The EIVA Championship match was just a few points old when St. Francis’ Jeff Hogan unloaded a big swing right into the waiting arms of Penn State’s Aidan Albrecht.
The redshirt junior rejected the swing, with the solo block giving the Nittany Lions an early lead and igniting a very vocal Rec Hall crowd.
“When I saw that I freaked out,” setter Luke Braswell said after the match. “That was awesome.”
The rejection gave a huge emotional boost to the Nittany Lions, and they rode it all the way to a 3-0 sweep of the Red Flash for the EIVA title and an automatic berth in the Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship tournament.