WINCHESTER, Va. — The Shenandoah University Women's Volleyball team capped off their 2026 regular season with wins over Sweet Briar and Regent. The Hornets (15-11) opened the day by sweeping the Vixens (0-26) in a non-ODAC contest before playing a tight pair of opening sets against the Royals (16-15).
Game 1: Shenandoah 3 - Sweet Briar 0
After a back-and-forth start, the Hornets eventually got a 6-0 run early in the opening set to lead 8-3. Another 6-1 run extended the lead to 14-6 before the Vixens stalled the first-set media timeout 3 more points. Two more runs of five eventually gave SU the 25-11 set-one victory.
The Hornets jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the second set and extended it to 13-4 after twin aces by
Amanda Schaffer. SU would round out the set on a 12-4 run that included service aces from three different Hornets.
The Vixens kept pace with the Hornets in set three, battling back from 4-9 down to level at 10-10. Shenandoah would take a 5-0 run into the media timeout. From there, it was another fairly level affair with the Hornets closing out the game on a 10-7 run.
Myah Watson led the Hornets in scoring with 8 points on 5 kills and 3 aces.
Amanda Schaffer tallied 5 aces of her own.
Game 2: Shenandoah 3 - Regent 0
The Royals had the hot hand to start the game, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. The Hornets responded with an 8-1 run of their own, capped by back-to-back kills from
Hannah Hylton. Regent stuck around, leveling the game at 9-9 before SU kills by
Amber Shifflett,
Kiyah Robinson, and
Ashlynn Spence took the game into the media timeout with SU up 15-10. The Hornets continued their run to 21-12 before the Royals stormed back on an 11-3 run of their own. The set was won by Shenandoah on a service error.
Set two looked very similar to set one, with SU going on an early 6-2 run before Regent clawed back. SU went into the set two media, once again leading 15-10. The remainder of the set was back-and-forth, but the Hornets' smaller scoring stretches gave them the eventual 25-22 set victory.
Set three looked nothing like the first two. Shenandoah's dominance came to fruition as they jumped out to an 18-2 lead.
Amanda Schaffer entered the contest at 6-2 and scored 4 aces on 5 points. Senior
Samantha Shy added a pair of consecutive aces en route to the team's 25-6 set three victory.
Hannah Hylton led the scoring with 17.5 points on 14 kills and 3.5 blocks.
Amanda Schaffer tallied 16 assists, with
Alayna Cole adding 9.
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The Hornets enter the ODAC Women's Volleyball Tournament as the #6 seed and will travel to #3 Seed Batten on Tuesday.
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