CHICAGO - The No. 12 Washington University in St. Louis volleyball team completed their weekend in Chicago by tackling the University Athletic Association Round Robin #2, Sunday, October 8. The Bears swept host, Chicago (27-25, 25-21, 25-20) then took down Carnegie Mellon University (25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 26-24) in four. With today's UAA sweep, WashU's record upped to 14-5 and the Bears sit at 4-1 in UAA action. 
 

WashU 3, Chicago 0 
 

In the first match of the day, the Bears welcomed the statistical advantage in every category, kills (45-38), aces (9-6), blocks (7-5), assists (43-36), digs (56-51), and attack percentage (.270-.207). 
 

Junior Jasmine Sells notched her team leading 13th double-double of the season with 10 kills and 10 digs. 
 

First-year Leah Oyewole generated 10 kills, while junior Lucy Davis added eight kills. 
 

Junior Elise Gilroy registered a season-high five aces in the sweep. Gilroy also saw a match-high 17 digs. 
 

Additionally, sophomore Sam Buckley garnered a match-high 39 assists. 
 

Defensively, senior Lily Steinbach secured a match-high four rejections, while junior Zoe Foster accumulated three blocks. 
 

In the opening set, the Maroons took the early 8-6 cushion. However, the Bears quickly erased the deficit with a four-point run to generate the 11-9 lead. The run featured kills from Sells and Davis. Chicago called their first time out of the set after WashU's four-point rally. The Bears pushed their cushion to 14-10 on a Maroon attack error.  
 

With WashU out in front, 17-13, Chicago dialed up a four-point run of their own to knot the score at 17-17 as head coach Vanessa Walby called a timeout. After the pause in action, Chicago tallied the next three points to grab the 20-17 advantage. Trailing 22-19, WashU secured three straight points from kills by Sells and Gilroy, and a Buckley ace to even the score at 22-22.  
 

With the score tied at 22-all, Buckley earned her second straight ace to give WashU the slim, 23-22, advantage. After fending off two set points, WashU battled back to steal the first set, 27-25. The set ended on a three-point Bear run as Davis and Oyewole pounded pressure filled kills. WashU took the first set on a Maroon attack error that went wide right.  
 

Chicago held the early four-point, 5-1, lead in the second set. Just like the first set, WashU came racing right back and evened the score at 6-6. Later in the frame, the Maroons grabbed the 11-8 lead, which led to a WashU timeout. After the timeout, the Bears tied the set at 13-13 on a three-point run. During the run, Oyewole registered a kill and WashU was on the receiving end of back-to-back attack errors. 
 

The Bears took their first lead of the second set as the score stood at 15-14. Gilroy then recorded an ace to give WashU a two-point advantage, 16-14, as the Maroons signaled for a timeout. Chicago then evened the score at 20-all. With the score tied at 20-20, WashU secured back-to-back points on a Maroon error and a Buckley ace to give the Bears the advantage, 22-20. The Bears never let the lead slip away as WashU took set two, 25-21. Davis ended the set with a nifty kill.  
 

Looking for a sweep, the Bears raced out to the early 9-2 advantage. After the score was tied at 1-1, WashU then went on a seven-point run. As the set progressed, the Bears doubled-up the Maroons, 14-7 on a Steinbach kill. Chicago showed some life as the Maroons trimmed their deficit to 23-20 late in the set. However, WashU's offensive attack proved to be too much as kills from Sells and Oyewole ended the match with the Bears taking the third set, 25-20. 

 

WashU 3, Carnegie Mellon 1 
 

The Bears earned statistical advantages in kills (48-46), blocks (12-6), assists (44-42), and digs (83-73). 
 

Oyewole led WashU's offense with a team-high 14 kills. Foster and Steinbach each reached double figures with 10 kills apiece.  
 

Buckley secured her 10th double-double of the year as she posted a match-high 36 assists and completed the double-double with 14 digs. 
 

Foster earned a season-high seven blocks to pace the Bears, while Steinbach added five rejections. 
 

Gilroy accumulated a match-high 26 digs, while Sells was credited with 12 digs. 
 

In the nightcap, with WashU leading by one, 6-5, in the first set, the Bears went on a four-point run to grab the 10-5 advantage. The run featured two Foster kills and a pair of Tartan miscues. Later in the set, the Bears pushed their lead to 18-11.  
 

After kills from Sells and Steinbach, WashU held the commanding 21-14 lead, which warranted a Carnegie Mellon timeout. However, the pause in action did little to slow down the WashU momentum as a kill from Steinbach gave WashU an eight-point lead, 23-15. Carnegie Mellon pushed the score to 24-19, but Steinbach ended the first set with a kill. WashU grabbed the opening frame by a score of 25-19.  
 

The start of the second set saw back-and-forth action as the set stood even at 12-12. The Bears then registered back-to-back points with an Oyewole kill and a Tartan attack error to open up the 14-12 lead. However, Carnegie Mellon then went on a four-point run to claim the 16-14 advantage. After a Walby timeout, WashU knotted the score at 18-18. A Foster kill, followed by a Tartan error flipped the script and gave the Bears a two-point, 20-18, cushion. Carnegie Mellon then tied the score at 20-20.  
 

With the score tied at 20-all, Oyewole and Steinbach produced key kills which gave WashU the lead, 23-21, as the Tartans called two straight timeouts. After the lengthy pause in play, Oyewole took advantage of an overpass and placed a perfect ball in the back right corner of the court to put the Bears at set point, 24-22. Foster and Oyewole then teamed up and provided the set ending rejection with a final score of 25-22.  
 

With the Bears eyeing up their second sweep of the day, the third set was tied at 7-7. WashU then went on a four-point run to create an 11-8 cushion as the Tartans called a timeout. The run saw two Foster kills, a first-year Ellie Laird ace, and a Carnegie Mellon error. After the timeout, the Tartans rallied for three straight points as the set stood even at 11-11. The Bears utilized a string of points to mount a 19-15 advantage. However, Carnegie Mellon went on a seven-point run to take the lead, 22-19. 
 

Entering off the bench, junior McKenzie Washington notched two straight kills to cut the deficit to 22-21. Ultimately, the Bears could not complete the sweep as the Tartans took the third, 25-22. 
 

WashU started off strong in the fourth set by grabbing the early, 4-1, advantage. The Bears rattled off four straight points to race out to the 10-4 cushion. The run saw two Carnegie Mellon errors, a senior Alden Standley ace, and a Sells kill. WashU then doubled-up the Tartans, 12-6. However, CMU tallied six of the next eight points to trim their deficit to 15-12. 

After a WashU timeout, Carnegie Mellon scored the next three points to even the set at 15-15. Looking to break the run, the Bears then secured the next three to generate the 18-15 lead. With the set tied at 18, Oyewole delivered a big kill to give WashU the slim, 19-18 lead. The Bears were able to generate the 23-20 cushion on a Tartans attack error.  
 

With the score even at 24-24, Sells nailed a timely kill to push the Bears to match point. On the ensuing rally, Steinbach registered a rejection to give WashU the four-set victory, 26-24. 
 

The Bears will host the two-day WashU Invite, Friday-Saturday, October 13-14. WashU will play four matches, two on Friday and two on Saturday. The Bears will tangle with DePauw University, No. 2 UW-Oshkosh, Simpson College, and Illinois Wesleyan University. The tournament central page that contains the full schedule, live coverage links, and participating teams can be found here.