Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Basics - Game 1
• Score: #23 Johns Hopkins – 3 • Saint Vincent – 0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-13)
• Records: #23 Johns Hopkins (13-0) • Saint Vincent (5-12)
• Location: Huntingdon, PA• Memorial Gymnasium

How it Happened

SET ONE
• Natalie Aston opened the match with aces on three of the first four points.  
• Saint Vincent would win six out of the next seven points to even the set at 6-6.
• A Louisa Kishton kill regained an 8-7 lead for Hopkins that they would hold for the remainder of the opening frame.
 • Lauren Anthony's second kill of the first set gave Hopkins set point at 24-17, and after Saint Vincent tallied two unanswered, a Hannah Devine service error gave JHU a 25-20 victory.

SET TWO
• As they did in the opening set, Hopkins raced out to a 5-0 lead on the back of Aston's serve.
• Back-to-back kills from Kishton made it 8-3, but the Bearcats would claw their way back to even the set at 13-13.
•Eleni Panagopoulos notched a kill to cap a 4-0 Hopkins run and regained a 17-13 advantage for the Blue Jays.
• Saint Vincent got one back to bring it to 17-14 before Kishton tallied two more kills to make it 20-14.
• Panagopoulos served out the remainder of the set for Hopkins, and an Anthony kill gave Hopkins a 25-15 second-set win.

SET THREE
• The hot starts continued for Hopkins in the third, this time jumping out to a 6-0 lead, and again it was Aston at the service line.
• JHU would cling to that lead for the entirety of the third set, leading by as many as nine at 20-11 before forcing a Saint Vincent timeout.
• Simone Bliss was credited with back-to-back kills to give Hopkins match point at 24-13, and Hopkins closed the match out with an attacking error by Saint Vincent.

The Basics - Game 2
• Score: #23 Johns Hopkins – 3 • Rochester – 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-11)
• Records: #23 Johns Hopkins (13-0) • Rochester (8-10)
• Location: Huntingdon, PA• Memorial Gymnasium

SET ONE
• Hopkins dominated the first set from the beginning, racing out to a 12-3 lead before Rochester ultimately called its first time out.
• One of Louisa Kishton's four first-set kills made it 13-4, and Lauren Anthony added an ace from the service line to extend the lead to 16-5.
• The Blue Jays scored on every side-out opportunity in the opening set, with Natalie Aston closing out the first with her first kill of the afternoon.

SET TWO
• A pair of early kills from Kishton gave Hopkins an early 6-3 lead.
• Eleni Panagopoulos added an ace and a kill on consecutive points to extend the lead to 8-3.
• Hopkins later scored on five consecutive Aston serves to maintain a 15-6 advantage, and after exchanging six straight points, Hannah Korslund would ultimately finish the 25-11 second-set Hopkins victory with her second kill of the set.
 
SET THREE
•Annelisa O'Neal found her way into the box score in the third set with four straight points from the service line, including a pair of aces, to open a 9-3 lead for Hopkins.
• An Aston kill extended the Blue Jay advantage to 13-6, their largest lead of the set.
• Rochester would fight their way back to cut the lead to one at 20-19, however Hopkins would win five of the next seven points to take the third set, 25-21.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Rochester did not record a point while serving until the third set.
• O'Neil tallied her first two aces of the season and her career.

Up Next
• The Blue Jays will shift their attention to the conference schedule with a pair of Centennial Conference tilts next week. Hopkins will battle with Washington College Wednesday night before a doubleheader against Haverford and Arcadia on Saturday.

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