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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Christopher Newport University volleyball team engaged in a battle tonight against Juniata College and came out on top 3-1. This is the first win for the Captains against the Eagles in program history. Over 1,200 fans were cheering on the Captains tonight on the first night of the CNU Invitational.

The first set was the longest of the night with the Captains finally taking it 32-30. CNU got out to an 11-6 lead in the first set but the Eagles came back to tie it up at 14-14. The two teams went back and forth and after eight match points the Captains took the victory after a kill by senior Chelsea McClure tied it up at 30-30. The next two points came to the Captains from attacking errors by the Eagles.

The Eagles came out strong in the second set taking a 10-3 lead over the Captains. But CNU fought back and ended up taking the lead for the first time in the set at 19-18. After exchanging points the score was tied at 23-23 when two consecutive kills by Juniata tied the match with a 25-23 Eagles win.

The third set stayed close the entire time with neither team leading by more than three points in the set. The score was even 14 different times in the set with last being at 23-23. A kill by junior Cory Harris gave the Captains the 24-23 lead and a kill by junior Christie Fellows earned the Captains their second set of the night.

The Captains were up 8-3 in the fourth set before Juniata called a timeout to stop the momentum. The Eagles scored three straight points to pull within two but the Captains maintained the lead. With the score 17-13 in favor of the Captains, Juniata scored five straight points to take the lead for the first time in the set at 18-17. After going back and forth and tying the game three times the Eagles and Captains were tied at 22-22 after a kill by Fellows. An attacking error by Juniata gave the Captains the lead and resulted in a Juniata timeout.

Fellows struck again for the Captains with a service ace that gave the Captains their first match point at 24-22. A service error followed bringing the Eagles back to within one. But an attacking error by the Eagles gave the set and match victory to the Captains as they won 25-23.

Junior Bailey Jensen had a great night with a match-high nine blocks. She added 10 kills and a dig. McClure led the Captains in kills with 11 while junior Alyssa Kidd led with 23 assists. Fellows had two service aces and junior Abby Hogge led with 25 digs.

Juniata was led by Courtney Lydick with a match-high 21 kills and four blocks, Courtney Greenberg with 50 assists and Libby Morrison with 26 digs.

The Captains will play tomorrow at 12:00pm versus Mary Washington and at 4:00pm against Salisbury. Salisbury won the first match of the night tonight against Mary Washington 3-1. Also playing tomorrow are Juniata and Mary Washington at 10:00am and Salisbury versus Juniata at 2:00pm.

Set scores
             1       2      3      4
CNU    32    23    25    25
JC        30    25    23    23