Marian University women’s volleyball (12-9, 4-4 NACC) sweeps Benedictine behind a dominant match from the offense 25-13, 25-18, 25-23.

• Benedictine took an early 4-2 lead but the Sabres answered with a 9-0 run to take a commanding lead.
• Marian would not let up the early momentum with its lead growing to as large as 13 points at set point and would take set one after a service error by the Eagles.
• Set two was much of the same with the Sabres taking a 5-2 lead which would quickly become 15-6.
• The Eagles would gain some momentum and go on a 10-4 run to close the gap but the Sabres ended the game on a 5-2 run behind a pair of Eagle errors and Sabre kills.
• The third set saw a different script as Benedictine would jump out to a 10-7 lead.
• Benedictine would force a Sabre timeout with a 16-12 lead but Marian was able to answer after the timeout with a 8-1 run to pull ahead 20-17.
• The teams would trade points to end the game with the Sabres three point lead proving to be enough to secure the sweep.

• Marian recorded double digit kills in all three sets while limiting the Eagle offense to single digit in sets one and two.
• The Sabres forced 16 Eagle hitting errors and would not allow the offense to hit above .106 percent.
• The Sabre offense dominated with an advantage in kills 47-19 and assists 45-19.
• The defense of the Sabres recorded two blocks while holding the advantage in digs 65-46.

	Sophomore Harley Bartels had a game high 13 kills behind .370 hitting percentage.
	Sophomore Alana McDermott led the Sabre defense in digs with 26 falling one short of her season high.
	Senior Anna Tapia recorded 40 assists for the first time this season while adding six digs.