Volleyball Ends Home Invite At 3-0 After Sweeps Over Daemen, West Liberty

For the second time in the two-plus seasons of the Katie Kuhn era, the Ashland University volleyball team has started a campaign at 3-0.
 
To conclude the Ashland University Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 6), the Eagles swept both Daemen (25-19, 28-26, 25-16) and West Liberty (25-21, 25-19, 25-15) to take all three of their matches on the weekend.
 
SWEEPIN' THE WILDCATS

• Junior middle hitter Ravin Morgan picked up to begin Saturday where she left off on Friday (Sept. 5) night – recording nine kills, a .643 hitting percentage and eight block assists.
• Another junior, setter Marin Dixon, filled up the stat sheet vs. Daemen – 27 assists, two kills, three service aces, six total blocks (five assists) and eight digs.
• Senior defensive specialist Macy McNamara paced the back line with 10 digs.
• The Eagles-Wildcats match featured 17 tie scores and 12 lead changes.

BLANKIN' THE HILLTOPPERS

• Junior libero Abbey Queen far and away had a match-high 22 digs, while Dixon collected 36 assists.
• Ashland hit .266 for the match, and kept West Liberty to an .084 hitting percentage.

MORGAN, DIXON PACE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

• Both Morgan and Dixon were named to the all-tournament team. Morgan's weekend featured 28 kills, a .521 hitting percentage, three service aces, and 20 block assists, and Dixon finished with 107 assists, three service aces, 22 digs and 12 block assists.
• Also on the all-tourney team are Daemen's Payton Gaylor, IUP's Jessica Neiman, Ursuline's Ariel Nusbaum and West Liberty's Bella Dart.

NEXT UP
Four matches over three days, Thursday-Saturday (Sept. 11-13) in St. Augustine, Fla., at the Flagler Invitational.