CHICAGO -- It was a night of quick strikes at Deaton Memorial Field on the campus of Saint Xavier University Thursday night.

JOLIET, Ill. --- For the first time in school history, University of St. Francis registered three golfers with sub-80 scores in the same meet, but the Fighting Saints still came up three strokes short of claiming their own season-opening fall invitational at Inwood Golf Course on Wednesday.

LISLE, Ill. --- University of St. Francis swept through all three of its doubles matches against Benedictine University and then claimed five of six singles contests to earn an 8-1 victory in its first dual match of the 2010-2011 campaign on Wednesday.

DEARBORN, Mich. - Seniors Kyrsten Becker (Rolling Meadows H.S./Arlington Heights, IL) and Lauren Hoffman (Plainfield South H.S./Plainfield, IL) captured All-Tournament honors and led the Saints to four convincing victories as University of St. Francis opened its 2010 volleyball season with a 4-0 record at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Earlybird Tourney on Friday and Saturday.