CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In their last home match of the regular season, the Queens University of Charlotte men's volleyball team fell to the Belmont Abbey Crusaders in a 3-1 decision (23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 24-26).

PLAY-BY-PLAY

• The first set saw Belmont Abbey win the attack game, garnering a hitting percentage of .344 against Queens' 265.
• Jack Brinkman led with six kills and a .455 hitting percentage in the first frame, while Chance Shampine put up three kills of his own.
• Belmont Abbey accounted for three service errors in the set while Queens had two.
• Belmont Abbey put up four blocks in the frame compared to Queens' two — and were able to seal the deal with a 25-21 first set advantage.
• In the second set, Belmont Abbey jumped ahead first by a 3-0 score before an attack error from the Crusaders put the Royals in motion. The Royals would soon tie things back up at 9-9, and push their lead even further with an 18-12 lead. Behind Zach Puentes, the Crusaders would crawl back, scoring the final four points of the match for the 25-23 victory.
• Queens grabbed their first set win of the night in the third frame. The Royals jumped up to a 5-0 lead and despite the Crusaders jumping in to tie the set in multiple occasions and securing a 23-22 lead late in the frame, the Royals held on to a 25-23 win, holding Belmont Abbey to only a  .025 hitting percentage.
• In the fourth, both squads duked point-by-point. In a frame consisting of seven tied scores, it would be Belmont Abbey's .344 hitting percentage to seal the deal in a hard-fought 26-24 final win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Chance Shampine finished with a career-high 20 kills in the match.
• Chris Peters finished with 12 digs, while Daniel Leitao added 41 assists.
• Nathan Vaupel tied a career-high six blocks in the outing.

REMARKS FROM COACH JEREMY PRICE
"I think Chance Shampine continued his hot play as of late," Price said. "He had 20 kills and played great for us on the right side. Stirling Sims was really consistent, showed good leadership. Logan McDonald passed really well tonight for us and Chris Peters was great on defense. We just need to put this well-fought match behind us and get ready for Ball State in Muncie on Saturday."

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