EASTON, Pa. - Hitting above .400 in all three sets and committing just three errors as a team, the American University volleyball team put a bow on a historic regular season with a commanding sweep of Lafayette on Friday night. The Eagles end the campaign with 22 wins overall and 15 in Patriot League play, the most since 2019 in both categories.

Notable

• American finishes the season on a 15-match win streak, the longest streak since the 2019 season. 
• Sophie Dufour and Salme Adeele Hollas both had 11 kills, with Dufour hitting .357 and Hollas .500. Dufour now has 345 kills, as the freshman continues to pace American. 
• Deniz Dakak had a widespread impact, recording 31 assists, four aces, nine digs, two kills, and a block. The sophomore ends the regular season leading the Patriot League with 947 assists. 
• Prinzez Zeck, Carly Sciborski, and Elise Sterling continued to dominate l up front. Zeck had nine kills, Sciborski with eight, and Sterling with four, as all of the hit above .400. Zeck hit an incredible .643. 
• Sterling ends the campaign with a .414 hitting percentage, the second-highest mark in a single season in program history. 
• The Eagles had 10 aces on the night, with Dakak's four leading the way. Sterling and Hollas each had two, while Alex Ioannou added one. 
• Bella Marrero led AU in digs with 11. The sophomore libero ends the regular season averaging 4.42 digs per set, tied for fourth in program history. 

How it Happened

• The Eagles broke open the first set with a 9-3 run that extended their two-point lead to an eight-point lead at 17-9. 
• Zeck had four kills on the run, along with a block assist shared with Hollas. American hit a blistering .567 in the frame. 
• Continuing to hit it well into the second set, the Eagles got out to a 16-8 lead before a Lafayette timeout. 
• The Leopards clawed back into the set, but a 12-10 run proved to be too little too late. Dufour had three kills to lead the way for AU. 
• The Eagles led for the entirety of the third set, but had to stave off a comeback late.
• Trailing 23-13, Lafayette rattled off seven straight points to put some pressure on the visitors, but the run ended on a Sophia Wilson service error and an attack error by Abby Nicholson. 
• Dufour added another three kills in the final set to power AU. 

Up Next

• The Eagles will await the lowest remaining seed from the first round of the Patriot League Tournament, hosting the semifinal round at Bender Arena on Friday, Nov. 21.

Keep up With Us

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