SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Jacqueline Weller just missed a double-double in a pair of matches and
Savannah Gann collected 27 kills in two outings, as Sewanee defeated both Methodist College and Spalding University, 3-1, to complete the Maryville College Labor Day Invitational on Saturday in Maryville, Tenn.
The Tigers (4-0) finished the two-day event undefeated, winning three of the four matches by 3-1 scores.
Gann registered 16 kills and 14 digs while Weller added 10 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 victory over Methodist, leading four players with double-figure kills.
Ashley Crosby and
Laurel Burkhardt each posted 10 kills for Sewanee while
Adele Cassidy collected 18 digs and
Sophia Caruso added 15. The Tigers setters of
Kaylee Scharfman and
Emma Meyer combined for 42 assists.
Gann added six blocks and
Anna Ellison paced the club with eight blocks. Sewanee won the first and second set by scores of 25-22 and 29-27 before losing 25-23 in the third. The Tigers finished off the win with a 25-15 fourth set and hit .250 on 164 total attacks.
Weller paced the squad with nine kills and 14 digs in the win against Spalding, with Gann adding a team-high 11 kills and Ellison registering eight. Meyer posted a double-double with 18 assists and 12 digs and Cassidy had a team-best 19 digs.
The Tigers and Eagles split the first two sets before Sewanee pulled away with the final two, with Sewanee hitting .229 on 140 total attacks.
The Tigers travel to Covenant College on Tuesday and host the Sewanee Invitational next weekend at Juhan Gymnasium, taking on Agnes Scott and Greensboro College on Friday and Huntingdon College and Asbury University on Saturday.
