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SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The No. 6-ranked Lady Blues volleyball team opened the 2010 season with a pair of convincing wins at the St. Mary's Invitational on Friday. Washburn beat SW Oklahoma State 3-1 in the season-opener and followed that up with a 3-0 sweep of the host school on Friday night.

The first match saw the Lady Blues (2-0) cruise to a 25-7 first set win followed by a 25-12 win to go up 2-0. The Bulldogs (0-2) won set three 25-22, but the Lady Blues closed out their 13th straight season-opening win 25-12 in the fourth set.

Junior Mollie Lacy led the Washburn hitters with 10 kills and a .600 hitting percentage. Junior Amanda Guess and redshirt freshman Abby Wittman each had double-doubles as they try to replace departed All-American setter Kate Hampson. Guess finished with a game-high 19 assists and 10 digs, while Wittman had 14 assists and 10 digs.

Washburn rolled to a 3-0 sweep of the host Rattlers (1-2) in Friday's nightcap with set wins of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-11. The Lady Blues hit .411 as a team and committed just seven attacking errors.

Freshman Aubri Renshaw and sophomore Hillary Hughes had 10 kills apiece to pace the Washburn attack. Hughes added 10 digs for her first double-double of the season and eighth of her career. Guess finished with a career-high 26 assists, while senior Molly Smith had a game-high 20 digs.

The Lady Blues will wrap up play at the St. Mary's Invitational with a pair of games on Saturday. WU will face Maryville at 10 a.m. before squaring off against Wheeling Jesuit at 5:30 p.m. in the tournament finale for both schools.

Game Notes:
-The win over SW Oklahoma State was Washburn's 13th straight season-opening win.
-Chris Herron improved to 9-0 in season-openers
-Washburn is now 34-0 under Herron in season-opening tournaments