Marymount University

BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- Marymount women's volleyball took on Stevens and Bridgewater on Saturday, dropping both matches 3-0, 3-0.

With the losses, the Saints drop to 9-11, 0-1 AEC on the season. 

STEVENS 3 - MARYMOUNT 0

Saints Top Performers

Eliana Knaub
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- team-high 7 kills
- .267 hitting percentage
- 1 block assist
- team-high 7.5 points

Emerson Aber
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- team-high 12 assists
- 4 digs

Braelyn Ottolini
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- 7 assists
- tied for team-high 9 digs

Renae Rohrer
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- tied for team-high 9 digs
- 3 assists

Hailey LaBonte
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- 6 kills
- 6 digs
- 1 block assist

The Saints moved in front 3-1 in the first set after an Ava Humphries service ace and a Stevens attack error, but Stevens answered with six straight points behind a Julianne Danis kill and ace, two Saints attack errors and an Alyssa O'Neal kill to go up 7-3. Stevens moved to 15-8 before kills by Brigid Donahue and Eliana Knaub made it 15-10, then scored six straight points, including an Ella Boland service ace and kills by Eva Tarolli and Danis, to stretch the margin to 21-10. The Saints cut a 22-12 deficit to 22-16 with a Knaub kill, two Elizabeth Stackpole kills and a Stevens setting error, and later got within 24-19 on another Stackpole kill before O'Neal closed the set for Stevens, 25-19.

The Saints moved in front 4-1 early in the second set, with Knaub putting down two kills around a block by Angela McKenzie and Hailey LaBonte before Stevens worked back within 6-5. Stevens took control with five straight points, using three Alyssa O'Neal kills, a block by Alexa Brucculeri and a Julianne Danis service ace to turn the Saints' 6-4 lead into a 9-6 deficit, then continued to create separation at 17-10 behind more O'Neal offense and an Ella Kraver ace. The Saints got a kill from McKenzie and a Kate Craver ace to cut it to 17-12, but after a Knaub kill made it 19-13, Stevens scored the final six points, including a Kileen McNeill kill and a Danis ace, to take the set 25-13.

The Saints moved in front 3-1 in the third set after Angela McKenzie's kill from Emerson Aber and consecutive Stevens attack errors, but Stevens pulled even at 4-4 and later used a three-point burst to go ahead 8-5. Hailey LaBonte stopped that stretch with a kill, and Stackpole and Donahue combined on a block to make it 10-7, but Stevens answered with four straight points, including an Alyssa O'Neal kill and service ace, to extend the margin to 14-7. Knaub and LaBonte added kills as the Saints tried to work back, and the Saints later took four of five points to get within 23-17 on Donahue's kill from Renae Rohrer. Stevens closed the set with kills by Eva Tarolli and Jenna Hathaway to take it 25-17.

BRIDGEWATER 3 - MARYMOUNT 0

Eliana Knaub
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- team-high 7 kills on .300 hitting
- 2 blocks
- team-high 8.0 points

Emerson Aber
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- team-high 12 assists
- team-high 10 digs

Braelyn Ottolini
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- team-high 3 service aces
- 6 assists
- 2 digs

Angela McKenzie
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- 5 kills
- team-high 3 blocks
- 6.5 points

The Saints opened the first set with three straight points, including a block by Angela McKenzie and Eliana Knaub, but Bridgewater (VA) answered with an Agnes Alford kill and an Alexis Currie service ace to move in front 4-3 and later held a 7-4 lead after a Reagan Stoop kill and a Molly Gardner ace. The Saints got within 8-7 on a service error and a Bridgewater attack error, but Bridgewater used kills by Sarah Furst, Maecy Ann Frizzelle and Alford to build a 14-9 lead before a block by Alford and Frizzelle helped make it 16-10. Brigid Donahue and Knaub added kills as the Saints continued to trade points, and the Saints put together four straight points to close to 22-16 behind Kate Craver's ace and a Hailey LaBonte kill, but Bridgewater reached set point on a Claire Griffith ace and finished the set 25-17 on Stoop's kill.

The Saints stayed even early, getting a kill from Knaub and a service ace from Braelyn Ottolini to make it 4-4 before Hailey LaBonte's ace tied the set at 6-6. Bridgewater (VA) moved from the 6-6 tie to a 13-8 lead, with Frizzelle recording three kills during that stretch and Griffith adding a kill. After Bridgewater later led 16-11, the Saints cut it to 16-14 on a Knaub kill, a Bridgewater attack error and Ottolini's service ace, but Bridgewater answered with the next two points. The Saints stayed within 22-20 after a Bridgewater service error, but Stoop's kill and consecutive Gardner service aces closed the set for Bridgewater, 25-20.

The Saints moved ahead 2-0 to open the third set, but Bridgewater (VA) quickly tied it and the teams traded points through a 14-14 score. Bridgewater (VA) created separation with a service ace by Gardner, a kill by Griffith and another Gardner ace to go in front 17-14. The Saints stayed within range behind a McKenzie kill, an Ottolini ace and later kills from McKenzie and Knaub, with Knaub's finish tying the set at 22-22. Bridgewater (VA) answered with the next two points, and after a Donahue-McKenzie block brought the Saints within 24-23, a service error closed Bridgewater (VA)'s 25-23 set win.

UP NEXT

Marymount will be back in action inside of Converse Family Fieldhouse this Tuesday, Oct. 20, taking on Gwynedd Mercy in AEC action.