WASHINGTON, D.C. - Christopher Newport Volleyball extended its winning streak to 10 and won the Worthington Classic, hosted by Gallaudet University, with a 3-0 win vs. Catholic and a 3-1 victory over Marymount on Saturday. The Captains have won 30 of 33 sets with seven sweeps in the streak.

Katie Crofford was named Tournament MVP while Sammy Carroll and Riley Garrison joined her on the All-Tournament Team. Katie Crofford contributed 34 kills, 43 digs, four aces, and four blocks. Carroll totaled 167 assists (11.9/set) with 19 digs, 11 blocks, five aces, and seven kills. Garrison tallied 31 kills and 13 blocks in the four matches.

The Captains upended Catholic 25-19, 25-20, and 25-16.

With Catholic leading 4-3, Christopher Newport scored four straight, with Kayleigh Reagan-Smith registering back-to-back service aces, to go ahead 7-4. CNU led the rest of the way, but Catholic trailed by just two at 21-19 before the Captains rattled off the last four with Mackenzie Wright picking up two blocks in the final run. Megan O'Hara and Riley Garrison each had four kills and two blocks in the set while Sammy Carroll handed out 15 assists. Katie Piper added five kills.

Christopher Newport rolled to start the set at 7-2 and 8-3, but the Cardinals took 11 of the next 13 points to jump ahead 14-11. The Captains responded with a 5-2 spurt to tie the game at 16-16. Catholic tallied the following point, but CNU scored the ensuing five points to race out to a 21-17 advantage. Ahead 23-20, Katie Piper shut the door on the set with a kill then a service ace. Carroll contributed 14 assists and Garrison had three kills and three blocks.

With the third set tied at 5-5, seniors Katie Crofford and Piper combined for the set's next four points to put the Captains up 9-5. CNU pushed the lead to 15-9 after a Piper kill and ace, and the Captains led by at least six the rest of the way. CNU finished off the match with three straight kills, two from O'Hara and one from Garrison. O'Hara blasted seven kills in the final frame while Carroll had 18 assists. Piper and Crofford each hit five kills with an ace.

Megan O'Hara had one of her best games in a Captain uniform, recording 14 kills with just one error on 24 tries for a .542 hitting percentage to go with three blocks. Sammy Carroll tied her career-high with 47 assists while setting a new high-water mark for assists per set at 15.7 to go with two blocks and five digs. Combined with three assists from her teammates, the Captains tied for fourth on the school match records for assists in a three-set match at 50.

Katie Piper contributed 13 kills for a .435 hitting percentage to go with two aces and eight digs. Katie Crofford added nine kills and nine digs while Riley Garrison had eight kills on .429 hitting, five blocks, and three digs.

Marymount delivered a punch in the first set, taking it 25-16, but CNU bounced back to win the next three 25-23, 25-20, 25-19.

Marymount was the aggressor from the outset in the opening game as they scored the first four points and led 9-4. With the Captains trailing 13-9, the Saints secured the next five points to go up 18-9. CNU mounted a comeback attempt by scoring seven of the next nine to get within four, 20-16, but the Saints picked up the final five points of the set to win 25-16.

Marymount got off to another strong start in set two, leading 6-3, but the Captains scored five of the next six to take an 8-7 advantage. The lead alternated several times along the way, eventually landing on a 16-16 tie, but a Carroll kill, a Garrison+Carroll block, followed by two MU attack errors but the Captains ahead 20-16. The lead remained in CNU's advantage at 24-21 when a CNU error followed by an MU kill sliced the lead to just one, 24-23, but Carroll delivered a pass to Crofford for the kill shot, 25-23, to tie the match at 1-1. Carroll posted 11 assists in the set.

Christopher Newport roared out to a 6-1 lead in the third frame but saw the lead trimmed down to just one at 11-10. The Captains picked up the next three points to go up by four and would lead by at least two the rest of the way. At 20-16 following a Captains error, CNU pushed the lead out to seven, 23-16, as a kill and block from Carroll was followed by a Garrison block. The momentum was short-lived as the Saints rattled off the next four, all via Sophie Meredith kills, to get within three at 23-20. The Captains finished it off on kills by Katie Piper and Mackenzie Wright to take the 2-1 lead. Carroll tallied 13 kills in the frame.

The fourth set was back and forth for the majority with numerous ties and lead changes, with the last tie coming at 16-16. Christopher Newport would wrestle control of the set from there, reeling off nine of the last 12 to win the set and match with Piper scoring the final two points off a kill and service ace. Piper slammed home seven kills along with an ace in the game while Carroll provided 13 assists.

Katie Piper double-doubled with 16 kills, 12 digs, and two aces. Sammy Carroll contributed 42 assists, six digs, two blocks (one solo), three kills, and an ace. Katie Crofford added nine kills and 11 digs. Riley Garrison had nine kills with a team-high four blocks, one of the solo variety. 

Kayleigh Reagan-Smith and Rebecca Frey combined for 28 digs and six aces out of the libero/defensive specialist spot. Mackenzie Wright tallied seven kills while Megan O'Hara had six.
 
Christopher Newport heads into conference play on Wednesday with a road match at Southern Virginia University at 7 p.m.