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Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University's volleyball team tied the program record with its 13th straight victory, a 3-0 win at home against second-place Abilene Christian on Saturday.
 
This year's team tied the 2004 and 2023 Colonels for the longest program winning streak.  With the shutout over ACU, the 2026 squad also tied the program mark with its seventh straight sweep.
 
EKU (18-2, 8-0 UAC) won on Saturday by scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-20.
 
Addison Burke had a match-high 12 kills for Eastern.  She also had six digs and three blocks.  Emilee Hill recorded her seventh triple-double of the season, the most in the nation.  No other player in the country has more than three.  She finished with 11 kills, 18 assists, 13 digs and three blocks.
 
Cassidy Trahan (15) and Cooper Abney (11) also had 10 or more digs.  Caitlyn Flees led all players with six blocks.
 
Eastern Kentucky's 4-match homestand continues on Thursday against Little Rock at 6 p.m.
 
The Colonels scored the first five points of the opening set and never looked back.  Emma Closurdo made it 5-0 with a kill.  An attack error put Eastern ahead 10-4.  A block from Alexis Bull and Burke had EKU on top 15-6.  A service error from the Wildcats ended the set 25-18.
 
Abilene Christian (13-7, 5-3 UAC) jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set.  However, the Colonels seized control with an 8-1 run.  Back-to-back ACU attack errors handed the home team a 9-4 advantage.  A block from Flees and Hill pushed the margin to six, 12-6.  The Wildcats closed within one, 14-13, on a kill from Alyssa Todd, but never got any closer.  Back-to-back kills from Burke started a 4-0 run.  A kill from Hill returned the lead to five, 21-16.  Another Abilene Christian service error ended the second, 25-20.
 
Eastern Kentucky scored the first four points, and six of the first seven, to start the third set.  Burke's kill made it 11-3.  A kil from Burke, and a block from Flees and Hill, pushed the margin to eight, 17-9.  The Wildcats rallied and closed the deficit to two, 20-18, on a kill from Todd.  ACU was within two again, 22-20, after an attack error.  From there, the Colonels scored the final three points to take the set, 25-20, and the match.
 
EKU hit .296 for the match while holding Abilene Christian to a .156 attack percentage.  The Colonels out-blocked the Wildcats 7-3.
 
Todd and Hannah Gonzalez had nine kills each for ACU.