<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2DgJSR_0wEWpwvI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2DgJSR_0wEWpwvI00" width="675" height="450" >WEST POINT, N.Y. - For a second consecutive match, the American University volleyball team outlasted Army West Point in four sets. Three players posted double-doubles to lead the way as the Eagles won 25-15, 19-25, 25-23, and 25-23 to improve to 17-4 overall and 7-2 in the Patriot League.Notable<ul><li>Stegeman added a season-high 10 blocks to 11 kills for her first double-double of the year.</li><li>It was the ninth double-double for Berisha, who added 16 digs to a match-high 15 kills.</li><li>Senior Esma Sipahi also notched a double-double, her fifth of the year, with 42 assists and 11 digs.</li><li>Five Eagles posted 10 or more digs, led by senior Bridget Javitch with 17. Freshmen Bella Marrero and Zedo Yilmaz tallied 15 digs each.</li><li>Yilmaz served up four aces to lead all players, also posting four kills and four blocks.</li><li>Freshman Elise Sterling had an impressive match with eight kills on 15 attempts with zero errors, hitting .533 while also recording four blocks.</li></ul>How it Happened <ul><li>A back-and-fourth affair in the early going, the first set saw the Eagles pull away with a 7-0 run to turn a 12-10 edge into a 19-10 advantage.</li><li>Berisha registered six of her match-high 15 kills in the opening set.</li><li>Army answered by cruising through the second set, scoring nine of the first 13 points and never looking back. The Eagles got to within four at 23-19, but Army countered with two quick points to secure the set.</li><li>It appeared Army was going to grab control of the match after it built a 12-3 lead in the third. But the Eagles methodically crawled back and knotted the score at 19-19 on a Berisha kill from Sipahi, adding two more points to take a 21-19 lead.</li><li>A block by Sterling and Yilmaz fended off Army to take the third set and build a 2-1 match lead.</li><li>Stegeman had four of her 11 kills in the third set.</li><li>Set four was tight throughout, with no team leading by more than four the entire way.</li><li>American built a slight edge midway through and held serve the rest of the way, sealing the match on an Army attack error.</li></ul><ul><li>The Eagles will return home next weekend, facing Holy Cross at 6 pm on Friday, Oct. 22, and Colgate at 3 pm on Saturday, Oct. 23 for Alumnae Day.</li></ul>Keep Up With Us<ul><li>For the latest on American University Volleyball, stay tuned to AUEagles.com and follow the team on X/Twitter (@AU_Volleyball), Facebook (/AU.Volleyball) and Instagram (@au_volleyball).</li></ul></div></body>

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Volleyball Takes Down Army in Four Sets for Fourth Straight Win

WEST POINT, N.Y. - For a second consecutive match, the American University volleyball team outlasted Army West Point in four sets. Three players posted double-doubles to lead the way as the Eagles won 25-15, 19-25, 25-23, and 25-23 to improve to 17-4 overall and 7-2 in the Patriot League. Notable.