven-point lead on Austin Arcala's seven-point service run that featured kills from the senior, Delucie and Comens
• Despite stringing together small runs, Charleston wasn't able to catch the Pioneers and SHU took a 1-0 lead in the match

Set 2:

• The Golden Eagles got the opening point, but a kill from Comens got it all started as Sacred Heart took the next five points
• With the Pioneers up 6-3, a block from Taylor Bloomquist ignited a 9-2 hot streak that put SHU up 13-7
• Sacred Heart ended the match on another 9-2 run the culminated in the 25-10 win

Set 3:

• Charleston got an early 2-0 advantage with back-to-back kills from Eugene Stuart . The Pioneers took the next point on a Golden Eagle service error, but couldn't seem to carry over set two's offensive burst into the third set
• The Golden Eagles held the advantage throughout most of the set, taking their largest lead of five points, 13-8, on a SHU attack error. The Pioneers chipped away until a kill from Arcala prompted a three-point streak that evened the score at 19 before giving SHU its first lead of the set 20-19
• With the teams trading points, the score tied again at 20, 21 and 22. The final tie broke in the Pioneers' favor due to a Golden Eagle attack error, and Arcala moved Sacred Heart to match point with a kill
• Charleston got one more point, but a kill from rookie setter Noah Ricchetti sealed the set and match for the Pioneers