Springfield, Mass. - The Lehman College men's volleyball team dropped matches to Arcadia (3-1) and Springfield College (3-0) in a tri-match played in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday.  The team is now 14-11 on the season.

The Lightning took a set, but ultimately fell to Arcadia, 3-1.  The scores went 27-25, 25-19, 23-25 and 25-12.  Filipe Velandia had a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs.  Yaw Eshun totaled 14 kills, while George Montilla gave out 38 assists.  Lehman played from behind throughout the first set until a late, 5-0 run turned a 3-0 deficit into a 22-20 lead for the Lightning.  The points came from an Eshun block a kill from Velandia and three kills from Eshun also.  Lehman led 25-24, but Arcadia scored three straight points to take the set, 27-25.

After falling behind 3-1 early in set two, the Lightning used another rally, this time a 4-0 run to take a 5-3 lead.  The points came from two Arcadia errors and kills from Velandia and Roberto Ventura Diaz.  The score would be tied at 12-12, but Arcadia took the set, 25-19.

Set three went to Lehman, 25-23.  The Lightning played from behind again, eventually evening the score at 13-all.  Arcadia used a 7-2 run to take a 20-15 lead.  Velanida, Eshun and Diaz keyed a 5-0 Lehman run that tied the score at 21-all.  Peter Veljovic put the Lightning up 24-23 with a kill and teamed with Diaz to block an attack for the final point.  Set four went to Arcadia 25-12.  Lehman fell behind 12-4 and was never able to recover.

Match two went to Springfield, 3-0.  The scores of the sets were 25-15, 25-18 and 25-15.  Montilla led the team with 11 assists.  After trading points early on in set one, Lehman trailed 12-4 and never caught up.  Set two saw the Lightning go down 6-2 but rallied to pull within 18-16.  Springfield closed out the set with a 7-2 run.  Finally, Lehman trailed 6-0 in set three and couldn't recover.  An Eshun kill got them as close as 8-5, but Springfield took the set, 25-12.

The team returns to action on Tuesday, March 27, when they face Brooklyn College in Brooklyn at 6PM.