CHESTER, Pa. – Junior Annika Schwartz posted her third straight double-double and eighth of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs as the Stevenson University women's volleyball team swept Widener University 3-0 in MAC Commonwealth play Wednesday night at the Schwartz Center.  The set scores were 25-16, 25-18, 26-24.

Stevenson (16-7, 5-0 MAC Commonwealth) extended its win streak to seven matches with the victory.  Schwartz's 12 kills led a balanced attack that saw senior Kristen Brooks notch nine kills, junior Lauren Weaver and sophomore Moriah Savage each register eight, and freshman Victoria Prokic add six.  Prokic and Weaver each had three block assists, with sophomore Chelsea Ireland leading with four block assists.

Junior Deanna Bradbury finished with 15 digs, while senior Sara Bollinger handed out 20 assists and freshman Julie Nightwine 19.

Widener (8-13, 2-2 MAC Commonwealth) was paced by Nicole Dorman's 10 kills.

In the first set, the Pride held a 15-14 lead following a Kierston Forney kill, but back-to-back kills by Brooks and Schwartz gave the Mustangs a 16-15 advantage.  A Dorman kill tied the frame 16-16, but from there, Stevenson rattled off nine of the final 10 points, including the final six, and a Savage kill closed it out.

Stevenson clung to a 16-15 lead in the second set when a Bradbury kill, followed by back-to-back assisted blocks by Weaver and Ireland, gave the guests a four-point cushion.  Coming out of a timeout, a Schwartz kill extended the lead to five, and the Mustangs maintained at least a four-point lead the rest of the way.

Widener, trying to extend the match, jumped out to a 14-10 lead in the third before the Mustangs pulled within one, 15-14, on a Brooks kill.  The Pride rebuilt a 20-15 lead before a 6-1 Stevenson run capped by an attack error by the hosts tied the set 21-21.  Widener scored the next two points to go up 23-21, but kills by Weaver and sophomore Lauren Jan and a Pride attack error put Stevenson back in front.

A Dorman kill knotted the set 24-24, the eighth tie of the set, before the Mustangs notched the final two points to take the victory.

Stevenson hit .297 for the match while limiting Widener to a .067 clip, including .014 over the final two frames (15 kills, 14 errors on 69 attempts).

Stevenson is idle until Tuesday, October 11, when it hosts Albright College in a 7:00 MAC Commonwealth contest at Owings Mills Gymnasium.