The University of Mary Washington volleyball team started strong and finished strong in a 3-1 victory at Christopher Newport University on Wednesday night in Newport News, Va. The Eagles improve to 10-9 on the season; set scores were 25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22.
The Eagles' efficiency was a key to victory, as they hit .321 in the first set, while CNU committed seven errors and hit .179. After a subpar second in which they hit -.027 with just five kills, UMW bounced back with 14 kills in the third and 15 in the fourth in gaining a solid victory.
Junior
Alice Holoubek led UMW with 12 kills, while senior
Natalie Brown added 11 and sophomore
Sierra Hunt nine in a balanced attack. Holoubek had six total blocks, and sophomore
Kathleen Harbaugh added three aces and three blocks.Â
Naomi Decker led with 19 assists, with
Avery Lefman adding 17, and
Julia Gustafson scored 17 digs, with Sydney AIken adding 12 and
Jocelyn Fang 11.
The Eagles will host Averett University on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for senior day.
