Eagles Celebrate Senior Night and a Win Over Carolina University

WALESKA, GA –  It was Senior Night in Waleska, GA for Reinhardt volleyball seniors, Chase Cross, Ricardo Mujica, and Nico Castro. Chase Cross is from Orlando, Flordia and has been a huge asset to the Reinhardt program. Cross has had an amazing career as an Eagle, playing in 95 matches, totaling 744 kills, 416 digs, and 111 aces. Another senior the Eagles celebrated was Ricardo Mujica from San Juan, PR. Mujica helped Reinhardt get to the level they are now, totaling 1200 assists, 496 digs, and 76 kills. Lastly, Nico Castro is from San Juan, PR and has been with Reinhardt since the start of the program and is a player and leader you can count on in any circumstance. Castro has a total of 273 digs, 40 assists, and 28 service aces. Reinhardt was so lucky that these seniors chose to be an Eagle and chose be apart of a new Reinhardt team that has only gotten better, thanks to their strong leadership and the culture they have created.

 Reinhardt played an exciting and competitive match versus NCCAA opponents, Carolina University. Although Reinhardt ultimately won the match 3 sets to 1 (3-1; 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 25-14), Carolina University gave the Eagles the competition they needed before heading into the AAC Tournament next weekend. Libero, Alex Sanchez, previously broke the school record for most digs in a set with 23 in the last match, but Sanchez came out and did it again. He beat his own record in this match, totaling 28 digs in this 4-set match. Offensively, Victor Pacheco led the way with 16 kills and 0 errors. Bruno Dewes had 38 assists and John Hynes had 6 blocks. With only one match of the regular season left, Reinhardt is sitting in a great spot with a 19-5 record overall. They are also 7-3 in conference play, meaning they are sitting in the No. 2 spot headed into the AAC Tournament.

 Thoughts from Coach B:

 "Good win tonight versus a very good opponent. All the Honor and Glory goes to God. Tonight, our guys did something we've been struggling with the past couple of weeks, which is struggling when adversity comes and our energy goes low. I was very proud of how the guys responded and came back at the end of set 3 and to grab the momentum back. That was huge for us in being able to close out the match. Shoutout to Alex Sanchez, who broke his own record in digs in the match tonight with 28! Can't go unsaid that Victor Pacheco had 16 kills with 0 errors tonight, he was huge offensively for us.

 Congrats to our seniors and thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting them and the team!"

 Leaders:

• Victor Pacheco led the Eagle offense with 16 kills, while Rodolfo Biegelmeyer slammed down 10 of his own.
• Bruno Dewes ran a very efficient offense, totaling 38 assists. 
• Alex Sanchez had the squad-high in digs with 28, while also breaking his own record that he broke the game before.
• John Hynes stood tall at the net with 6 blocks and Pacheco added 4.
• Rodolfo Biegelmeyer had 3 service aces and Rayner Sarmiento had 2.

 Team Comparison:

Sets: 3-1 RU

Points: 68-58 RU

Kills: 51-47 RU

K %: .331% - .174% RU

Assists: 47-44 RU

Aces: 7-6 RU

Digs: 54-53 RU

Blocks: 16-8 RU

Attack Errors: 24-11 CU

Service Errors: 18-16 RU

 Up Next: With only one match left before the AAC Tournament, Reinhardt will be playing Cumberland (TN) the following day, March 25^th, at Life University at 1:30pm.