LYNCHBURG, Va. - Shenandoah University volleyball opened play at the Lynchburg Tournament Friday afternoon by losing to NAIA Mountain State and to host Lynchburg by identical 3-0 scores.

SU (3-5) dropped the opener to Mountain State 30-25, 30-20, 30-19 before the LC Hornets took the nightcap 30-18, 30-26, 32-30.

Sophomore Alex Hamlin had a team high eight kills in the first match with classmates  Jennifer Thompson and Michelle Chandler each adding seven. Thompson also chipped in a team-high 10 digs.

Those three women were also the story against Lynchburg - Thompson had 10 kills to go along with 11 digs, Chandler had nine kills, eight digs and three service aces while Hamlin had seven kills.

Freshman Catherine Beuerle had a combined 47 assists in the two matches.

Complete statistics will be available late Saturday evening.

SU completes play at the tournament Saturday morning with matches against Southern Virginia University and Peace College.