HARRISONBURG, VA - The Mary Baldwin College volleyball team opened their season this afternoon at the Eastern Mennonite University Invitational Tournament.  The Fighting Squirrels fell to Catholic University in their first match 0-3 and Salem College in their second match 1-3.

Errors cost the young Fighting Squirrels their first match against Catholic as the team combined for 26 attack errors along with a number of serve and receive errors. 

Katelyn Rice led Mary Baldwin with 7 kills.  She was followed closely by Kennedy Quick with 6.  Reilly Kelly added 18 assists while Xenna Belfield finished with 8 diggs.

Mary Baldwin had a very close match against Salem in their final match of the afternoon losing 25-27, 25-22, 19-25, and 15-25.

After losing a very close first set, the Fighting Squirrels came back to take the second 25-22.  The teams played evenly, with Salem only taking a slight advantage finishing with 44 kills to Mary Baldwin's 41.  Salem did finish with a slight advantage in service aces and five fewer receive errors which proved to be the difference.

Kately Rice again led Mary Baldwin with 14 kills.  She was once again followed by Kennedy Quick with 10.  Setter Reilly Kelly led with 33 assists while Xenna Belfield led the defense with 31 diggs.

Mary Baldwin (0-2, 0-0 USAS) will be back in action tomorrow at 10:00am against Goucher before finishing play against Hood at 2:00 PM.