BOX SCORE TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 win over St. Peter's University in its opening match of the Towson Invitational on Friday night. The Tigers improved to 4-0 on the season as they have not dropped a set so far this season.

Towson held St. Peter's to just nine points in each of the first two sets (25-9, 25-9, 25-16). It was the first time since 2010, the Tigers held an opponent to under 10 points in a pair of sets that were played to 25. Towson had 17 players see time in at least one set in the match.

"It was really important for our young kids to play and get experience when they can," said Tiger Head Coach Don Metil. "It was important tonight and will be all year for players like Saitaua Iosia, Victoria Williams and Haley Pa'akaula (combined 33 kills and just two hitting errors) to perform like they did tonight. If we stay healthy, we are better than we were last year and I think people like Barbara Lopez are going to be important for us all year long."

The first set saw the two teams battle early as they were tied at 5-5. St. Peter's took a 6-5 lead on a kill from Lexandra Wirth. The Tigers then manufactured a 6-0 run to take an 11-6 lead in the set. The two squads traded points before a 12-0 run gave Towson a 24-8 lead in the set. Pa'akaula and Iosia each had two kills during that stretch. St. Peter's (0-3) briefly halted the Towson run with a point before a service error by the Peacocks closed out a 25-9 Tiger set win.

Pa'akaula had six first set kills for the Tigers.

Towson got off to a quick start in the second set as an Aimee Schubert service ace gave the Tigers an 11-4 advantage. The Tigers pushed their lead to 20-7 on a block from Candace Steadman and Taylor Huewe. Back-to-back kills from Iosia sealed a 25-9 set win and a 2-0 lead for the Tigers in the match.

Iosia had five kills on five attempts in the second set.

Iosia dominated play early in the third set as the Tigers jumped out to a 10-2 lead behind six kills from their senior leader. Towson pushed its lead to 16-7 on a block from Pa'akaula and Steadman. St. Peter's cut it to 17-13 on a kill from Wirth. However a pair of kills from Kelsey Polak made it 20-14 in the set. The two teams continued to battle before the Tigers closed out a 25-16 set win on a block from Breana Harris and Iosia.

Ioisa had seven kills in the set while Lopez dished out six assists.

Iosia led the Tigers with 14 kills and eight digs while hitting .571 for the match. Pa'akaula contributed 11 kills, four digs and three blocks while hitting .579. Williams posted eight kills and hit .727 while Lopez had 13 assists and seven digs. Capri Tirrell had a team-high 10 digs.

St. Peter's was led by Dayana Arrufat's eight kills and two digs.

Towson is back in action on Saturday for day two of the Towson Invitational. The Tigers face Coppin State at 12:30 p.m. and La Salle at 6 p.m.