LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle volleyball team picked up another conference sweep on Saturday, defeating Warner 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-19) to move to 8-6 overall, 5-1 in league play. The Royals fell to 4-8, 3-2 in Sun Conference matches.
 
Jennifer Beatty and Ana Pajic each tallied a match-high 13 kills while Evelina Abdurakhmanova added eight. Hannah Gray picked up a match-leading 27 digs and Tamires Ferreira notched 33 assists and 15 digs.
 
Nicole Wittmer, Marisa Moralobo and Tiffani Pate all had six kills apiece for Warner. Moralobo also led the team with 11 digs and Rachel Stanton registered a team-high 24 assists.
 
Embry-Riddle used a 4-0 run to jump out to a 13-7 lead in the first set, and broke it open with a 6-0 run to build the lead to 19-10. ERAU maintained a comfortable advantage as it won the set, 25-15.
 
Warner's only lead in set two came after Wittmer killed the first ball of the set; after that, ERAU scored 10 of the next 13 points to move in front, 10-4. The Royals scored four straight towards the end of the set to make things interesting, closing the gap to just three points (23-20). After a Joslynn Gallop timeout, Ella Duggan came up with a big solo block and Cheye-Anne Savage put down a kill to finish the set at 25-20.
 
The Blue and Gold fell behind in the third set, trailing by scores of 4-1 and 9-7. Beatty killed a ball that served as the beginning of a 7-0 run that included three service aces from Pajic, pushing the Eagles ahead, 14-9. The Royals battled back to knot things up at 16-16 and kept it tied after each side exchanged a pair of sideouts. With the score tied at 18, Pajic stepped up to pound out kills on five straight points, giving ERAU a 23-18 lead. Three serves later, Beatty ended the match with her 13th kill, cementing the 25-19 win and a 3-0 sweep.
 
The Eagles return home to host No. 23 Coastal Georgia on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. Embry-Riddle will be looking to hand the Mariners their first loss of the season, as CCG is currently 17-0 this year. Live stats along with live streaming video and audio will be available at erauathletics.com/live.