ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Siena Heights women's volleyball team swept the season series with Concordia (Mich.) with a 3-1 win on Tuesday night. Aubrey Bates led the Saints on both sides of the ball. She dished 45 assists and 15 digs for a double-double.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Siena Heights 3, Concordia (Mich.) 1 (17-25, 25-19, 25-10, 25-18)

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan (Cardinal Field House)

Records: Siena Heights (7-3, 7-3 WHAC), Concordia (Mich.) (5-7, 5-5 WHAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Cardinals used multiple runs to build a lead and earn the 25-17 victory in the first set to take an early 1-0 lead in the set score.

The Saints responded in the second, using a 4-0 run to gain a 14-12 advantage and two 3-0 runs to build the lead to 21-14. Concordia (Mich.) cut the lead to five points, but Siena Heights won the set, 25-19, to tie the score at one.

SHU scored the first three points of the third before the Cardinals used a 4-0 run to take the lead. The Saint knotted things up at four before building a 9-6 lead with a 4-0 run. With the score at 12-8, Siena used a 5-0 run to increase the advantage to 17-8 before developing a double-digit edge. The Saints scored 13 of the final 15 points in the set for the 25-10 win and a 2-1 lead. 

The score remained close throughout most of the set including a 17-17 tie late. Victoria Nerkowski broke the tie with a kill that sparked three-straight points and forced a Cardinal timeout. Bates recorded a kill out of the break for the 21-17 edge. CUAA scored a point to cut the SHU lead to 21-18, but two straight points by the Saints forced Concordia (Mich.) to take its second timeout. Bates and Samantha Getson ended the match with back-to-back kills for the set and match point. 

TOP SAINTS

• Bates finished the match with a hitting percentage of .438. She also added eight kills to her stats on the evening. 

• Aline Marinelo led the team with 14 kills (.303). She contributed five digs and one assist.

• Katelyn Ferris and Getson each had 10 kills. Ferris also finished with three blocks while Getson had five. 

• Janel Ruhlman recorded 15 digs and seven kills.

• Sam Huddleston also had double-digit digs with 10.

THE OPPOSITION

• Kayla Peters had a double-double with 12 points and 12 digs.

• Tara Schatzle led defensively with 23 digs. 

UP NEXT

The Saints will host Madonna on Friday night at 7:00 p.m., in the SHU Fieldhouse.