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No. 10 @ERAUVolleyball Falls Twice at Boneyard Brawl

| By: Michael Pierce | @mepierce01
EMBRY-RIDDLE
(13-7) RANK: 10th
Oct. 25, 2013 | Georgetown, Ky.
Box Score
Texas at Brownsville logo small
 25 25 25
19 20 21
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – The 10th-ranked Embry-Riddle volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on Friday at the Boneyard Brawl hosted by Georgetown College. The Eagles were swept by No. 1 Texas at Brownsville, 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-21), before falling in four sets (22-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-21) to No. 13 Bellevue.
 
With the losses, Embry-Riddle fell to 13-8 on the season, while UTB improved to 22-0 and Bellevue moved to 26-5.
 
Against the top-ranked Ocelots, Taylor Ruiz and Emily Jacobson led the team with seven kills apiece. Hannah Gray anchored the back row with a match-high 18 digs while Tamires Ferreira showed her versatility, picking up seven digs, six kills and a team-best three service aces while collecting a team-leading 26 assists.
 
Danica Markovic led the Ocelots with nine kills and added seven digs and two service aces. Annelies Dokter and Heather Meeuwsen led the team with 10 digs each and Xiao Yu "Jade" Guo tallied a match-high 32 assists.
 
The Eagles fell behind early in the first set and were never able to recover. After a Markovic kill put the Ocelots ahead, 5-4, UTB didn't trail for the rest of the frame. A kill from Dokter made it 16-9 and three straight Markovic kills pushed the margin to 23-14. An attack error by Ana Guerra sparked a 5-0 run for ERAU that included a pair of Jennifer Beatty kills, but the Ocelots came back to win the next two points, taking the set, 25-19.
 
The second set was the most competitive, featuring 13 ties and four lead changes. A Dokter attack error put the Blue and Gold ahead, 7-6, its first lead of the match. A Jacobson kill made it 9-7; the two-point lead would prove to be the largest lead for Embry-Riddle in the match. Back-to-back kills from Danielle Marques put UTB back in front, 13-12. A kill from Ruiz capped a 3-0 Eagle run that pushed ERAU back in front, 19-18. The Ocelots rallied back with a 7-1 run to close out the set with a 25-20 win, giving UTB a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
The Eagles held a 3-1 lead in the third set after a block from Ruiz and Morgan Shattuck, but Texas at Brownsville won 12 of the next 13 points, eight of which were Eagle errors, to take a commanding 13-4 lead. The Blue and Gold didn't give up, using back-to-back Ferreira service aces to close the gap to 16-12. A Ruiz service ace trimmed the deficit to 20-18 and a Ferreira kill cut the lead to a single point at 21-20. The Ocelots wouldn't allow the Eagles to draw even, winning four of the final five points to win the final set, 25-21, completing the 3-0 sweep.
Stats Comparison
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Kills 39 35
Errors 14 17
Total Attacks 98 107
Attack Pct. .255 .168
Assists 35 30
Digs 46 39
Blocks 7 6
Service Aces 5 4
Stat Leaders
Markovic 9 Kills 7 Ruiz/
Jacobson
Guo 32 Assists 26 Ferreira
Dokter/
Meeuwsen		 10 Digs 18 Gray
Guerra 5 Blocks 3 Hinel
Markovic 2 Aces 3 Ferreira
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EMBRY-RIDDLE
(5-4) RANK: 10th
Oct. 25, 2013 | Georgetown, Ky.
Box Score
Bellevue small logo
 22 25 25 25
25 17 19 21
In the nightcap, Jennifer Beatty led the Eagles with 11 kills to go along with 14 digs and four blocks. Taylor Ruiz added nine kills and 13 digs while Emily Jacobson (6 kills, 9 blocks) and Morgan Shattuck (5 kills, 7 blocks) were solid at the middle blocker position. Hannah Gray collected a team-high 21 digs and Tamires Ferreira tallied 14 digs, six kills, three blocks and a team-best 34 assists.
 
Sydney DeBoer led the Bruins with a match-high 19 kills while Annie Benson chipped in with 13 kills and 17 digs. Caitlyn Rueth also registered a double-double with a match-high 23 digs and 10 kills; Meghan Evans also had a match-leading 23 digs. Beth Walker recorded a match-best 53 assists to go along with eight digs and five kills.
 
The Eagles scored the first three points of the match en route to taking a 12-6 lead early on. A Jacobson service ace increased the lead to 19-12, at which point the Bruins stormed back with seven straight points to tie the set at 19-19. A Ferreira service ace gave Embry-Riddle a 22-20 lead and a block from Jacobson and Erika Hinel finished off the set with the Eagles claiming the first frame, 25-22.
 
Bellevue responded by taking the first three points of set two as part of taking an early 14-6 lead. The Blue and Gold couldn't string together more than two consecutive points for the rest of the stanza, falling by a score of 25-17 to tie the match at one set each.
 
The Bruins took an early 7-3 lead in set three and never looked back. A kill from Courtney Hendricks made it 11-5 before back-to-back Ferreira kills cut the deficit to 11-7. A Hendricks attack error trimmed the margin to 17-14, but that was as close as ERAU would get. DeBoer closed out the set with a kill, giving Bellevue a 25-19 win and a 2-1 lead in the match.
 
The Eagles gained a slim advantage early in set four, leading 3-2 and 4-3. Bellevue rallied to take an 11-7 lead, but Embry-Riddle fought back with a 4-1 run to pull within a point at 12-11. A 7-1 run for the Bruins put BU in the driver's seat at 19-12 but the Blue and Gold proved to be persistent, scoring six straight points, including three blocks from Jacobson, to again trim the deficit to a single point (19-18). Back-to-back errors helped the Bruins to regain control, but a Shattuck-Beatty block kept things interesting at 23-21. Rueth and Benson put down kills on the final two points of the match to close out the 3-1 win for Bellevue with a 25-21 win in the fourth set.
Stats Comparison
Kills 63 43
Errors 29 19
Total Attacks 183 160
Attack Pct. .186 .150
Assists 61 41
Digs 85 76
Blocks 5 15
Service Aces 6 3
Stat Leaders
DeBoer 19 Kills 11 Beatty
Walker 53 Assists 34 Ferreira
Rueth/
Evans		 23 Digs 21 Gray
Faulkner 3 Blocks 9 Jacobson
Evans 3 Aces 1 Three players
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