The Sacred Heart University men's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Princeton at Dillion Gymnasium. The Pioneers drop to 4-7 overall and 0-6 in the EIVA, while the Tigers improve to 8-5 overall and 6-1 in the EIVA.

Princeton recorded a .410 hit percentage, while Sacred heart tallied at .208 hit percentage.

The Pioneers are back in action on Saturday, February 29 against NJIT.

By The Numbers

• Connor Mahoney led Sacred Heart with eight kills, two assists and six digs
• Jerod Nelson led both teams with 14 kills, one solo block and two block assists and had nine digs on the night
• Ramiro Balaguer recorded 23 assists on the night along with four kills
• Princeton tallied 6.5 total blocks while Sacred Heart collected 2.0

First Set (Princeton 25, Sacred Heart 15)

• The Tigers started strong with a 3-0 run to start the first set on the back of two kills by George Huhmann
• Princeton increased their lead going on a 4-2 run, 7-2
• Each team traded points then a kill by Connor Mahoney cut into the Tigers lead at 16-11
• The teams kept even, with the Tigers slightly outscoring the Pioneers 5-4, 21-15
• Princeton scored four straight points to take the first set 25-15

Second Set (Princeton 25, Sacred Heart 21)

• Sacred Heart jumped out to a 3-1 lead on two kills from Shawn Tischler and Paolo Samin
• The Pioneers continued there run to lead by 5-2, however Princeton countered with a 4-1 run to tie the second set at seven a piece forcing a Sacred Heart timeout
• The Tigers took five straight rallies out of the timeout to lead 12-7, the Pioneers went on a run of their own outscoring the host 4-1, 13-11 on two kills from Mahoney and Nicholas Palluzzi fueled the Pioneers run
• Two back-to-back kills from Tischler and Samin fueled a 4-1 run that cut into the Princeton's lead, 16-15
• The Tigers countered with a 4-2 run to lead 20-17
• The teams traded points but Princeton finished the set on a 5-4 run to take a 25-21 victory 

Third Set (Princeton 25, Sacred Heart 21)

• Prince led 2-0 at the start of the third set, but the Pioneers countered with a 4-2 run on two kills by Balaguer and one by Mahoney and Samin to tie the game at 4-4
• Three straight service aces from Princeton gave the host an 8-5 lead
• Sacred Heart outscored the Tigers 3-1 fueled by a kill from Tischler, 10-9
• Princeton won four straight points to force a Sacred Heart timeout, 16-10
• The Pioneers went on a 4-0 run on four consecutive attack errors, 16-14
• A 4-1 run by the Tigers increased their lead to five, 20-15
• Each team traded points to make it 24-19, the Pioneers had a late 2-0 surge with a kill from Samin, but a Huhmann kill sealed the match at 25-21