Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ARLINGTON, Va.– Eastern University Volleyball bounced back from a late loss on Friday with a pair of wins at the Marymount Invitational. The Eagles (7-1) beat Washington College (4-4) 3-0 in the opener and beat Wheaton College (7-2) in four sets in their final test of the weekend. Sarah Roberts and Caroline Shelby earned All-tournament honors for Eastern.

Top Performers:
Sarah Roberts– 20 kills and 6 blocks Cecilia Bauer 37 total digs (28 against Wheaton)  Michelle Paulsen 20 kills and 7 blocks Caroline Shelby 30 kills and 18 digs.

How It Happened:

Eastern hit .370 in the opening set against Washington College to win 25-15 and grab control of the match early. Eastern's offensive efficiency decreased in the second set, but the Eagles still kept the pressure on the Shorewomen and pulled away a 25-22 win. Eastern had 16 kills in the third set toclaim the match with a 25-17 win.

The Eagles struggled to find an offensive rhythm in the opening set against Wheaton early and hit only .065  while dropping the set by a 25-20 score.

In the second set, the Eagles were able to get their middles going and hit .361 as a team with 17 kills on the way to a 25-21 win. Eastern ground out a 25-22 win in the all-important third set before putting down 18 kills in an impressive 25-19 win in the fourth.

Roberts hd 16 kills against Wheaton on a career-high 33 attacks. Her previous high in attacks (28) came in Eastern's five-set match in the National Quarterfinals against the University of Northwestern in 2016.

Four Eastern players, Roberts, Paulsen, Shelby, and Ally Spillane all had double-figure kills against Wheaton.

Coach Birtwistle says:

"Sarah created havoc for opposing middles and defenses all weekend and Caroline is settling down into her six-rotation responsibilities. She had her strongest match of the year today vs. Washington. She hit .474 with 16 kills and passed an impressive 2.2. As a group we passed very well against Washington, and that made a big difference. We were able to keep the pressure on them because we passed so well."

"I am really pleased to see Michelle have another dominant weekend after her MVP effort last weekend."

"Cecilia lead our defense with 71 digs this weekend. She was one dig shy of double-digit digs in all four matches, and 28 in a four set match is really good.  Katie Stenby also had double-digit digs in three out of four matches.  Overall another excellent team effort. While some individuals stood out, the combined effort of all our players is our biggest strength. Throughout the weekend, we did a nice job of pressuring our opponents and executing quality serves and attacks."

Up Next:
The Eagles are at DeSales (5-3) on in the league-opening match on Wednesday. DeSales won last year's regular season match-up in St. Davids to earn the top seed in the MAC Freedom Tournament. The win snapped Eastern's unbeaten run in the MAC Freedom. The Eagles won the Championship match in four sets in November. The two teams have met in nine of the last ten MAC Freedom Championship games.