Knoxville, Tenn. -- The Morehead State volleyball team battled but couldn't overcome an efficient Vol offense and the Eagles fell to the 22^nd-ranked Tennessee Volunteers 3-0 (16-25, 18-25, 12-25) Saturday at the Food City Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

Morehead State (1-1) was led by Hollan Everett with six kills. Amelia Nott and Ella Warrick added three apiece.

Tennessee (2-0) was paced by freshman Morgan Williams with 12 kills hitting .360. Maggie Dostic added 10 terminations for the Vols.
 
"I think there were moments where Tennessee just beat us and there were moments where we just didn't play well," said Morehead State Kyrsten Becker-McBride. "I thought we passed pretty well, even we had some new people in. There were a lot of good moments, just not enough connected together."
 
In the opening frame, after Morehead State scored the opening point, Tennessee ran off six straight to gain control of the set. Everett led the Eagle attack with five kills in the opening frame with terminations on 10 swings for a .500 attack percentage.
 
In the second set, Tennessee ran out to an early 6-1 lead; Morehead State used a three-point run to cut the Vol lead to 8-6. The Eagles evened the score at 14-14 with a 5-1 run of their own. With the score tied at 16-16, Tennessee went on a 7-1 to control the set 23-17.
 
Tennessee turned up the wick in the final set: the Vols got to the technical timeout ahead 15-4 hitting an even .500 attack percentage into the break. UT finished the set out with a .500 attack efficiency.
 
The Eagles wrap up the opening weekend Sunday when they take on Colgate at the Food City Center in Knoxville. First serve is scheduled for noon ET. No media coverage is scheduled.
 
"Colgate is a really good team. They do a good job of attacking things that are hard to defend. We'll need to work together to get them out of system," said Becker-McBride.
 
NOTABLE

• Tennessee recorded seven total blocks; Morehead State posted five. Amelia Nott led the Eagles with three blocks, tying for match honors.
• Tennessee posted a .344 hitting percentage and held Morehead State to .045.
• Courtney Fitzgerald led the Eagles and tied for match honors with 11 digs.
• Tennessee recorded five aces. Fitzgerald recorded the Eagles' lone ace.