WINCHESTER, Va.--The Shenandoah University Hornets (12-9) bested the Hood College volleyball team by a count of 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-20) Friday evening in nonconference action.

The Blazers and Hornets were engaged in a see-saw battle in the first set. Hood took its first lead of the match at 10-9 on a Kristan Hawkins kill. But the Hornets scored the next three points and never relinquished their lead, taking the first set 25-20.

The two squads traded points once again to start the second set, but with the score knotted at 6-6, Shenandoah reeled off 14 of the set's next 15 points to go up 20-7 and went on to capture the frame, 20-11.

Hood led 7-4 early on in set number three as Amy Hagerdon served four straight points for the Blazers. Shenandoah's Emily Jones strung together six straight serves of her own to give the Hornets a 14-8 lead. Hood closed to within 18-16 on a kill by Brittany Lethbridge and later 22-20 after a Hornet serving error, but Shenandoah scored the final three points of the set to complete the sweep.

Lethbridge led all Blazer attackers with seven kills while Hawkins finished with six and Ashley Beall chipped in five. Hagerdon racked up 17 assists and Chelsea Weaver tallied 16 digs.

Shenandoah's Rachel Maki hit .579 on the night, smacking 11 kills on 19 attempts without an error.

Hood returns to Capital Athletic Conference play Tuesday at Stevenson University at 7 p.m.