SAU completes Union Invite

Southern Arkansas University finished 2-1 at the Union (Tenn.) Invite in Jackson, Tenn., after being swept by Carson Newman in three sets (25-23, 25-18, 25-16), but rebounding to beat Union in five sets (19-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-13, 15-11) on Saturday.

Abby Bermudez, Landry Rogers and Victoria White had six kills each to lead the Muleriders in the loss to Carson-Newman. Bermudez added a service ace and White had a team-high three blocks. Morgan Schuster had a match-high 25 assists for SAU and Bailey Kirk had a match-high 12 digs.

Rogers and White had 20 kills each in the victory over Union (Tenn.), while Schuster had a match-high 52 assists and 4 service aces to go along with 11 digs. Samantha Still had a match-high 20 digs and White added 13.