The American University volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon, with three players hitting over .300 for the match.

American (8-6, 1-1) outhit the Crusaders .344 to -.011 on the day. Kelly McCaddin led the Eagles with a .474 hitting percentage, notching 10 kills with one error while Morgan Hendrix added nine kills with one error to hit .444. Kylann Scheidt had a team-high 23 assists with Rebecca Heath registering nine digs for the American defense. Hendrix also added a team-best five blocks.

Holy Cross (0-15, 0-2) kept it close to open the first set before the Eagles broke out to a 21-10 lead. A block from Callie Black and Megan Lynch made it 21-12 but American registered four straight points for the 25-12 victory.

The second set was tied at four different points in the match before American recorded 10 consecutive tallies for an 18-7 lead off a service ace from Bree Scarbrough. The Crusaders came back within seven before the Eagles were able to take the set, 25-17.

American took a 13-4 lead early in the third set, forcing Holy Cross to call the timeout. The Crusaders cut it to an eight point match but American responded with a 6-1 run to take a 21-9 lead. The Eagles were able to close out the set, 25-13, with a kill from Sara Rishell for the 3-0 sweep.

Lynch led Holy Cross with nine kills, hitting .214 in the match. Hannah Grace Stokes paced the offense with 15 assists while also adding a team-best 11 digs.

"Now we're going to have to prepare and get ourselves ready for each week," said Head Coach Barry Goldberg. "We've got nine weeks of this Patriot League season and week one is now over and we split it. We're going to try to keep getting better and better as we go and take a look at us at the end and we'll see where we're at."

American returns to action next weekend with a pair of Patriot League match-ups in Bender Arena. The Eagles host Lafayette on Friday, September 28 at 7 p.m. before taking on Lehigh on Saturday, September 29 at 4 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on Eagles Vision TV.