Box Score Eastern Mennonite University opened its 2004 Old Dominion Athletic Conference schedule by splitting two matches at home. The Lady Royals defeated Hollins University 3-2 and fell to Guilford College 3-1. Guilford also defeated Hollins 3-1.

EMU improves to 1-10 on the season, 1-1 in conference play. Guilford is now 4-7, 2-1 in the ODAC, while Hollins is 0-5 and 0-2 in the ODAC.

In the opening match, Guilford defeated EMU by game scores of 30-26, 30-28, 22-30, and 30-26. Senior Mackenzie Parsio narrowly missed a double-double for the Quakers, recording a game-high 18 kills and nine digs. Junior Mandy Myers had 17 kills while senior Rhonda Rogers had 21 digs. Sophomore Lisa Berry and freshman Courtney Miller each had double-doubles for EMU. Berry had 16 kills and 16 digs, while Miller had 12 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore Kara Stoltzfus had 20 digs for EMU. EMU committed 17 service errors.

In match two, Guilford defeated Hollins by game scores of 29-31, 30-21, 30-21, and 30-23. Mackenzie again took high kill honors with 23 along with six digs and five solo blocks. Myers had 18 kills. Rogers accumulated 24 digs. Junior Rebekah Cocke had a double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs for Hollins. Sophomore Laura Dittmar added 12 kills and nine digs. Hollins had 15 service errors.

EMU defeated Hollins by game scores of 28-30, 30-16, 30-21, 19-30, and 15-10 to close out the day's action. Berry had 11 kills and 20 digs for her second double-double of the day. Freshman Amanda Morris also had a double-double with 12 kills and 15 digs. Cocke had 15 kills and nine digs while Dittmar had seven kills and 12 digs. EMU had 18 service aces. Hollins committed 16 errors on serves.

The next match for the Lady Royals will be Wednesday, September 22 at 6:30 p.m. when they host Bridgewater College.