Franklin women's volleyball coach Dillon Taylor was feeling the pain on Wednesday evening — but from an infected tooth, not from watching his team play.

On the contrary, the Grizzlies' on-court efforts offered Taylor some temporary relief and also kept an unbeaten start going with a 25-13, 25-20, 25-15 sweep of Eureka at the Spurlock Center, improving the team to 3-0 on the young season.

"Our middles were pretty dominant," Taylor said after the match. "Lauren (Kinsey) had a really, really great match. I thought (McKenzie Schroeder) made some really good things happen. ... I thought we served the ball well; 18 aces is what we had us for, so I'm really, really happy for that."

The Grizzlies' serving dominance helped create some separation during the first set. An ace by Trinity Schroeder capped a four-point run that gave Franklin the lead for good at 11-7, and four more aces in a row by setter Brionna Linkel stretched the margin to 16-9. The Red Devils got no closer than six after that.

A back-and-forth second set saw Eureka (0-4) on top as late as 17-16 before the Grizzlies took over with a 6-0 run that included two kills from McKenzie Schroeder and Linkel's fifth and final ace of the night. Kaitlyn Lavy came up with a kill after the Red Devils had closed back to within 22-20, and she finished the set out with one of her five aces.

"Set two was rocky, and we found a way through it," Taylor said. "We relied on each other, we leaned in rather than running away from the conflict. I thought that was a great growth point for us."

In the third set, Jayde Billings delivered back-to-back aces to give Franklin a 9-4 edge, and that lead eventually swelled to 14-6 before the visitors strung together seven points in a row to cut it to one. The Grizzlies again recovered, however, getting two aces from Trinity Schroeder during a 5-0 run and then finishing out the match with a 6-1 stretch that saw Lavy and McKenzie Schroeder put down two kills apiece.

McKenzie Schroeder finished with a team-best 12 kills in the win, while Lavy added six and Kinsey five; Lavy (nine digs) and Campbell Clark (eight) paced the defensive effort. Taylor also complimented the play of freshman Leah Middleton, who performed well after being inserted in for the final two sets.

Next up is a weekend tournament at Wilmington, where the Grizzlies will play the host Quakers and Manchester on Friday before facing Alma on Saturday afternoon. Taylor's club will head into those matches having earned some confidence over the first three.

"They look really good right now," the coach said. "They're rolling pretty well and they've really bought in to what we're trying to do, so I think that the future's really bright, and just keep building. Get better tomorrow, and show them what we can do on Friday."