DUE WEST, S.C.  – The Erskine College men's volleyball team (6-6, 3-3 CC) was swept by Conference Carolinas leaders Mount Olive (8-1, 7-1 CC) in three sets, 19-25, 15-25, 14-25 at Belk Arena on Monday afternoon.
 
THE ESSENTIALS:
Conf. Carolinas Standings | Stats | Scores
Div. II Scores | Record Book | Conf. Carolinas Digital Network
 
THE SERIES
The Trojans extend their lead in the all-time series to 9-5 and have now won four straight as well as seven of the last eight meetings between the teams.

THE MATCH
Set 1: Mount Olive won the first two points of the match before a Kacper Rybarczyk kill got the Fleet on the board, trailing 2-1. The Trojans maintained their lead, extending it out to 19-13, but kills by Edgerrin Austin and Jacob Whyte started a 4-0 scoring run for Erskine to get them back within two points. However, the Trojans won each of the final four points as they pulled away late and took the opening set 25-19.

Set 2: Mount Olive was in command of Set 2 from the beginning, as they led by as many as ten at one point in the set. Erskine won the next three points behind a Whyte kill and a Rybarczyk ace, but the early deficit proved to be too much as the Trojans won the second set by a score of 25-15.
 
Set 3: The Trojans won the first three points of Set 3 and, moments later, exploded on a 8-0 scoring run to go up 13-3 as they cruised to a 25-14 win in the third set to wrap up a three-set sweep of the Fleet. Erskine was paced by three kills from Whyte and two from Cole Vigo in the set.
 
THE PLAYER
Jacob Whyte hit .267 (12 K / 4 E / 30 TA) in the match, also tallying a pair of blocks and six digs for the Fleet in the loss.
 
THE TEAM
Erskine hit just .089 (26 K / 18 E / 90 TA) in the match, while Mount Olive hit .432 (44 K / 9 E / 81 TA). The Trojans totaled two more aces than the Fleet, and had 43 digs compared to Erskine's 27 as a team.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Fleet head to Tennessee for a three-match non-conference road trip, starting Thursday against Lincoln Memorial University (3-7) at 7:00 p.m. The Railsplitters lead the all-time series 2-1, having won each of the previous two meetings back in 2019.
 
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