DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - For the second time in six matches this season, the Embry-Riddle volleyball team knocked off a nationally-ranked opponent, taking down No. 21 Madonna in three sets on Friday night at the ICI Center.  With the win, the Eagles improve to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the 2010 ERAU Labor Day Tournament Sponsored by The National Guard.

Abby Hall led the way with 15 kills and 11 digs, while Taylor Martin added 10 kills and eight digs.  Libero Nina Kontrec recorded a match-high 13 digs.  Adriana Vazquez led the ERAU offense to a .299 hitting percentage, picking up 37 assists along the way.

The Eagles took an early lead in the first set and never looked back.  Embry-Riddle hit .355 as a team, collecting 12 kills against just one hitting error in the set, en route to a convincing 25-13 win and a 1-0 lead in the match.

The ERAU defense took over in set number two, holding the Crusaders to a .064 hitting percentage.  The Eagles took the second set by a score of 25-20 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.  In the third set, Madonna University hung with the Eagles, but in the end ERAU was too strong, claiming a narrow 25-23 win in set three, giving the Eagles a 3-0 sweep of the Crusaders.

With the sweep, Embry-Riddle is the first team to sweep Madonna in a match since Lindenwood did it in October of 2008.

The Eagles close out the 2010 ERAU Labor Day Tournament Sponsored by The National Guard tomorrow with a pair of matches at the ICI Center.  First, ERAU will take on Northwestern Ohio at 1 p.m., before battling Oklahoma Baptist in the final match of the tournament at 7 p.m.