LANGHORNE, Pa. – The Neumann University men's volleyball team finished its season in the United East First Round, falling to Cairn University 3-0. Set scores were 25-21, 25-10 and 25-20.
 
Trey Edmonds and Isaiah Thomas each had seven kills in the match. Noah Banaag handed out 15 assists.
 
The first set had the teams going back and forth and going point-for-point for most of the set. Tied at 19, The Highlanders tallied three straight kills for a 22-19 edge. The Knights scored the next two points to pull within one. Cairn sealed the 25-21 set one win with the next three points.
 
Cairn jumped out to an early lead 7-0 lead to start set two. The Highlanders kept the pressure on and built a 17-3 advantage. The Knights were able to trade points before Cairn took the set 25-10.
 
The Knights scored the first point of set three and took an early 4-2 edge. With Neumann leading 6-5, Cairn scored six straight points to take an 11-6 advantage. The Highlanders then had another stretch of five consecutive points to lead 17-8. The Knights scored six points while Cairn tallied three to get back within five, 21-16. Neumann's comeback attempt ran out of time as the Highlanders were able to clinch the set 25-20 and the match 3-0.
 
Neumann wraps up its first season 5-14 overall under first year head coach Kiriam Yordan.