SWARTHMORE, Pa.– Eastern University Women's Volleyball fell behind early and was unable to recover in a 3-0 loss at Swarthmore College. The Eagles hit just .097 in the loss.

The host Garnet (2-2) put the Eagles under pressure early with aggressive serving. They pounded out four aces on the way to an 8-3 lead. The Garnet scored the next point out of the Eastern timeout before the Eagles were able to close the Swarthmore lead to 10-9 with Grace Casagrande serving.

The Garnet were able to earn a sideout after their timeout and pulled away to a 25-16 first-set win. While Swarthmore only had two more aces in the opening set, the Garnet  serving put the Eagles on their heels and led to several big runs.

The Eagles hit just .125 in the first set.

The Eagles held an 18-17 lead in the second set, but the Garnet recorded three aces in the closing points to win the second set 25-22.

Head Coach Mark Birtwistle changed up the line-up for the third set, but the Eagles still struggled to earn sideouts and the Garnet pulled away to a 25-13 win.

No Eastern player had more than six kills in the match.

After opening the season with four road matches, the Eagles will play three at home this weekend. They will host Gallaudet at 7:00 pm on Friday. McDaniel College and Elizabethtown College will play =in Eastern's gym at five. Eastern will play McDaniel and Elizabethtown on Saturday.