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THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas. – St. Edward's University's volleyball team picked up a pair of wins Saturday at the Recreation and Convocation Center, including a three-set victory over Texas A&M-International to move to 2-0 in Heartland Conference play.

The Hilltoppers improved to 11-4 on the season with both victories, taking a 26-24, 25-11, 25-14 win over the Dustdevils at Noon before closing out the evening with a five-set thriller over Henderson State (9-7) 25-22, 18-25, 29-27, 23-25, 15-8.

In SEU's win over TAMIU, MORGAN BECKHAM led a defensive effort that limited the Dustdevils to just a .059 hitting mark with 26 digs in just three sets. NICOLE PETERS led SEU offensively with a match-high nine kills on a .533 hitting mark. St. Edward's begins the season at 2-0 in league play for the first time since 2014, and the Hilltoppers' 11 wins this season match last season's win total just 15 matches into the season.

Against Henderson State, KATIE MARTIN, JULIA HARTLEY and MADISON HEALD recorded double-doubles and four Hilltoppers each had double-digit kills and double-digit digs in a balanced victory.

HIGHLIGHTS
• The win over Henderson State was the 30th win for head coach Mary DeJute at SEU since her tenure began with the 2015 season; the Hilltoppers' 11-4 start matches last season's win total.
• SEU's 2-0 start in Heartland Conference play is the first such start under DeJute and the first since 2014.
• JULIA HARTLEY's 29 assists and 17 digs gave the junior her 23rd career double-double.
• Hartley now has 15 career matches with 20+ assists.
• MIKAYLA PARKER's second block vs. Henderson State gave the junior 200 career blocks, and it marked the 19th time in her career she's had at least five blocks, finishing the match with five assisted.
• MADISON MCCLURG posted a season-high 13 kills on a .303 hitting percentage; it marked the first time this season she's surpassed double-digit kills and the 11th time in her career.
• KATIE MARTIN's 19 kills were a season-high and she accomplished it with a .304 hitting mark.
• Martin's 15 digs accompanied with 19 kills gave the senior her 19th career double-double, 37th career match with double-digit kills and 27th career match with double-digit digs.
• KATE HENDRIX's 11 kills vs. Henderson State marked the fifth time this season and the 11th time in her career that she's had double-digit kills.
• MORGAN BECKHAM had 26 digs in the 3-set win over Texas A&M-International to average 8.67 digs per set; coming into the week Beckham ranked eighth nationally in digs per set (6.29).
• Beckham had 28 digs vs. Henderson State to give her 35 career matches with at least 30.
• MADISON HEALD put up her first career double-double when the freshman had season highs in assists (31) and digs (10) vs. HSU.
• ALEXA MCANDREW's 13 kills vs. Henderson State marked the fifth time this season and the 12th time in her career that she's had at least 10 in a match.

STAT OF THE GAME I
4 – Four Hilltoppers had double-digit kills and four SEU players had double-digit digs in St. Edward's balanced five-set win over Henderson State.

STAT OF THE GAME II
26 – MORGAN BECKHAM had 26 digs in just three sets in SEU's win over Texas A&M-International, which helped the junior surpass 1,400 career digs.

THEY SAID IT
SEU Head Coach Mary DeJute on a Saturday's wins …
"We started off a little slow [against Texas A&M International], but we got it right back on track. It was nice to see them fight back. We've done that in the past, so it was nice to see them do it again. This five-set win [over Henderson State], again they came out [and] we did our job. I had a lot of kids that were contributing offensively. It wasn't anything that was really going wrong. We did have a lot of unforced errors, however, the offense was working, setters ran the system very, very well. We didn't block very well today, I'm not sure why, but our timing is a little off, so that's definitely something we will be working on going forward. But, overall, I was extremely thrilled with their effort. They definitely came out and did what they need to do."

SEU Junior Libero MORGAN BECKHAM on Saturday's wins …
"It was really good to start 2-0 in conference this morning, it really gave us a lot of confidence going into our tough matches next week. And, this last game, going to five sets, it was really good seeing us all come together at the end and just pull it out, no matter what."

WHAT'S NEXT
St. Edward's resumes conference play Thursday at home vs. Newman at 7 p.m.