The Juniata men's volleyball team turned away a feisty #15 Stevenson team, 3-2 (27-25, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 15-9), Saturday afternoon inside Memorial Gymnasium on the second day of the Juniata Invitational.  

The opening set was tightly contested and back and forth affair as neither team could gain much separation. The Mustangs pushed their advantage to four midway through the set 14-18, which was the largest advantage to that point. A kill from David Hibner (Burke, Va. / Lake Braddock Secondary), a block by Joe Fick (Venetia, Pa. / Peters Township) and Hibner, and a kill from Sean Cavanagh (Cranberry Twp., Pa. / Seneca Valley) brought JC back within one. The teams traded points for a bit, but with the score at 18-21, JC rallied to take the lead. A service error by Stevenson was followed by an ace from Robert Bowling (Columbus, Ohio / Hilliard Darby), which caused the visitors to call a timeout. Bowling and Fick put down back to back kills to give Juniata their first lead since early in the set. The Mustangs took the next two points to retake the lead, and this time Juniata was the one calling a timeout. The teams traded points as the Mustangs reached set point, but a kill from Bowling and a block by Hibner and Cavanagh gave JC set point. Stevenson took the next point on an attack error, but another Cavanagh kill followed by a Bowling kill off the block gave Juniata set one, 27-25.