Princeton was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Coming off a humiliating loss to unranked Navy, the men's volleyball team came out on fire last night and handed the Tigers their worst loss of the season. The Lions (16-4, 8-1 EIVA) stayed strong the whole way, taking only 45 minutes to sweep Princeton.

After siding out on the first serve of game one, the Lions realized what they had to do and proceeded to get the serve back after the Tigers scored a point. Junior Ed Josefoski stayed on the server's line for the rest of the game, leading the Lions to a 15-1 win.

"The guys were angry after the Navy match," Assistant Coach Mark Pavlik said. "They didn't care who was on the other side of the net. They just wanted to play their game and they did just that."

Game two began with the Tigers continuing to play the way they had in the opener. The Lions scored eight points off of wide hits by the Tigers or blocks.

"Their defense was afraid of our blocks," Pavlik said. "They are a good, young team, but we were just too strong."

The Lions may have been thirsty to avenge the loss to unranked Navy on Saturday. After last night's match, the Lions disproved all of the questions circling in doubters minds.

"It was not as much revenge. It was more of a controlled anger," Pavlik said. "They were embarrassed about the Navy match and it didn't matter who was in their way."

For game three, Coach Tom Peterson decided to allow the second team to earn some playing time. Unfortunately, this decision came at the same time that the Tigers were awakening from their two-game hibernation.

"Princeton was shell-shocked in game one and were scared of our block in game two," Pavlik said. "We hit .750 in the first two games. But Princeton settled down in game three. It was more realistic of how Princeton and Penn State should play."

The Lions did not slack off any, as they hit .505 in the final game en route to a 15-10 win to remain in first place in the conference.

Today, the Lions travel to East Stroudsburg to play in their final regualar season match. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast by 1450 WMAJ-AM.

Tonight's match should end up the same as last night's because the Warriors and the Tigers are set up the same way. Both teams are young, scrappy defensive teams whose crowds can be vocal. But the Lions think they can handle the Warriors just as easily.

"It was nice to dominate here and I am sure that we can come out just as strong tomorrow night," Pavlik said.