GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Erskine College men's volleyball team (1-0) defeated Tusculum University (0-1) in straight sets at Pioneer Arena on Wednesday evening in the 2024 season opener for the Fleet.

Erskine got a match-high 14 kills from Edgerrin Austin, helping the Fleet hit .291 as a team as Francisco Pomar (38 assists) ran the offense to a commanding road win.

MATCH STATS at Tusculum (3-0 FINAL, 25-16, 26-24, 25-22)
KILLS: Edgerrin Austin (14)
ACES: Francisco Pomar (2)
BLOCKS: Wiktor Ankurowski (4)
ASSISTS: Francisco Pomar (38)
DIGS: Kacper Rybarczyk (6)

THE PLAYER
Redshirt senior Edgerrin Austin led the Fleet hitters with a match-high 14 kills on an efficient .391 hitting percentage. The reigning All-Conference Carolinas 2nd Team performer also added four digs to lead the Fleet to a season-opening victory.

THE TEAM
Erskine hit .291 (40 K / 17 E / 79 TA) for the match, while holding the Pioneers to just a .143 hitting percentage.

WHAT'S NEXT? 
Erskine has its home opener this weekend, starting a three-match home stand against Edward Waters University on Friday night at 7 p.m. These two teams met twice in 2022, with each team winning on its home court, including a four-set win for the Fleet in Due West in the last meeting.

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