Flash Points:

• Saint Francis handed Sacred Heart its first conference loss of the season.
• Jeff Hogan (Northern Cambria, Pa./Northern Cambria) recorded a team-high 17 kills, four blocks and finished the match with a .353 hitting percentage.
• Gabe Woffindin (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) recorded 14 digs.

 
LORETTO, Pa.  – The Saint Francis men's volleyball team handed Sacred Heart its first conference loss of the season in four sets at DeGol Arena on Friday night. The Flash won 26-24, 25-20, 15-25, 25-22.
 
With the win, Saint Francis improves to 6-8 overall and 2-3 in conference play, while Sacred Heart falls to 9-2 and 2-1 in the EIVA.
 
Jeff Hogan (Northern Cambria, Pa./Northern Cambria) recorded a team-high 17 kills, four blocks and finished the match with a .353 hitting percentage. Stephen Braswell (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) and Michael Fisher (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley (Pepperdine)) both posted 10 kills. Daniel Ford (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North) dished out a match-high 37 assists and added 11 digs. Gabe Woffindin (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) contributed with 14 digs. 
 
Tied at 2-2 in the opening set, SFU would eventually take a 4-2 lead. Leading 9-7 in favor of the Flash, the Pioneers would go a 3-0 run to take a 10-9 lead. Sacred Heart would hold a lead the rest of the set, until Saint Francis scored three straight points to win the first set 26-24.
 
The Flash ripped off six unanswered points to take an impressive 9-4 lead in the second set. The Pioneers would make it a four-point set at 18-14, but that's all the closer the set would get as the Flash cruised to a 25-20 victory.
 
Sacred Heart would force a fourth set as the Pioneers won the third set 25-15.
 
Saint Francis turned an 8-6 deficit into a 9-8 lead in the fourth set. A 5-0 run midway though the set would give SFU a 20-13 advantage. The Pioneers clawed their way, making it a two-point set at 24-22 in favor in the Flash, but a Braswell kill would give the Flash the set and match 25-22.
 
Saint Francis hosts Harvard tomorrow night at 6 p.m.