Eagles Sweep Talladega College in Season Opener!!

WALESKA, GA –  The Reinhardt Eagles women's volleyball team opened up their 2023 season with a 3-0 sweep of the Talladega College Tornadoes at home on Saturday, August 19^th (25-27, 25-21, 25-18). The Eagles have added a lot of talented players to their already talented roster.  The Eagles showed strong offensive weapons, hitting a .248 and had 12 service aces on the day to help them to the sweep. 

 Grad Student, Allison Selway is playing her 5^th season as an Eagle and proved to be a key in player offensively with 9 kills and hit a .450 on the match. Selway also hit her 500^th career kill. Maria Piliposyans also played a great offensive game with 8 kills (.438). Ashlynn Barnes is new to the Eagles' lineup this year and had a great start to the season with 30 assists, 7 digs, and 4 kills. Defensively Sarah Sweet led in digs with 17 while Zurina Restrepo had 11 and added 5 service aces as well. 

 With conference games beginning in a couple of weeks, the Eagles find themselves in a couple upcoming tournaments to continue to improve their team-dynamic before conference play. First, they will be playing at Life University in a series of games. The first match will be versus the Running Eagles of Life University on Friday, August 25^th at 7pm. Then, on the following day Saturday, August 26^th, the Eagles will be playing in back-to-back games with  Keiser at 11am and Lindsey Wilson at 1pm. 

  Thoughts from Coach B:

"First, All the Honor and Glory goes to God for today. It's such a blessing to be back with the team. I thought the team played well today and our offense had a good balance to it, along with some great service pressure by our girls. 

 We have a lot of new girls and we are still trying to learn one another and they are trying to find their identity as a team. I'm very excited to see where this season goes as they continue to grow!"

#CB5 #ForHim #GoEagles

  Leaders:

• Allison Selway led the Eagle offense, slamming down 9 kills (.450) including her 500^th career kill. Katherine Perrin and Maria Piliposyans also played  a great offensive game with 8 kills each.
• Ashlynn Barnes did a fantastic job setting her hitters up for success, totaling 30 assists and added 7 digs and 4 kills.
• Libero, Sarah Sweet, had the squad-high in digs with 17. Zurina Restrepo followed with 11 and had 5 service aces on the day.
• Shaniya Banks had 2 blocks while several others added 1. 

 Team Comparison:

Sets: 3-0 RU

Points: 54-35 RU

Kills: 38-29 RU

K %: .248% - .141% RU

Assists: 37-28 RU

Aces: 12-4 RU

Digs: 51-48 RU

Blocks: 4-2 RU

Attack Errors: 15-12 TC

Service Errors: 11-6 RU