HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Erskine College men's volleyball team (2-1) split a pair of road games in Tennessee over the weekend. The Fleet were swept by Tusculum University (2-1) on Friday but bounced back with an impressive four-set win at Lincoln Memorial University (3-1) on Saturday.

The duo of Colin Fahey (12 kills, 5 blocks) and Gino Briglio (44 assists, 8 digs) helped the Fleet earn their first road win of the young season on Saturday at LMU.

MATCH 1 STATS at Tusculum (0-3 FINAL, 23-25, 15-25, 22-25)
KILLS: True Bauer (8)
ACES: Gino Briglio (2)
BLOCKS: Tyler Kuehl (2)
ASSISTS: Gino Briglio (18)
DIGS: Mikey Widmyer (13)

THE TEAM
Erskine hit just .101 (31 K / 22 E / 89 TA) for the match, while Tusculum posted an impressive .346 hitting percentage. Both teams had four aces but the Fleet were outdone in the blocks department, 6 to 2.

MATCH 2 STATS at Lincoln Memorial (3-1 FINAL, 29-27, 14-25, 25-19, 27-25)
KILLS: True Bauer (19)
ACES: True Bauer (3)
BLOCKS: Colin Fahey (5)
ASSISTS: Gino Briglio (44)
DIGS: Gino Briglio (8), Jordan Stoll (8)

THE PLAYER
Junior middle blocker Colin Fahey had his best performance of his Erskine career on Saturday, pouring in career highs in kills (12) and blocks (5). Fahey recorded the 12 kills on just 15 swings, recording a remarkable .667 hitting percentage, as the Railsplitters had no answer for Fahey all game long.

THE TEAM
Erskine hit .333 (56 K / 17 E / 117 TA) for the match, edging out Lincoln Memorial's .319 hitting percentage. The Fleet had decided advantages in blocks (11 to 6) and aces (6 to 3) over the Railsplitters.

WHAT'S NEXT? 
Erskine has back-to-back home games against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2-0), starting Thursday at 6 p.m. inside Belk Arena, before the teams will do it again on Friday evening as well.

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