RESULT
Saint Louis 3, Fordham 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-15)
Saturday, October 2, 2021 | Chaifetz Pavilion (St. Louis, Mo.)
MATCH DETAILS
• Saint Louis posted a season-best 12 service aces in a sweep over Fordham Saturday night in an Atlantic 10 Conference match at Chaifetz Pavilion.
• The victory was the sixth in a row for the Billikens and improved their record to 11-6 on the season and 4-0 in league play. Fordham fell to 3-11, 0-3.
• Senior outside hitter Maya Taylor passed Laura Risley for fourth all-time on the Billikens' career kills list. With a match-high 13 kills in the contest, Taylor now has 1,646 for her career.
• Taylor tallied seven of her kills in a 25-15 set one victory for SLU. After a tie score at 8-8, the Billikens rattled off 12 of the next 16 points to take control of the frame.
• The Billikens jumped out to an early 7-1 lead in game two, including three service aces from Emily Henken. Fordham fought back to tie the frame at 13-13, but SLU scored six of the proceeding seven points to regain the advantage and eventually took the set 25-20.
• Six Henken kills and five total team blocks led the Billikens to a 25-15 game three victory. A Jillian Mattingly kill put SLU up 13-4, and Taylor's 13th kill of the match solidified the sweep.
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Taylor (13) and Henken (10) led the Billikens in kills. Henken added a match-high five service aces, while Taylor posted three blocks.
• Sara Daniels paced SLU with five blocks, while also collecting four kills.
• The Billikens held Fordham to a hitting percentage of .088.
UP NEXT
Saint Louis will hit the road for two next weekend, visiting Duquesne on Friday and Dayton on Sunday.