FROM STAFF REPORTS
FERRUM—Early leads in the first and third sets propelled Eastern Mennonite University to a 3-0 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) volleyball sweep of Ferrum College Saturday at William P. Swartz Gymnasium.
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