DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The seventh-ranked Embry-Riddle volleyball team collected its 400th win in program history on Saturday with a sweep of visiting Ave Maria, 25-20, 25-13, 25-12. ERAU is now 400-224 in its 18 years of competition. The Eagles improved to 8-0 in conference play and 24-4 overall while the Gyrenes fell to 3-13, 3-8 in the league.
 
The Blue and Gold took a quick 5-2 lead early in the first set and maintained a slim advantage until AMU rattled off five straight points to take the lead, 13-12. Back-to-back kills from Taylor Martin put the Eagles back in front, 16-15, and a 5-1 run late in the set closed it out for ERAU, 25-20.
 
In set two, Embry-Riddle turned a 5-3 deficit into a 12-7 lead thanks to a 9-2 run keyed by two kills and a service ace from Martin. A short time later, AMU committed errors on six consecutive points, pushing the lead to 19-9 for the Eagles. Adriana Vazquez aced a serve to finish the set at 25-13, giving the Blue and Gold a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
Set three saw ERAU score the first four points of the set and never allow the Gyrenes to come close to taking the lead. A kill from Vazquez capped a 7-2 run that built the advantage to 13-6 and a Martin service ace finished a 5-0 spurt to grow the lead to 19-8. The Eagles finished the match on a 4-1 run, winning the set, 25-12, to sweep their 14th match of the year.
 
Martin led all players with 12 kill and three service aces, while hitting a season-high .526. Jordan Holcomb added 11 kills and a match- and season-high .550 hitting percentage. Morgan Shattuck and Emily Jacobson each tallied eight kills. Hannah Gray picked up a match-high nine digs and Vazquez collected a match-high 33 assists as the Eagles hit .386 for the match.
 
Amber Vines led AMU with seven kills and Raquel Laing added five kills. Megan Arago recorded team-highs in assists (21) and digs (8).
 
The Eagles return to the court next weekend for a pair of Sun Conference matches at the ICI Center. Webber International makes the trip to Daytona Beach for a 7 p.m. match on Friday night (Nov. 2) followed by a Senior Day match against Warner at 2 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 3) to close out the Eagles' regular season schedule.