Marymount University

WASHINGTON — Marymount defeated Catholic 3-0 on Wednesday evening on the road.

The Saints won the sets 25-18, 25-23 and 25-16 while finishing with 38 kills and a .164 hitting percentage. They improve their overall record to 9-7.

Saints Top Performers

Brigid Donahue
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- team-high 10 kills with no errors on 19 attempts
- season-high .526 hitting percentage
- 2 blocks, including 1 solo
- 11.5 points

Elizabeth Stackpole
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- 7 kills with no errors on 11 attempts
- .636 hitting percentage
- team-high 5 blocks, including a season-high 4 solo
- 11.5 points

Emerson Aber
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- 17 digs
- 13 assists
- 2 service aces

Renae Rohrer
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- 17 digs
- 2 assists
- 1 service ace

Braelyn Ottolini
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- team-high and season-high 19 assists
- 3 digs

Emerson Aber started the opening set with an ace, but Catholic answered and built a 9-5 lead with help from a Maddie Wilkey kill and a Wilkey block. The Saints worked back behind kills from Elizabeth Stackpole, Alexis Bumah, Brigid Donahue, Angela McKenzie and Hailey LaBonte, and Stackpole's consecutive blocks tied the set at 13-13 and put the Saints ahead 14-13. After Catholic got within 15-14, the Saints won seven of the next eight rallies as Aber, Bumah, Stackpole and Donahue recorded kills and Stackpole added another block to make it 22-15. Catholic took the next two points, but a service error, a Caroline Welsh attack error and Donahue's kill from Braelyn Ottolini closed the Saints' 25-18 set win.

The Saints built a 6-3 lead in the second set behind two Hailey LaBonte kills and Catholic miscues, but Catholic answered with kills from Caroline Welsh and Maddie Wilkey to pull even at 6-6 before moving ahead 9-7. Bumah and Stackpole helped the Saints respond, and after Catholic briefly led 10-9, Stackpole, a Catholic attack error and Brigid Donahue's kill put the Saints back in front 12-10. Catholic tied the set at 12-12, but Donahue's kill, an Emerson Aber ace and a Catholic bad set gave the Saints a 15-12 edge, and the Saints later stayed ahead through kills by Eliana Knaub, LaBonte and Bumah. The Saints pushed the margin to 24-20 on a Renae Rohrer ace and Donahue's block, and after Catholic scored three straight, Donahue finished the set with a kill from Ottolini for a 25-23 win.

The Saints trailed 8-5 in the third set before Donahue supplied four kills over the next several Saints points, including consecutive swings that tied the set at 9-9 and put the Saints in front 10-9. Catholic moved back ahead 11-10 on a service ace, but the Saints won the next four points and later used kills by Hailey LaBonte and Knaub to build a 17-12 lead. After Catholic cut it to 17-15, Elizabeth Stackpole's kill started a six-point Saints run with Ottolini serving the final five points of the stretch, and the Saints closed the set with a Stackpole kill and a Donahue-Stackpole block for a 25-16 win.

UP NEXT

• The Saints travel to Newport News, Va., to face Christopher Newport University on Friday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Freeman Center.