DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Senior outside hitter Abby Hall pounded out 17 kills including two in the late stages of a tight second set to lead the fifth-ranked Embry-Riddle volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-22, 30-28, 25-15) victory over SCAD Savannah on Friday night at the ICI Center. With two matches remaining in the regular season, ERAU has yet to drop a single set in conference play (30-0).
 
The Eagles (23-4, 10-0) played a solid first set, taking a 2-0 lead early and never surrendering it. An attack error from Jen Drouin gave the Blue and Gold a 10-5 lead and Olympia Haney's error increased the margin to 15-7. After the Bees (14-7, 7-2) closed the gap to 17-14, Emily Jacobson and Jordan Holcomb put down kills on successive points to regain a five-point advantage for ERAU. SCAD was able to pull within two points (22-20), but the Eagles traded sideouts for the final five points, capped by a Jacobson kill to clinch the first set, 25-22.
 
The second set saw the Bees grab the momentum early, running out to a 7-2 lead forcing Joslynn Gallop to take a timeout. Embry-Riddle fought back, tying the score at 11 on a ball handling error by Lauran Eschenroeder. SCAD wouldn't allow the Eagles to take the lead until a kill by Taylor Martin put the home team in front, 21-20. That kill came in the middle of a 7-1 run for ERAU, a streak that ended after an ace from Alison Wade built the lead to 23-20. A kill from Gloria Kemp gave the Eagles two set points at 24-22, but a pair of attack errors tied the score at 24 and a kill from Haney gave the Bees set point at 25-24. An attack error retied the score at 25, but SCAD would go on to earn two more set points. Hall put down a kill to tie it at 26 and Adriana Vazquez executed a perfect setter dump to tie things at 27. Hall earned another kill to give the Eagles their third set point at 28-27, but a service error tied the score at 28. Embry-Riddle was finally able to string together two straight points with kills from Jacobson and Holcomb to end the set at 30-28.
 
Coming out of the locker rooms after the extended intermission between sets two and three, ERAU took advantage of four SCAD errors to jump out to a 6-2 lead early in the third set. After the Bees drew within two points (10-8) Embry-Riddle scored four straight, including two aces and a kill from Martin. A kill from Jacobson increased the lead to 19-11 and a kill from Martin pushed the Eagles to a 23-13 advantage. The Blue and Gold would finish the match winning two points on SCAD errors, taking the third set 25-15 and the match 3-0.
 
Hall led the Eagles with 17 kills in addition to grabbing eight digs. Jacobson was solid in the middle, picking up nine kills (.467 hitting percentage) and three blocks (one solo). Martin added eight kills and 10 digs while Holcomb chipped in with seven kills and six digs. Nina Kontrec collected a match-high 21 digs while Vazquez ran the Eagle offense, tallying a match-high 40 assists as ERAU hit .256 collectively.
 
Haney's 11 kills and six blocks (three solo) were both team-highs, while Eschenroeder added 10 kills. Drouin contributed seven kills and a team-high 17 digs, while SCAD's two setters, Pammy Craigle and Brynna Robinson, compiled 19 and 18 assists, respectively. Craigle added 11 digs for a double-double.
 
The Eagles will return to action next week for their final two matches of the regular season. ERAU is set to face Northwood at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, before closing out the regular season slate against Ave Maria at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5. Saturday's match will be Senior Day, where Eagle seniors Abby Hall, Nina Kontrec and Julia Frassetto will be honored prior to the match.