The American University volleyball team continued to roll in Patriot League play, picking up its 12th sweep in conference action and 10th straight win with a 3-0 victory over Navy on Wednesday night in Bender Arena.

Navy (12-15, 8-6) maintained an early advantage and held off the Eagles' attempts to take the lead, going up 11-8 on a kill by Alex Cassel. A Midshipmen error on the next point sparked a 3-0 run for American as it tied up the game at 11-all on consecutive aces by Monika Smidova. Navy retook the lead but the Eagles answered with a 4-1 run for the 16-14 advantage. A block by Kelly McCaddin and Smidova put American up 19-15 and forced the Midshipmen to call a timeout. Navy battled back within two, 22-20, on consecutive kills by Cassel and Erin Fortner but after an Eagles' timeout it was able to notch three straight points for the 25-20 win in set one.

American (28-2, 13-1) took the lead to open the second set and fought off a Midshipmen rally to go up 12-5 and force Navy to call its first timeout. The Eagles continued to roll, going on an 8-3 run for the 20-8 advantage. Kristyna Lindovska notched back-to-back kills for the 22-9 lead and American was able to close out the set with three straight points for the 25-10 victory and 2-0 match lead.

The third set was knotted up five times before the Midshipmen took an 11-9 lead on a kill by Fortner. The Eagles answered with five straight points for the 16-13 advantage as Navy called a timeout. American went up 21-15 on an ace by Smidova and following a second Midshipmen timeout Navy was able to fight back within four, 23-19, on a kill by Fortner. But the Eagles were able to secure the sweep on a block by Lindovska and Morgan Hendrix and kill by Allison Cappellino for the 25-19 win.

Cappellino led American with 14 kills, hitting .480 in the match, with a team-best 13 digs. She also tallied three aces for the Eagles with Smidova notching four over the three sets. The junior paced the offense with 31 assists and added five blocks. McCaddin finished the night with six kills, six digs and six blocks. American outhit the Midshipmen .350 to .103, committing one error in each of the final two sets.

Fortner tallied nine kills and eight digs for Navy and Alex Karika had 25 assists. Maeve Drummey also added eight digs for the Midshipmen.

The Eagles close out the regular season this weekend with back-to-back home games. American kicks off its weekend against Lehigh on Friday, November 15 at 7 p.m. before facing Colgate on Saturday, November 16 at 2 p.m. for Senior Day. Both matches will be broadcast live on Eagles Vision TV.