LORETTO, Pa. — Sacred Heart University men's volleyball dropped a road Northeast Conference contest to Saint Francis University, 3-0, on Friday evening in Loretto, Pa.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 3-7 (1-2 NEC)
Saint Francis: 3-9 (2-1 NEC)

Top Performers:
Patrick Mucherino: 10 kills, 11 points
Tyler Kwinta: .667 hitting percentage, 22 assists, 10 digs
Mark Berry: 2 aces, 2 blocks, 8 kills, 5 digs, 11 points
Ife Loverton: 2 blocks, 3 points

Up Next:
The Pioneers are back on the road tomorrow to take on NEC foe Fairleigh Dickinson at 6 p.m.

Of Note:
Sacred Heart kept Saint Francis on its toes in the first set in a 25-21 loss. Ryan Benscoter notched a service ace, and Mark Berry contested SFU with a block and five kills in the set, but SHU couldn't find enough steam after scoring four of six points to end the first.

Saint Francis got off to an 8-4 start in the second set before three kills from Berry, one from Tyler Kwinta, and service aces from Berry and Ryan Mucherino closed it 16-14. SFU would end the second set on a 9-3 run after out-hitting the Pioneers .500 to .074 on 10 kills to eight.

After SFU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third, Dylan McClung evened things up with a kill before forcing an attack error. SFU then answered back with a 6-3 run. Two more Saint Francis errors and another McClung kill tied it back out at 8-8 before SFU scored six consecutive points and seven of eight to jump out 15-9 over the Pioneers. SFU won the set 25-18, but not before two kills from Carlos Santa Cruz and kills from Kwinta as well Berry, who chipped in another service ace before the match was set in stone.