Junior Leah Saunders helped the Emory volleyball team to a 3-0 week, which included a pair of wins at the UAA Round Robin II.

The 5-foot-8 Saunders played in all of the team's 11 sets and finished with a squad-best average of 4.00 kills per game. Saunders, who hit .326 (44-16--86) over the three contests, averaged 2.27 digs per set (second on the Emory score sheet) and doled out five service aces.

After leading a balanced Eagles' attack with 10 terminations in a sweep of Lee University, Saunders opened the Round Robin II with a stellar outing in a 3-1 triumph against Washington University, tying her career-high with 21 kills, which topped all performers, hitting .342 (21-8--38) and chipping in nine digs (second on the club). In the RR II finale against NYU, Saunders logged her third double-double of the campaign, registering 13 successful attack attempts and totaling 11 digs in a four-set win vs. the Violets. Her kills total in the NYU affair represented her fourth straight and eighth double-digit effort of the season.

So far this year, Saunders tops Emory and is tied for second in the UAA with an average of 3.19 kills per set.