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No. 2 Emory Volleyball Rolls To A Pair Of Victories
The No. 2-ranked Emory volleyball team ran its win streak to
seven matches on Friday following a pair of victories on the first
day of the Emory National Invitational. The Eagles opened
with a 3-0 verdict (25-15, 25-14, 25-15) over region foe Washington
& Lee before treating a Senior Night crowd to an impressive
performance in 3-0 triumph against No. 12 Juniata (25-15, 25-14,
25-10). Emory now stands 31-2 on the campaign.
Emory hit .240 (38-13—104) in the Washington & Lee match
and used a strong defensive effort that limited the Generals to a
.000 mark (22-22—110). Senior Amelia McAll and junior
Breanah
Bourque each rang up attack percentages of over .300 with
McCall at .312 with a team-high 12 terminations and Bourque
registering a .364 mark on the strength of 11 terminations.
McCall also contributed nine digs while Bourque contributed
three total blocks. Sophomore Molly
Landers led all players with 21 digs in helping Emory to a
55-45 advantage in that category.
Emory trailed on just two occasions, both times early in the first
set, during the entire Juniata contest and finished with a .340
attack percentage (42-10—94) while holding the visitors to a
-.054 mark (14-19—93). Head Coach Jenny McDowell saw
her squad register a 50-39 edge in digs and finish with a 6-2
margin in total blocks. Four players totaled seven or more
kills for the victors, led by the junior duo of Alex
Duhl and Bourque who each registered nine terminations.
Bourque hit .571 (9-1—14) in the contest, the ninth time in
her last 10 outings she has hit .400 or higher while Duhl notched a
.467 attack percentage (9-2—15). McCall
aided in the win with eight successful put-aways as did junior Alena
Ransom who finished with seven kills.
Prior to the Juniata contest, Emory recognized its five-member
senior class of Kelsey
Freeman, Jessica
McAlvany, Amelia
McCall, Natalie
Schonefeld and Ali Wright.
The Eagles wind up the Invitational on Saturday when they host No.
5 Heidelberg at 1:00 p.m. and NAIA power Lee University at 3:30
p.m.
