WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross volleyball team was defeated 3-0 by Patriot League foe American on Saturday afternoon in Blaney Gymnasium.

The setback was the 18th on the year for the Crusaders and their eighth in conference play while the Eagles (15-4, 8-1 PL) won their eighth straight match.

SET SCORES:
Eagles 3, Crusaders 0 (19-25, 17-25, 11-25)

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• An American attack error leveled the score 4-4 early. Freshman setter/right side KK Green powered a kill with no set for the 5-4 Crusader edge. Trailing 14-12, Holy Cross strung together three straight including a sophomore middle blocker Lacey Murphy and senior setter Katie Russell block to take a 15-14 advantage at the media timeout. The Eagles rebounded producing four in a row coming out of the timeout for the 18-15 lead. American kept adding on scoring three more points for the 21-15 score. The Eagles captured the opening set.
• The Eagles recorded the first ace of the match for the 4-3 margin in the second set. Junior outside hitter Taliah Lee and Murphy skied up high for a block on the outside putting their team down 9-5. A challenge reversal which resulted in a Lee kill with two freshman outside hitter Emma Sorensen aces and an American attack error brought the Crusaders within three, 16-13. American tallied three straight to regain the margin at 19-13. American closed out the set for the 2-0 match lead.
• American notched the opening four points of the third set. Their run expanded to 10-2 as they led by eight. Following a timeout their lead grew to 15-3 as they completed the sweep.

INSIDE THE BOX:

• Russell has 1,327 assists in her career and needs 63 more to move to 10th place on the program's all-time list.
• Lee is four kills away from 200 on the season.

UP NEXT:

• Holy Cross remains in Worcester on Tuesday, Oct. 21 to take on nonconference opponent New Haven (2-16) in the Hart Center Arena.
• First serve is set for 6 p.m.

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