The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team walked away with a 3-1 overall after a weekend full of games. This is the first time that the Blue Jays started their season 3-1 since 2015. Friday, Aug. 30 and Saturday, Aug. 31, the Blue Jays were part of the Battlefield Classic with competitors, Lancaster Bible College (LBC), Gettysburg College, Gallaudet University and Dickinson College.

For their tournament opener, the Blue Jays took a 3-1 win over Lancaster Bible. Etown took the win in the first two sets. In the first set, the final two points were made by senior Elle Shatto. Shatto also opened and closed the second set. The third set ended 27-25 with the win taken by LBC. The Blue Jays redeemed themselves in the fourth set.

Some of the game’s leaders were first-year Bryanna Miller with 18 kills, sophomore Rileigh Hudock with 32 assists and junior Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro with 17 digs.

The second game on Friday night, the Blue Jays took a 3-0 loss against Gettysburg. Although Etown had high kills and assists, they could not hold off Gettysburg, taking losses in all three sets.

Saturday, the team came back refreshed and took a 3-1 win against both Gallaudet and Dickinson.

Against Gallaudet, the first set was a loss for Etown, but in the last three sets, the Blue Jays pulled ahead. The team led in the game overall with a number of kills, aces, blocks, assists and digs. The Blue Jays were able to hold off Gettysburg giving them their second win of the season.

The game against Dickinson ran similar to the LBC game, and the Blue Jays took the first two sets, dropped the third and came back with the fourth.

On Saturday, Shatto hit .250 with 30 kills. Sophomore Shelly Yohe had 19 kills and Toro made 48 digs. First-year Sarah Hanks made a team-high with 41 assists.

The Blue Jays will compete in the Lycoming Invitational Friday, Sept. 6 and Saturday, Sept. 7 in Williamsport, Pa. with four new competitors. The first game will start at 4 p.m.