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DELAND, Fla. – Eastern Kentucky University's volleyball team made it six straight wins with a 3-0 victory at Stetson on Sunday.
 
The Colonels will return to Baptist Health Arena for the first time since the 2023 season when they close out the regular season with matches against Central Arkansas on Thursday and North Alabama on Friday. 
 
The team has played in the Olympic Sports Training Center the past two seasons during the renovation of Baptist Health Arena.
 
EKU remains in a tie for first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings with Jacksonville.
 
The Colonels (19-7, 11-3 ASUN) beat the Hatters by scores of 25-14, 25-22 and 25-19.
 
After Stetson drew to within one, 13-12, on a service error in the first set, the Colonels got on a roll.  EKU scored seven of the next eight and ended the set on a 12-2 run.  A kill from Emilee Hill made it 20-13.  A kill from Amanda Mack and an attack error from the Hatters ended the opening set.
 
The Colonels got off to a fast start in the second set and went in front 15-6 on kills from Hill and Mack, and a Stetson attack error.  However, the Hatters rallied.  A 14-4 run by the home team, capped by an ace from Vitoria Stedile, put Stetson in front 20-19.  With the scored tied 22-22, AG Hynes recorded a kill to begin a 3-0 run to end the set.  An attack error gave the visitors set-point.  Hynes came back and ended it with another kill.
 
The Hatters (9-16, 5-8 ASUN) went in front 9-8 in the third set on a kill from Lilyanna Parker.  From that point, EKU won nine of the next 10.  Burke's kill put the Colonels ahead for good, 10-9.  Another kill from Burke and a Stetson attack error capped the run and handed EKU a 7-point lead, 17-10.  The Hatters never got closer than two the rest of the way.  A service error ended the set, and the match.
 
Hill finished with a match-best 14 kills to go along with 20 assists and five digs.  She made only four errors in 24 attempts for a .417 attack percentage.  Hynes had 10 kills and no errors in 15 attempts for a .667 hitting percentage.  Burke added 12 kills and 10 digs while hitting .417.
 
The Colonels hit .365 as a team while limiting Stetson to a .146 attack percentage.
 
Parker posted a team-best six kills for Stetson.