On a day when the other fall sports teams were honoring their seniors in home games, Eastern University Volleyball's senior-less roster played a pair of highly-ranked opponents at the Wid Guisler Invitational at Juniata College. The #5 Eagles dropped their first match of the day to #4 Emory. In their second match, they stretched their #1 ranked hosts to five sets, but fell 3-2.

Emory entered the match off a win over Juniata on Friday night. The Emory Eagles (22-4) jumped to a quick 2-0 advantage with 25-16 and 25-15 wins in the first two sets, and they held off a bit of an Eastern rally to win the third set 25-19. Courtney Reinhold had 14 kills to lead Eastern in the loss.

The second match of the day was a rematch of the September 23rd match-up from earlier in the year. As they did in the earlier meeting, the Juniata Eagles claimed the first set. On this day, however, Eastern was able to earn two points on serve to break a 20-20 tie in the second set and carved out a 25-23 win in the second set.

The host Eagles overcame an early 11-5 deficit to claim a 25-17 win in the second set. Eastern again bounced back with a 25-22 win in the fifth set. Rachel Wenger had five kills in the set, and Maria Horning ended the set with a well-disguised tip. 

Juniata jumped to an early lead in the fifth set and hung on to claim the match with a 15-10 victory. Reinhold finished with 28 kills and 19 digs in the loss, and Maria Horning registered 49 assists and six kills.

Horning and Reinhold both earned spot on the All-Tournament team.

The Eagles (23-3, 6-0 Freedom) return to league action at Delaware Valley College on Wednesday evening and will finish their regular season in Texas next weekend.