Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State volleyball team wrapped up a successful weekend with a 3-1 (25-19, 28-26, 19-25, 25-14) victory over Sienna Saturday in the Mercyhurst Invitational Tournament in the Mercyhurst Athletic Center in Erie, Pa.
 
Morehead State (4-2) was led by senior Hollan Everett with 19 kills, posting an efficient .364 hitting percentage. Everett added two blocks including one block solo, the 42^nd of her career.
 
Freshman Ella Warrick posted the fourth double-double of the season with a career-high 16 kills and 10 digs. She added three aces, sharing match honors with freshman setter Josie Certa.  

Senior Amelia Nott added 12 kills posting a sparkling .550 hitting percentage. Nott also added three blocks, including one block solo.
 
The match opened closely contested. Sienna used a three-point run to gain some separation from the Eagles 11-7. Morehead State responded with a nine-point outburst led by Everett and Nott with three kills apiece to surge ahead 17-13. The Eagles closed out the set outscoring the Saints 4-1 highlighted by Everett's sixth kill of the set and three kills by Warrick.  Morehead State posted a .333 hitting percentage in the opening frame and held Siena to a .138 hitting percentage.
 
Morehead State prevailed 28-26 in a wild second set that saw the Eagles run off the first five points in the frame and then Siena take the lead with a seven-point run to go to the technical timeout ahead 15-12. Later the Saints got a 3-0 run to lead 19-15. Morehead State clawed back into the set and evened the score at 22-22. The teams traded points and the Eagles held off a set point at 23 24. With the scored tied at 26-26, Nott recorded a kill and Warrick clinched the frame with her 10^th kill of the match.
 
Morehead State got off to a fast start in the third set: the Eagles grabbed an early 4-1 lead and stretched their advantage to 8-2 with a 4-0 run highlighted by an ace from Certa. Another 4-1 run, this one highlighted by a block solo by Everett, took the Eagles into the set break with a 15-8 lead. Siena surged back with a five-point run to close to within 15-13, took its first lead of the set at 17-16, and was the first to 20 points, a 12-2 run. The Saints outscored the Eagles 5-1 to seal the set and hold off the Eagle sweep.
 
The Eagles got out to a quick 8-2 to begin the fourth set. An 11-2 spurt by the Eagles, highlighted by three kills and a service ace by Warrick, put Morehead State first to 20 at 20-8.
 
Siena (2-4) was paced by Mary Claire Deacy with 13 kills on a .312 hitting percentage. Brianna Miller added nine kills for the Saints.
 
Morehead State returns home and will face off with Cincinnati Thursday at Johnson Arena. First serve is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
NOTABLE

• Hollan Everett and Amelia Nott were both named to the all-tournament team. Everett posted 45 kills on the weekend and posted a sparkling .394 hitting percentage. She added four total blocks with two block solos in the Eagles' three matches.
• Nott tallied 30 kills with a flashy .444 hitting percentage. Shed added two aces and six total blocks including two block solos.
• Morehead State posted a .295 hitting percentage while holding Siena to a .167 efficiency.
• Morehead State posted seven total team blocks to five (all block solos) for the Saints.
• MSU posted a season-high 10 service aces, led by Ella Warrick and Josie Certa with three apiece. Amelia Nott added two. Courtney Fitzgerald and Sydney Sennett posted an ace apiece.
• The Eagles had a 63-55 advantage in digs. Fitzgerald led MSU with 14.
• Senior setter Sennett tied Siena's Abby Edwards for match honors with 23 assists.