The Roanoke College men’s volleyball team faced off against Penn State-Altoona in their first-ever home match and came away with a thrilling five-set win over the Lions in front of over 500 fans at the C. Homer Bast Center last Saturday evening. This is the inaugural year for men’s volleyball at RC.
After dropping the first set, 24-26, the Maroons won the next two, 25-22 and 25-16. The Lions tied things up with a 25-23 win in the fourth set but RC put it was in the fifth and deciding set to 15, 15-10. Three Maroons reached double-digit kills, led by Michael Cummins with 17.
Roanoke is at Marymount College this Friday.