Marymount University

ARLINGTON, Va. — Marymount (10-12) lost to Mary Washington (8-9) 3-0 on Wednesday, with set scores of 17-25, 21-25, 13-25. 

Saints Top Performers

Emerson Aber
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- team-high 16 assists
- 6 digs
- 2 service aces

Renae Rohrer
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- team-high 10 digs
- 2 service aces
- 1 kill on 1.000 hitting

Eliana Knaub
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- team-high 6 kills
- 5 digs

Sabrina Schoeberlein
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- team-high 6 kills
- 2 digs

Angela McKenzie
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- 4 kills on .250 hitting
- 1 service ace
- 1 block assist

The Saints got early kills from Eliana Knaub and led 4-3, but Mary Washington moved ahead 9-5 behind Jocelyn Fang's serve and points that included a Fang ace and a block by Alice Holoubek and Sierra Hunt. The Saints worked back to 11-11 on kills by Angela McKenzie and Brigid Donahue, then Caylee Walsh served an ace and McKenzie added another kill as the Saints went in front 14-11. Mary Washington answered with nine straight points, including kills by Ashlee Overley, Alice Holoubek and Natalie Brown and an Overley ace, to take a 20-14 lead. Sabrina Schoeberlein had two late kills for the Saints, but Mary Washington closed the set 25-17 on Holoubek's kill.

After an early 4-2 deficit in the second set, the Saints scored four straight points on Braelyn Ottolini's serve, getting a kill from McKenzie, a kill from Renae Rohrer and an ace from Ottolini to move in front 7-4. Mary Washington came back to tie the set at 8-8 and later went ahead 12-9, but Layla Scott's kill and consecutive aces by Emerson Aber pulled the Saints even at 12-12. After Mary Washington briefly moved back in front, a service error and a bad set gave the Saints a 14-13 lead, and the teams traded points through an 18-18 tie before Mary Washington scored twice for a 20-18 edge. The Saints tied it again at 20-20, but Mary Washington scored five of the final six points, closing the set 25-21.

Mary Washington scored the first eight points of the third set, with Natalie Brown putting down two kills and Josie Calhoun serving an ace before a service error gave the Saints their first point. The Saints got kills from Schoeberlein and a McKenzie ace to move to 9-3, but Mary Washington pushed the margin back out to 15-4 behind Alice Holoubek's attacking and blocks involving Jocelyn Fang and Holoubek. The Saints put together their best stretch from there, using two Elizabeth Stackpole kills and a Hailey LaBonte ace to get to 15-8, then later added McKenzie kill and a Donahue-McKenzie block to make it 19-12. Mary Washington finished from a 20-13 score with five straight points, including three Fang kills in the closing stretch, to take the set 25-13.

UP NEXT

The Saints travel to Brooklyn, N.Y., to face Pratt Institute on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. at Pratt ARC.