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No. 10 @ERAUVolleyball Takes Two on Final Day of Wesleyan Hughes Classic

9/7/2013 9:33:00 PM | By: Michael Pierce | @mepierce01

EMBRY-RIDDLE

(4-4) RANK: 10th
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Sept. 7, 2013 | Fort Worth, Texas
Box Score


16	17	25	19
25	25	18	25

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
(8-1) RANK: RV

FORT WORTH, Texas – The tenth-ranked Embry-Riddle volleyball team climbed over the .500 mark with a pair of wins on Saturday at the Wesleyan Hughes Classic hosted by Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. The Blue and Gold handed Rocky Mountain its first loss of the season in four sets (25-16, 25-17, 18-25, 25-19) before sweeping Lewis-Clark State, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-22).

With the wins, ERAU improves to 5-4 on the season while RMC fell to 8-1 and LCSC dropped to 5-8.

The Eagles led from the get-go against the Battlin' Bears, thanks in part to a pair of service aces from Tamires Ferreira that helped Embry-Riddle take an early 5-0 lead. Rocky Mountain fought back to close the deficit to just two points (18-16), but Emily Jacobson's solo block sparked a 7-0 run to finish the frame at 25-16 in favor of the Eagles.

In the second set, Jacobson and Ferreira teamed up for a double block that put the Eagles ahead, 10-4, giving ERAU control of the set. A Taylor Ruiz service ace made it 20-11 and a double block from Leslie Roper and Cailey Washington closed out the set at 25-17, giving Embry-Riddle a 2-0 lead in the match.

The third set was an entirely different affair; after ERAU led every single point of the first two sets, the third frame featured 14 ties and seven lead changes. Ferreira put down a kill to give the Blue and Gold a 9-7 lead, but the Battlin' Bears came right back to take an 11-10 advantage. Ruiz registered a kill that made it 15-14 Eagles, but a 6-1 run put RMC on top, 20-16. Rocky Mountain finished off the set with a 25-18 win, extending the match to a fourth set with the Eagles still leading, two sets to one.

Set four started out nip and tuck with neither side leading by more than two through the first 14 points. A quick 3-0 spurt that included a pair of Caitlyn Ballard kills grew the Eagle lead to 13-8 and a 4-0 run that featured two Ferreira kills built the margin to 18-12. Ruiz finished off the set with a kill to end things at 25-19, closing out the match with the Eagles winning, 3-1.

Ruiz led all players with 15 kills while Morgan Shattuck added 12 kills. Jennifer Beatty registered a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs and Ballard chipped in with 10 digs and six kills. Ferreira tallied a match-high 49 assists to go along with 13 kills, five digs and match-leading five service aces while Hannah Gray picked up a match-best 30 digs.

Anna Dewald led RMC with 13 kills and a .407 hitting percentage while also leading all players with seven blocks. Tori Bertsch led the team with 28 assists and Kylie Nielsen collected a team-high 12 digs.


Stats Comparison
Kills	42	66
Errors	12	26
Total Attacks	128	163
Attack Pct.	.234	.245
Assists	38	62
Digs	65	68
Blocks	13	6
Service Aces	3	10

	Stat Leaders
Dewald	13	Kills	15	Ruiz
Bertsch	28	Assists	49	Ferreira
Nielsen	12	Digs	30	Gray
Dewald	7	Blocks	4	Jacobson
Yang	2	Aces	5	Ferreira

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EMBRY-RIDDLE

(5-4) RANK: 10th
Follow @ERAUVolleyball

Sept. 7, 2013 | Fort Worth, Texas
Box Score


19	19	22
25	25	25

LEWIS-CLARK STATE
(5-8) RANK: RV

In the first set against the Warriors, Embry-Riddle came out swinging, jumping out to an 11-3 lead. A kill from Shattuck increased the lead to 17-7 and a Beatty kill made it 23-13. LCSC made a bit of a comeback but the Blue and Gold finished off the set with another Beatty kill to win 25-19.

The Eagles took advantage of four straight Warrior errors to take a 13-8 lead in the second set and used a 6-0 run to build the margin to 19-11. Lewis-Clark State pulled back to within five but couldn't get any closer as ERAU took the second set by the same score as the first, 25-19, taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

LCSC led throughout most of the third set, but the Eagles battled to keep it close and eventually a Ferreira kill put the Blue and Gold in front for good at 18-17. Beatty increased the lead to 22-19 with a kill and Ferreira finished the match with her seventh kill that ended the set at 25-22, completing the sweep for Embry-Riddle.

Beatty led all players with 16 kills and hit .394 while also picking up seven digs. Ruiz tallied 11 kills and five digs while Gray registered a match-high 18 digs. Ferreira compiled a match-best 38 assists to go along with nine digs and seven kills.

Niurka Toribio led the Warriors with 11 kills while Treneshia Doyle added eight kills. Naomi Hernandez led the team with eight digs and chipped in 11 assists while Ali Hubert led the team with 14 assists.

The Eagles return to action on Wednesday, Sept. 11 when they travel to St. Augustine, Fla. for a match at NCAA II Flagler at 7 p.m. Embry-Riddle returns home on Friday, Sept. 13 to open up Sun Conference play with a 7 p.m. match against Southeastern.


Stats Comparison
Kills	31	48
Errors	20	17
Total Attacks	112	107
Attack Pct.	.098	.290
Assists	29	47
Digs	36	51
Blocks	5	4
Service Aces	2	3

	Stat Leaders
Toribio	11	Kills	16	Beatty
Hubert	14	Assists	38	Ferreira
Shears/ Hernandez	8	Digs	18	Gray
Luebbert-Kennedy	3	Blocks	3	Jacobson
Verduci/ Hubert	1	Aces	2	Jacobson

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