BETHANY, W.Va. – The Geneva College men's volleyball team earned a road sweep at Bethany on Wednesday evening, defeating the Bison 25-15, 25-10, 25-14.  The Golden Tornadoes improved their record to 11-9.
 
Geneva took command early against the first-year Bison program, scoring the first five points of the match behind a block from senior Carter Milroy, an ace from junior Matthew Thoman, and back-to-back kills from freshman Owen Kelley and sophomore Evan Puhl.  Midway through the set, another run behind kills from Kelley, Thoman, freshman Peter Samuelsen and junior Decker Milroy extended the Geneva edge to 13-5.  An ace from Kelley and a kill from Carter Milroy helped the men finish off the set, 25-15.
 
An ace from Decker Milroy and another block from Carter Milroy helped Geneva jump ahead 5-1 in the second set.  Kills from Thoman and Decker Milroy, followed by back-to-back blocks from Carter Milroy, pushed the lead to 16-6 midway through, and kills from sophomore Paul O'Donnell and Thoman finished off the set, 25-10.
 
The third set followed a similar script.  Two early kills from Kelley, along with kills from Thoman, Samuelsen, O'Donnell and freshman Alex Smith allowed Geneva to jump ahead 10-3.  Two more kills from Thoman and a block from Puhl pushed the lead to 20-9, and kills from Puhl and Decker Milroy enabled the Golden Tornadoes to close out the match, 25-14.
 
Kelley and Thoman led the offense with seven kills apiece as Geneva hit .247 as a team.  Carter Milroy finished with a team-high five blocks, Decker Milroy directed the offense with 22 assists, and Carter Milroy, Kelley and junior Grant Rice finished with seven digs each.
 
The men get back on the road for the fifth straight weekend coming up.  Geneva heads to Wells (NY) on Saturday to open conference play with a match against Wells at 12:00 p.m., followed by a non-conference match against SUNY Potsdam at 2:00 p.m.


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