It has been an amazing year as the Messiah Falcons close out the 2006 regular season undefeated with a win over Gettysburg College in 3 games. The Messiah men played solid volleyball against Gettysburg and were able to give some of the starters a rest. Look for more updates here online as the Falcons prepare for MAC Championship Tournament on Saturday. After coming in second place last year, Messiah is looking to take it all and win the tournament. This would give them great position as they travel out to Salt Lake City for nationals.

The Messiah Men came ready to play play volleyball on Saturday as they drove 2 hours to Penn College. Penn College was first on the schedule for the evening. The Falcons came out a little slow in the first game against the Wildcats, but they soon picked up the pace and won the first game by a couple points. The second match fell apart for Messiah as the crowd got into the game. Penn College pulled out the second game and took a lot of momentum with them. The Falcons never gave up. In the third game, Messiah was able to turn back to fundamental volleyball and won the game, putting the match to 2-1. The fourth game sealed the victory for the Falcons. Messiah jumped off to a quick start and got the crowd out of the game. With this boost of confidence, the Falcons quickly finished off Penn College 3 games to 1. Next up was Penn State Altoona. These three quick games turned out to be a lot less exciting for the Falcons. Messiah was able to ride the emotional wave they got with the win over Penn College and quickly took out the Lions. With these two wins, Messiah was able to jump ahead of PSU Altoona in the division.

The Messiah Men began their long journey to Temple University on Thursday evening. After fighting traffic for over 2 hours, the Falcons rolled in to play some volleyball. After giving up an initial lead, the Falcons fought back against Temple and gained a rather decisive lead. Messiah won the first game, 25-17. Keeping much of the same line up, the Falcons started off hot. In the middle of the match though, they allowed the Owls to come back into the game and tie up the score. After a motivating time-out, the men went back onto the court and pulled out a win by only 4 points, 25-21. In the third game, Coach Porr made a few more substitutions and the Falcons were able to win again and take the match. It was a good evening of volleyball as Messiah won a very necessary match to help improve national rankings.