Box Score vs. Miami (Ohio)  |  Box Score vs. Xavier

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Eastern Kentucky University's volleyball team beat Miami (Ohio), 3-1, before falling to Xavier University, 3-1, on Saturday at the Xavier Tournament in Cincinnati.
 
Emilee Hill and Carson Ledford were selected to the all-tournament team.  In three matches, Hill averaged 3.27 kills, 3.73 digs and 5.27 assists per set.  She posted a triple-double in both matches on Saturday.  Ledford averaged 2.09 kills with a .429 attack percentage and 1.0 blocks per set.
 
EKU beat Miami (Ohio) by scores of 25-21, 25-10, 19-25 and 25-20.  The Redhawks (3-3) started the season 3-0 and had a 2-1 lead over Ohio State before falling in that match 3-2.
 
The Colonels broke an early 3-3 tie in the first set by scoring five of the next six points.  A block from Caitlyn Flees handed her team an 8-4 lead.  Five straight turned a 4-point advantage into a 9-point lead, 16-7.  The Redhawks battled back and tied the set at 20-20, but EKU answered by scoring five of the next six.  A kill by AG Hynes ended the opener.
 
EKU scored the first point of the second set and never trailed.  After Hynes broke a 3-3 tie with a kill, the Colonels cruised for a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
Miami won the third set by six to keep the match alive and then scored three of the first four points in the fourth.  Flees tied it at 6-6 and then combined with Amanda Mack for a block to give EKU a 7-6 lead.  The Colonels went ahead by four, 13-9, on a kill from Hynes, but the Redhawks stayed in it with a 5-1 run.  The match was tied at 13-13 and 14-14 before back-to-back kills from Hynes and Emersyn Robbins gave EKU the lead for good.
 
Hill posted her second triple-double of the season.  She tied for the match-high with 14 kills, handed out 23 assists and had 18 digs.  The junior setter made just four errors in 33 attempts for a .303 attack percentage.
 
Hynes had 12 kills, five blocks and a .400 attack percentage.  Flees finished with six blocks and four kills.
 
EKU limited the Redhawks to .143 hitting for the match.  The Colonels hit .242, had three more blocks and 19 more digs.
 
Raegan Lantz had 14 kills, just four errors and a .370 hitting percentage for Miami (Ohio).
 
Xavier earned the win by scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-22.
 
The Musketeers jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first set, but the Colonels answered with a 6-0 run.  A kill from Mack stretched the lead to four, 13-9.  Back-to-back service aces from Addison Burke made it 20-13.  EKU scored the final three points to win it.
 
After Flees tied the second set at 13-13, Xavier won the next three points and led the rest of the way.  The Musketeers won seven of the first 10 points to start the third set and led by seven, 17-10, after an ace from Kelsey Niesen.  EKU never got closer than three the rest of the way.
 
The Colonels overcame a 6-point deficit in the fourth in an effort to keep the match alive.  A kill from McKinley Boehm put Xaver ahead 15-9.  A 10-3 run, capped by a kill from Hynes, gave the visitors a 1-point edge, 19-18.  However, the Musketeers answered with five straight to regain control and take the set by three.
 
Hill posted another triple-double, finishing with 15 kills, 20 assists and 16 digs.  She hit .367 after making only four errors in 30 attempts.  Hynes and Ledford had 10 kills and two blocks each.
 
Emma Grace finished with a match-best 16 kills for undefeated Xavier (6-0).
 
EKU (4-2) made four fewer errors but had 13 service errors and five fewer kills in the match.
 
The Colonels will play at Marshall on Tuesday before hosting the Geri Polvino Invitational next weekend.