Marymount University

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Marymount women's volleyball (15-13, 6-1 Atlantic East) split Senior Day action on Saturday, taking down Centenary University to earn the #1 seed in the upcoming Atlantic East Conference Tournament before falling to University of Lynchburg in the afternoon match. 

MARYMOUNT 3 - CENTENARY 0

Saints Top Performers

Brigid Donahue
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- team-high 12 kills with 1 error on 25 attempts; at least 12 kills in 2 consecutive games
- .440 hitting percentage; at least .440 in 2 consecutive games
- 7 digs
- 2 blocks
- at least 13 points in 2 consecutive games

Emerson Aber
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- 18 assists
- 4 service aces
- 5 digs

Angela McKenzie
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- 6 kills with no errors on 7 attempts
- .857 hitting percentage, a season high
- 3 blocks, including 1 solo; at least 3 blocks in 2 consecutive games
- 8 points

Sabrina Schoeberlein
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- 9 kills
- .333 hitting percentage
- 7 digs
- 1 block

Renae Rohrer
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- team-high 11 digs
- 2 assists
- 1 service ace

The Saints moved in front 5-2 in the first set after Kate Craver served an ace and Centenary (NJ) committed an attack error. The Saints stretched the margin to 11-4 with four straight points on Ava Humphries' serve, a sequence that included a block by Sabrina Schoeberlein and Elizabeth Stackpole and a Schoeberlein kill from Braelyn Ottolini. Centenary (NJ) cut a 15-7 deficit to 15-12 with five straight points, then later used Rey Bennett's serving run to pull within 19-18. The Saints answered with an Eliana Knaub kill, back-to-back Ottolini aces and late kills from Brigid Donahue and Alexis Bumah before taking the set 25-20 on a service error.

After the Saints moved ahead 4-2 on kills by Schoeberlein, Angela McKenzie and Donahue, Centenary (NJ) scored four straight points, capped by a Gabriella Miller ace, to go in front 6-4. Knaub stopped that stretch with a kill, and the Saints took five of the next six points, using three Centenary (NJ) attack errors and a Stackpole kill to move ahead 9-7. With the set still at 11-9, a Schoeberlein kill started an 8-0 Saints run, and Emerson Aber served the next seven points with three aces as the lead grew to 19-9. Centenary (NJ) answered with three straight points, but the Saints kept control late with a block by McKenzie and Donahue, a Craver ace and Donahue's final kill to finish the set 25-14.

The Saints started the third set with three straight points, including a McKenzie kill and an Emerson Aber ace, but Centenary (NJ) worked back to a 9-9 tie. The Saints moved back in front behind McKenzie kill and consecutive Schoeberlein kills, and after Centenary closed within 14-13, the Saints took control with an 8-0 run. Ottolini served through that stretch as Stackpole, Donahue and Bumah supplied kills, with Ottolini adding an ace to push the lead to 22-13. Centenary stopped the run briefly and later scored twice from set point, but an Ava Humphries ace helped the Saints reach 24-14 before a service error closed out the 25-16 set and the match.

LYNCHBURG 3 - MARYMOUNT 1

Saints Top Performers

Renae Rohrer
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- team-high 20 digs
- two assists
- one service ace

Emerson Aber
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- team-high 18 assists
- 17 digs
- one kill

Eliana Knaub
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- team-high 11 kills
- .250 hitting percentage
- two blocks
- team-high 12 points

Angela McKenzie
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- team-high four blocks, including two solo
- one kill
- four points

Sabrina Schoeberlein
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- eight kills
- eight digs
- one block

After Lynchburg opened with a service ace by Alexis Scipione and a Leah DiNardo kill for a 2-0 lead, the Saints answered with a Sabrina Schoeberlein kill and two block-assisted attack errors before Eliana Knaub's kill helped the Saints move in front 5-3. Lynchburg came back to lead 6-5, but Brigid Donahue tied the set and Kate Craver served the Saints through four straight points, including her ace and kills by Knaub and Donahue, for a 10-6 advantage. Lynchburg erased an 11-7 deficit with five straight points to lead 12-11, and although Alexis Bumah and Schoeberlein kills put the Saints back up 13-12, Lynchburg moved ahead again at 15-13. The Saints stayed within 17-16 after kills by Schoeberlein and Knaub, but Lynchburg scored the next five points, including a Kate Hardie service ace, and closed the set 25-19 on Hardie's kill.

Lynchburg took control early in the second set, using a run on Alexis Scipione's serve to move from 9-6 to 14-6 and later pushing the margin to 18-9 after a Kate Hardie ace and kills by Leah DiNardo and Cambre Phillips. The Saints began cutting into the deficit with an Eliana Knaub kill, a Lynchburg error and another Knaub kill, but Lynchburg still led 19-12 after Phillips' kill. A service error put the Saints back on serve at 19-13, and Craver served 11 straight points as Donahue and Knaub added kills, Craver had an ace to tie the set at 19-19, and a block by Knaub and Elizabeth Stackpole helped push the Saints to set point at 24-19. Lynchburg stopped the run with two kills, but Knaub finished the set from Emerson Aber for a 25-21 Saints win.

After Lynchburg scored the first three points of the third set, Schoeberlein put the Saints on the board with a kill from Emerson Aber, and the Saints pulled within 5-4 on a Lynchburg service error. Lynchburg created separation from there, moving ahead 13-6 behind kills from Tori Williamson, Kate Hardie, Leah DiNardo and Ava Meinhardt, plus a Mia Hinkamper service ace. Bumah answered with a kill from Braelyn Ottolini to make it 17-8, and Schoeberlein later added another kill from Aber at 20-9, but Lynchburg scored the final five points and closed the set 25-9 on Hardie's kill from Kenstin Phelps.

In the fourth set, Lynchburg scored the first two points before the Saints pulled even at 2-2 on a Knaub kill and an Angela McKenzie block. Lynchburg moved back in front and, after Brigid Donahue's kill made it 7-5, scored four straight points to build an 11-5 lead. The Saints got kills from Schoeberlein, Emerson Aber and Donahue as the set continued, but Lynchburg later used a five-point stretch to push the margin from 15-9 to 20-9. Schoeberlein added a late kill and Renae Rohrer served an ace before Cambre Phillips closed the set for Lynchburg, 25-13.

UP NEXT

The Saints will host the semifinals of the Atlantic East Conference Tournament next Thursday, Nov. 12. Stay tuned at MarymountSaints.com for all information regarding the postseason match.