WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Hood College volleyball team (0-6) suffered a pair of defeats at the hands of the Catholic University Cardinals, 3-1 (14-25, 26-24, 18-25, 13-25), and the Messiah College Falcons, 3-0 (8-25, 24-26, 15-25), Saturday in a tri-match hosted by Catholic University.

In the first match against the Cardinals, Jamie Gardner, Chelsea Weaver, Ashley Burns and Kristina Straub all struck for four kills apiece while Kristan Hawkins contributed three. Weaver also paced the defense with 12 digs while Straub added nine assists, seven digs and a pair of blocks. Jillian Jones notched a season-high eight digs for the Blazers.

Then in the second match with the Falcons, the offense was keyed by the same foursome as the first match, as Gardner, Weaver, Burns and Straub all notched three kills. Burns also set up seven kills and had eight digs, a season-high for her. Bailey Runkles finished with seven digs against the Falcons.

Hood returns to Gambrill Gymnasium Tuesday hosting Penn State University-Harrisburg for a 7 p.m. nonconference match.