NEWARK, N.J- The Golden Eagle Men's Volleyball team dropped their sixth and seventh straight match against No. 15 New Jersey Institute of Technology on Friday and Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: MATCH 1
Charleston was taken down in just three sets on Friday night. The Highlanders of NJIT entered the match slotted at No. 15 in the latest AVCA Coaches poll while Charleston came in winners of just two of their eight total EIVA matches.
 
The three set loss would mark the sixth straight defeat for the Golden Eagles and would be another frustrating match filled with mental mistakes.
 
Highlanders bested Charleston in every statistical category during the match besides digs, outpacing Charleston in kills (45-35), blocks (11-3), service aces (4-0), assists (43-32), and digs (19-24).
 
The offense for Charleston was led by EIVA Offensive Player of the Week nominee Jakub Osiewala. The freshman out of Kalisz, Poland notched 14 kills on 30 swings while committing 4 attack errors which netted him a .333 hitting percentage on the evening. Garret Schnitker collected 10 kills in the match as well.
 
The Golden Eagles found some life in the second set, after dropping the first 25-19. They were able to knot the score up late in the second at 24 before surrendering two straight points to go down two sets to none in the match.
 
NJIT dominated in set three and finally took the match 25-18 after an attack error by Angelo Le and a kill by the Highlanders Carson Williams.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: MATCH 2
Charleston came out with more fire on Saturday afternoon taking the first set 25-21. In the set they made just two errors and finished with 16 kills on 24 attacks.
 
They would come up just short from taking a commanding 2-0 set lead. Three straight Highlander errors late in the set gave Charleston some life at 25-24 and they would be just one point away from finishing as winners. However, NJIT recorded three straight kills to finish with a final score of 27-25.
 
The lost set deflated the Golden Eagles and they would go on to drop set three 25-19. Midway through, NJIT collected five straight points to take a commanding 15-8 lead that was simply insurmountable for Charleston.
 
Set four saw the Golden Eagles bounce back in a big way winning 25-21. In the winning set they bested the Highlanders in kills 15-8. The big swing came when NJIT took an 11-10 lead and Charleston proceeded to take 10 of the next 11 points to move the score to 20-12. From there they would finish the job with the final point of the set coming from a Highlander attack error.
 
Charleston was poised to take the fifth set and steal a win off the No. 15 team in the country but they were unable to keep the ball in the lines. Charleston gave up eight of the first 11 points to the Highlanders via errors. The hole that was dug by the Golden Eagles inability to keep the ball in play resulted in NJIT finishing the set with four straight kills by Julian Meissner to end the match 15-9.

Jakub Osiewala ended the night tallying 18 kills on 24 swings with just one error for a match best .708 hitting percentage. 

UP NEXT 
The Golden Eagles will take a week break before hosting George Mason University on April 1 at 7 p.m in the Werhle Innovation Center.