St. Mary's City, Md. - St. Mary's College of Maryland finished fourth at its own Fifth Annual Seahawk Invitational as the Seahawks (18-13) dropped a five-set decision to No. 23 Eastern University while being swept by Washington & Lee University in their final match of the regular-season.

Salisbury University captured the Fifth Annual Seahawk Invitational as the Sea Gulls posted an undefeated 4-0 record and lost only one set in 13 played.  Eastern also finished with a 4-0 mark but dropped four sets in 16 played for second at the Invitational.

No. 23 Eastern 3, St. Mary's 2 (Box Score)
The first two sets of this match witnessed 21 tie scores and seven lead changes as St. Mary's claimed the first set 25-22 and Eastern (27-4) took the second one, 26-24.  The Eagles won back-to-back sets, capturing the third with a 25-16 score while the Seahawks stayed alive with a 25-20 win in the fourth.  Eastern rolled out to a 4-0 lead in the deciding set en route to a 15-8 victory for its eighth consecutive match victory.

Senior middle blocker Jen Lamar (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) paced the Seahawks with a career effort as Lamar tallied 17 kills while adding three block assists and two digs.  Junior outside hitter Claire Kodan (Olney, Md./Sherwood) also nabbed 17 kills along with 20 digs, two service aces, and two block assists.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Gregorini (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) led the defensive effort with a season-high 26 digs while contributing eight kills.  Junior setter Katie Obal (Olney, Md./Sherwood) registered her 13th double-double on 50 assists and 14 digs as well as three aces.

Freshman libero Cecilia Blanc (Laytonsville, Md./Poolesville) notched 19 digs while freshman Dani Thorne (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) had 16.

Washington & Lee 3, St. Mary's 0 (Box Score)
Washington & Lee seized the opportunity to snap its two-match losing skid against an exhausted Seahawk quad, sweeping the host with scores of 25-19, 25-15, and 25-17.

Kodan tallied eight kills and 10 digs in leading St. Mary's in the loss while Gregorini chipped in five kills and seven digs and Obal dished out 16 assists.

With the regular-season now completed, the Seahawks will focus on the upcoming Capital Athletic Conference tournament which begins on Tuesday, November 3 with first round action.  As the fifth seed, St. Mary's will be on the road for the first round, traveling to Pennsylvania to take on fourth-seeded York College at 7:00 pm.