The Belmont Abbey men's volleyball team dropped a three set decision to Lees-McRae inside the Wheeler Center on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats (11-3,7-3) swept the three sets by a score of 25-19,25-14,25-22.

For Lees-McRae, Jose Ribas and John Lucas led the Bobcats attack with 12 and 10 kills, respectively, on a team that attacked at a .233 clip. Randy Ramirez earned 34 assists, while serving the lone of ace of the day for LMC.

For the Crusaders (7-8,3-7), Griffin O'Camb reached double figures in kills with 10 on the day, to go with a service ace. Derek Sullivan tallied 13 assists.

The Crusaders will take on Coker Wednesday night at 7pm, before heading west of the Mississippi for an eight match road trip, beginning in the Quad Cities area of the Midwest on Friday, March 1 against Warner College(4pm CST) and Graceland(6pm CST). The doubleheader is part of the 2013 Fighting Bee Classic.