Ashland University's volleyball team's Friday (Oct. 16) ended much better than it started, as, on Day 1 of the 2026 Midwest Region Crossover in Hammond, Ind., the Eagles went 1-1 on the day – including their first Crossover victory in three years.
After losing 3-2 (25-22, 28-26, 15-25, 15-25, 16-14) to Saginaw Valley State, Ashland (17-4) came back with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-17) victory over Lewis for its 13
th sweep of the fall.
Friday's standout was junior middle blocker
Myia Etzler, who set a program record for solo blocks in a match with seven against the Cardinals. After also collecting three block assists, nine kills, a .348 hitting percentage, two aces and a dig vs. SVSU, Etzler followed all that with 11 kills, a .588 hitting percentage, a service ace, five total blocks and a dig against the Flyers.
Also vs. Lewis, senior setter
Kylee Urban had 30 assists, sophomore defensive specialist
Sydney Weickert added four service aces, and senior libero
Abbey Queen dug out 16 attack attempts.
In the match with Saginaw, Urban picked up 34 assists and 13 digs, Queen (26), junior outside hitter
Samantha Young (13) and Weickert (11) all added double-digit digs, and both junior outside hitter
Sara Krizsa (15) and freshman outside hitter
Haley Balo (12) finished with double-digit kills.
Queen now has 1,455 digs at Ashland, eight away from tying
Casey Clark for fourth in Eagle volleyball history.
Ashland's third and final Crossover match will be on Saturday (Oct. 17) at 3 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. local) vs. Rockhurst.
