From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
The 16th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team finished the Susquehanna University Hampton Inn River Hawk Classic with a 3-0 victory against the hosts and a 3-0 win against Stevenson University. The Tartans move to 11-0 on the season.
The Tartans opened the day with a 25-16, 25-13, 25-22 win against the River Hawks. The team hit .287 for the match including a .452 performance in the second set in which they put down 16 kills.
Junior Lauren Mueller (Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown STEM Academy) and senior Eliza Donohue (Lancaster, Pa. / Hempfield) each had 10 kills for the match while senior Heather Holton (Haslett, Mich. / Haslett) put down nine kills. Sophomore Maia So-Holloway (Oakland, Calif. / Sacred Heart Cathedral) picked up 18 assists with senior Amanda Thiele (Lakeland, Fla. / George Jenkins) dishing out 15. Mueller led the back line with 13 digs, as sophomore Kayla Yew (San Francisco, Calif. / Sacred Heart Cathedral) collected 10 digs. Sophomore Sahara Aqui (Miramar, Fla. / Archbishop McCarthy) and junior Sarah Jurgens (Eagan, Minn. / Eagan) each had three block assists.
After a break, the Tartans took on Stevenson and won by set scores of 26-24, 25-21, and 25-11. Holton led the attack with 11 kills and a htting percentage of .385. So-Holloway had 19 assists while Thiele had 13. Yew and Mueller each had 10 digs while Aqui picked up five block assists and hit .600 with six kills.