ARLINGTON, Va.—The Marymount (Va.) University men's volleyball squad notched another Continental Volleyball Conference victory on Saturday night, defeating Juniata College for the second time this season in a four-set thriller, 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-18).

The Saints trailed early in set one and battled point-for-point with the Eagles until late in the set. The Eagles put together a 3-0 run to pull away from the Saints, 16-19, before the Saints called a timeout to slow down the Eagles' momentum. Coming out of the timeout, Juniata committed a service error while the Saints rallied to cut the deficit to two. However, it wasn't quite enough as Marymount fell short in set one, 25-21.

Sophomore TJ Wiechecki got things started in set two with a kill. The Eagles answered quickly and both teams continued to battle for each point. Late in the set, MU pieced together a 3-0 run to force a timeout from JC. Marymount finished the set, 25-21, after taking advantage of an Eagles' service error followed by a hitting error. 

Set three started as another point-for-point battle, registering three ties early in the set. The Eagles were able to gain a small lead at 8-5 before the Saints put together a 3-0 run. MU tied the set at 19 on a kill by sophomore Graham Clark. The Saints again tied the game at 22-22, forcing a timeout by the Eagles. The momentum shifted in favor of Marymount as it took its second lead of the game at 23-22. JC didn't back down and forced the set into extra points before MU was able to capitalize on back-to-back Eagle errors, and ending the set with an ace from sophomore Jordan Pawlicki, 26-24.

Marymount took a commanding 3-0 lead at the beginning of the set after a kill from sophomore Tomasz Ksiazkiewicz, an error by the Eagles, and an ace from sophomore Connor Choate. The Saints led by as much as eight during the set, holding the advantage to at least four throughout. Ksiazkiewicz went back to work to finish the set, 25-18, with a kill.

Ksiazkiewicz paced the Saints' offense with 11 kills followed by Wiechecki with 10. Sophomore Erich Bratke and Pawlicki commanded the court, racking up 22 and 20 assists, respectively. Choate led the Saints on defense after scooping up five digs.

Marymount will continue CVC play on the road at Stevenson University on Wednesday, March 23. First serve is set for 7 p.m.