Eagles Sweep Both St. Andrews & Kentucky St. in Saturday Tri-Match

Waleska, GA – Reinhardt Men's Volleyball was hosting a tri-match including AAC opponents St. Andrews and NCAA team, Kentucky State. The Reinhardt Eagles had a great day on both the offensive and defensive side of things, sweeping through both the Knights and the Thorobreds. The Eagles have added some strong athletes to an already talented roster. Reinhardt is currently 6-2 overall and 1-2 in conference play.  The next game for the Eagles will include a AAC game at Life University this upcoming Wednesday, February 15^th at 7:00pm. 

Game One: Reinhardt 3, St. Andrews 0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-19)

The first match of the day began at 11am versus the St. Andrews Knights. Reinhardt had control of the entire match with a solid performance offensively and defensively. Reinhardt won the match 3-0. Victor Pacheco had an a great performance with 14 kills (.296) and 6 total blocks.Behind him, was Rodolfo Biegelmeyer, who slammed down 9 kills of his own (.208).Bruno Dewes ran a great offense and had 31 assists on the match. Defensively, Alex Sanchez took control of the defense with 15 digs. Biegelmeyer also added 3 service aces. The Eagles will look to continue their momentum into the next game versus NCAA DII opponent's Kentucky State this upcoming match.

Thoughts from Coach B on Game One:

"We had a grind of a week preparing for this match. This was one we felt as though was a must win. With us having a small conference and dropping two conference matches in Florida, we really wanted to get in the win column conference wise.

I have a lot of respect for Coach Ben at SAU and their program is very lucky to have him. He has a very talented roster with two solid players in the two most important positions (Setter & Libero). We didn't play clean and didn't execute our defensive game plan but credit to our block. Our block stayed disciplined and was a big key to the team being able to pull out a big win."

Game Two: Reinhardt 3, Kentucky St. 0

Game two for the Eagles was versus Kentucky State at 4pm. This game went a lot similarly to the first one, maintaining the momentum through each set, clenching the 3-0 win versus the NCAA DII team. Rodolfo Biegelmeyer slammed the squad-high of 12 kills down (.476). Bruno Dewes led in assists with 18, while Jake Pennypacker had 11. Defensively, Alex Sanchez had of 17 digs and Dalton Fellows had 5 blocks on the match.

Thoughts from Coach B on Game Two:

"This is a very tough match for me to comment on as I was very disappointed in how our team was treated by a player on the opposing team and how the officials were treated. Character is a huge part of our culture so I was proud of our team for not getting sucked into any of that.

We were able to go deeper in this match and I thought it was a good team win. At the end of the day, we went 1-0 twice and now we are back to 0-0. We will get back to work on Monday and look to go 1-0 on Wednesday!

I want to say thank you to God for the Blessing of getting to lead this program and give Him all the Honor and Glory!"