THE GAME FACTS
Score: Bridgewater 3, Roanoke 0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-21)
Records: Bridgewater 6-4, 1-0 ODAC, Roanoke 5-5, 0-2 ODAC
Location: Bridgewater, Va.

The Short Story: The Roanoke College women's volleyball team finished their two-match ODAC road swing on Thursday, dropping a 3-0 match at Bridgewater.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With the Maroons leading 11-10 midway through the first set, Bridgewater used a 9-2 to take the lead and pull ahead 21-13. The two teams went back and forth in the final eight points of the set with the Eagles claiming the 1-0 lead at 25-17.
• Roanoke once again controlled the second set early forcing the Eagles to take a timeout at 12-9. Bridgewater would pull even, and the two teams couldn't get more than a one-point lead in the middle of the set.
• With the score tied at 19-19, the Eagles used three kills and a service ace to pull away and win the second set, 25-20.
• Both teams went back and forth early in the third with the Maroons having a 4-1 lead before Bridgewater would tie the score up at 8-8.
• The Eagles went on a five-point run to force the Maroons to take a timeout at 13-8. It was Roanoke's turn for a run with the Maroons going on a 6-0 run to take the 14-13 lead, thanks in part to kills by Peyton Kirchner, Kennedy Abbott, and Ryanna Clark, coupled with Eagle attack errors.
• The hosts would go on a run of their own and pull ahead 21-17. After a pair of Maroon points, the Eagles would add one more to push the lead back to three. Kills by Rylee Mayer and Kirchner forced Bridgewater to take a timeout with the Eagle having just a one-point lead.
• Bridgewater scored the next three points to win the set 25-21 and the match 3-0.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Kirchner had a match-high 15 kills to go along with a .423 attack percentage.
• Kylee Draper led both teams with a match-high 27 assists, averaging 9.0 per set. As a team, the Eagles had a 37-34 advantage.
• Kennedy Clemmer also led both teams, but for her, it was in digs with 17.
• The Eagles had the narrow edge as a team in kills 40-37.

UP NEXT

• The Maroons return home on Tuesday, September 20 to begin a three-match homestand, starting with an ODAC contest against Guilford. The match with the Quakers is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Cregger Center.