{"id":21346,"date":"2014-09-01T15:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=21346"},"modified":"2014-09-08T09:50:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:50:11","slug":"women-now-3-1-after-successful-hosting-of-emu-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/women-now-3-1-after-successful-hosting-of-emu-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Women now 3-1 after successful hosting of EMU Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #444444\">With a split on day two of the EMU Invitational, Eastern Mennonite&#8217;s volleyball women earned one of their best starts in recent history.\u00a0 Coupled with a sweep on the first day, the Royals are now 3-1 on the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The women will look to further improve that strong start when they hit the road on Wednesday, playing a non-conference match at nearby Mary Baldwin College.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong>Catholic 3, EMU 0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Royals started the day with a tall task.\u00a0 Literally.\u00a0 The Catholic squad featured what was easily the tallest lineup of the six teams at the invite, but EMU was undeterred.\u00a0 The women stayed with the Cardinals for much of the first set until two late runs gave CUA a 25-18 decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Trailing 23-20 late in set two, the Royals surged to lock up the score at 24-24.\u00a0 They had the score tied two more times before Catholic got back-to-back kills to steal a 28-26 win.\u00a0 EMU then used a huge 9-1 run in set three to lock things up at 15-15, but the Cardinals scored the final five points to win 25-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/ritchie_sara_z3db\">Sara Ritchie<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Harrisonburg, Va.\/Turner Ashby) was the lone Royal with double figures in kills, racking up 14 in the three sets.\u00a0 She also had 11 digs.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/miller_katie_ovja\">Katie Miller<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(San Antonio, Tex.\/Brandeis) led all players with 18 digs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/johnson_jasmine_we0y\">Jasmine Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Staunton, Va.\/Robert E. Lee) had 16 set assists, while\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/driver_dani_ic24\">Dani Driver<\/a><\/strong>(Cheverly, Md.\/Elizabeth Seton) put up 14 with a match high four service aces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong>EMU 3, Salem 1<\/strong><br \/>\nThe match with Salem featured big runs until the Royals finally grabbed momentum.\u00a0 But the swings were evident in set one, when the teams traded massive runs early only to be tied at 8-8.\u00a0 The Spirits etched out to a three-point lead all the way to game point at 24-21.\u00a0 But Eastern Mennonite scored five unanswered, including the final two on service aces, to surge to a 26-24 win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Set two was just as wild, only this time Salem pushed to the finish with a 6-2 run to win 25-20.\u00a0 The Royals took all the momentum early in set three, however, riding a 16-2 explosion to a 25-14 decision.\u00a0 They closed the day on another 16-2 tear to again win 25-14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The women featured a very balanced attack in the win, led by Ritchie&#8217;s 10 knockdowns.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/smeltzer_kayla_yrue\">Kayla Smeltzer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Richmond, Va.\/Maggie L. Walker) and\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/williams_janna_t30m\">Janna Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Kenbridge, Va.\/Kenston Forest) each had seven kills and three others added five or more.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/cook_regan_9ipo\">Regan Cook<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Staunton, Va.\/Robert E. Lee) and\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/weeks_alexa_mntb\">Alexa Weeks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Montross, Va.\/Washington &amp; Lee )each had five blocks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Miller was her usual stellar self with 21 digs.\u00a0 Freshman\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wvball\/2014-15\/bios\/johnson_skyler_6cht\">Skyler Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Harrisonburg, Va.\/Harrisonburg) was good for 17 digs and six service aces in her first collegiate match.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong>All-Tournament Team<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior outside hitter\u00a0<strong>Sara Ritchie<\/strong>\u00a0was named to the EMU Invitational All-Tournament Team at the conclusion of play.\u00a0 She pounded out 4.50 kills per set at the invite and added 3.36 digs along with a total of five aces.\u00a0 Ritchie had a high of 21 kills and 14 digs in the four-set win over Goucher on Friday, and also notched a double double in each match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a split on day two of the EMU Invitational, Eastern Mennonite&#8217;s volleyball women earned one of their best starts in recent history.\u00a0 Coupled with a sweep on the first <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/women-now-3-1-after-successful-hosting-of-emu-invitational\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Women now 3-1 after successful hosting of EMU Invitational<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":21349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5634],"tags":[15076,15966,15965,14318,14499,15967,6249,14496],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-21346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-womens-volleyball","tag-dani-driver","tag-janna-williams","tag-jasmine-johnson","tag-katie-miller","tag-kayla-smeltzer","tag-regan-cook","tag-royals","tag-sara-ritchie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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