Marymount University

ARLINGTON, Va. — Marymount (13-12, 4-1 Atlantic East) defeated Saint Elizabeth (2-14, 0-5 Atlantic East) 3-0 Saturday at Converse Family Fieldhouse.

The Saints won 25-15, 25-12, 25-18 and used a 10-0 second-set run from 9-10 to 19-10 while finishing with a season-high 15 service aces and a 15-5 advantage in service aces.

Saints Top Performers

Eliana Knaub
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- team-high 7 kills
- 9.5 points
- 2 service aces
- 1 block assist

Ava Humphries
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- team-high 4 service aces
- 4 digs

Emerson Aber
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- team-high 10 assists
- 4 digs
- 1 service ace

Renae Rohrer
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- team-high 7 digs
- 4 assists
- 2 service aces

Elizabeth Stackpole
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- team-high 3 blocks, including 1 solo
- 3 kills
- 5.0 points

After the sides traded points to 3-3, the Saints scored four straight on Eliana Knaub's serve, using an Emerson Aber-Elizabeth Stackpole block, a Brigid Donahue kill and a Knaub ace to move ahead 7-3. Saint Elizabeth answered with four consecutive points, including three Dadlyna Louis kills, to tie the set at 7-7, but the Saints went back in front 10-7 and later held a 14-13 edge after kills by Angela McKenzie and Knaub. A Saint Elizabeth service error made it 15-13, and McKenzie served four straight Saints points, including two aces, while Knaub and Stackpole combined on a block during the push to 19-13. After Elizabeth McGreevy's kill made it 19-14, the Saints won four more rallies to reach 23-14, then closed the set 25-15 on a Saint Elizabeth attack error.

The Saints started the second set with two Eliana Knaub kills, but Saint Elizabeth answered through Elizabeth McGreevy and Dadlyna Louis to move in front 5-3 before Angela McKenzie's ace helped the Saints take a 7-5 edge. After the Saints pushed ahead 9-6, Louis served back-to-back aces to put Saint Elizabeth up 10-9. A Saint Elizabeth service error tied the set at 10, and Ava Humphries served the Saints through a stretch to 19-10 with kills by Alexis Bumah, Sabrina Schoeberlein and Stackpole, four Humphries aces and another Schoeberlein kill. Renae Rohrer added consecutive aces as the Saints moved from 20-11 to 24-11, and Bumah finished the set with a kill for a 25-12 win.

After Saint Elizabeth scored the first two points of the third set on an Ericka Menaling Trajano ace and kill, the Saints answered with five straight points, including Sabrina Schoeberlein's ace and Eliana Knaub's kill from Emerson Aber, to move ahead 5-2. The Saints stretched the lead to 12-4 behind kills from Donahue and Knaub and a Braelyn Ottolini service ace, but Saint Elizabeth took the next four points to close the gap to 12-8. The Saints pushed back to 17-11 with an Emerson Aber ace and a Schoeberlein kill from Rohrer, then reached 20-13 on Donahue's kill from Rohrer. Saint Elizabeth continued to trade points late, but Bumah had kills for the Saints' 22nd and 25th points, the last from Ottolini to close a 25-18 set win.

UP NEXT

The Saints visits Gwynedd Mercy University on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. at The Griffin Complex in Gwynedd Valley, Pa.