Marymount University

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Marymount fell to Chris. Newport 3-0 on Friday, with set scores of 17-25, 15-25 and 19-25.

The lost pushed the Saints' record to 9-8 overall, with Atlantic East play beginning next week. 

Saints Top Performers

Renae Rohrer
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- team-high 15 digs
- 2 assists

Rohrer has recorded at least 15 digs in eight consecutive games.

Sabrina Schoeberlein
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- team-high 7 kills
- 2 digs
- 7.0 points

Emerson Aber
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- 11 digs
- 6 assists
- team-high 2 service aces

Braelyn Ottolini
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- team-high 7 assists
- 4 digs
- 1 service ace

Chris. Newport moved ahead 8-2 early in the opening set behind Simara Alexander's serving run, which included three aces, while Eliana Knaub had the Saints' first kill. After Chris. Newport pushed the margin to 14-6, the Saints worked back with kills from Layla Scott, Sabrina Schoeberlein and Elizabeth Stackpole, trimming the deficit to 17-15. Chris. Newport answered with five straight points, including two Jasmine Williams kills and a Lauren Hobbs ace, and after the Saints pulled two points back, Chris. Newport closed the set with the final three points for a 25-17 win.

Chris. Newport opened the second set with three straight points, including two kills by Alli Pratt, and the Saints were still trying to settle in when CNU pushed the margin to 9-2 behind an Avery Hanly kill and a string of Saints attack errors. The Saints chipped back with a Brigid Donahue kill, an Emerson Aber ace and a Knaub kill to get within 15-9, but CNU answered with the next four points to move ahead 19-9. The Saints put together a late three-point stretch, capped by a Stackpole kill from Braelyn Ottolini that made it 22-14, before CNU took three of the final four points to close the set 25-15.

The third set stayed within a point through Jasmine Williams' ace that put Chris. Newport ahead 8-7, and the Saints answered by taking five of the next six points behind Emerson Aber's ace and Eliana Knaub's kill to move in front 12-9. Chris. Newport pulled even at 13-13 on consecutive Saints attack errors, but Braelyn Ottolini's ace, Sabrina Schoeberlein's kill and Caylee Walsh's ace helped the Saints go back ahead 17-15. Chris. Newport then scored five straight, using kills from Avery Hanly and Sylvia Wargolet, a block by Carley Coghill and Williams, and a Hanly ace to move ahead 20-17. The Saints got back within 20-18 and 23-19, but Chris. Newport moved to 24-19 on an Aber service error and finished the 25-19 set on Wargolet's kill from Lanie Goff.

UP NEXT

• The Saints open up Atlantic East Conferene play next week, heading to Hackettstown, N.J., to face Centenary University on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. at John M. Reeves Student Recreation Center.