and Stetson on Tuesday, November 6 at 6 P.M. The Eagles head on the road for their final three conference road trips as they travel to face Lipscomb on Friday, November 2 at 7 P.M., Kennesaw on Sunday, November 4 at 2 P.M. Senior Jovana Baosic and freshman Michaela Dungan had two blocks each.įor the other matches in the A-SUN, Kennesaw State (20-5, 11-1 A-SUN) played Stetson (13-10, 5-6 A-SUN) at home and suffered their first loss in conference play as the Lady Hatters upset and shutout the Owls 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-23) on Saturday. Nieto was the only player to have double-digits in any category. In assists, freshman Marissa Soitsman had eight as far as the closest to double-digit assists.ĭefensively, senior Adriana Nieto had 13 digs and two assists. Junior Madi Busler was the closest as she led the team with nine kills, one assist, two blocks and six digs. "We really care about each other and we're all really close and I think that helps a lot."įor the Highlanders, no one reached double-digits in kills nor assists. "I think our team mentality and us working hard together as a group," said VanLiew on the team's overall season performance. In fact, Rhoades is 21 digs shy of passing Heather Van Olst (884, 200-06) for eighth all-time. She is 138 away from becoming the seventh player to reach 1,000 career digs. In addition, Rhoades' one dig put her at 864 in her career. Rhoades now has 84 career aces and is now in the top 10 as she also battles with Rick (86). Ryan had two digs while Rhoades had three aces and a dig. Sophomore Alayna Ryan and senior Karissa Rhoades also contributed profoundly. "I was really hoping this summer I would work really hard to improve that game." "I think this year especially, I really upped my game in servicing and in blocking," said VanLiew on her overall season performance. The Dublin, Ohio native is now 21 away from passing Holly Youngquist's 2009 season record (459, 10th all-time).Īlong with VanLiew's 15 kills, the Block Party had a combined 37 kills and 14 blocks with Morris leading the way with four blocks with five kills. Axner now has 438 dig as she passed Brooke Youngquist-Sweat's 2005 season record (429) for 11th all-time. Sophomore Snowy Burnam (two blocks) finished with six kills and 13 digs.ĭefensively, freshman Dana Axner and the Block Party (seniors Sharonda Pickering and Kaiti Krivdo, juniors Giogio Borgiotti and Dani Serrano, Burnam and VanLiew and freshman Tori Morris) played their role profoundly.Īxner would finish with a team-high 15 digs, two aces and an assist. With her 23 assists, Rick now has 4,324 in her career, and is now 85 away from passing Gigi Meyer (4,408 2011-14) as the all-time leader in career assists.įreshman Chelsea Lockey would follow Rick in double-digit assists as she finished with 10 assists and one ace. Senior Maggie Rick would finish with 23 assists, two kills and five digs. "We definitely passed really well as a team and played really good defense, which was exciting to watch," said VanLiew. I think she loosened up a little and just let herself play as we got into sets two and three, so that was nice to see." She was relying a little bit too much on the scouting report in the first set instead of allowing her athleticism to take over. "Cortney was really good, especially at the end," FGCU head coach Matt Botsford said. In fact, VanLiew passed Jelena Simic (649, 2009, 2011) for 11th all-time in career kills. For the Seymour native has 662 career kills. VanLiew finished with a double-double of 15 kills and 10 digs while adding an assist and an ace. Offensively, it was sophomore Cortney VanLiew (two blocks) that led the way for the Eagles. NJIT head coach Peter Volkert was unable to travel with the team due to personal reasons, so assistant coaches Jabarry Goodridge and Ray Bello took over for the match. Ashley Kuhn, Matthew Neubek, Danny Mahy, Carly Jaskulski and Reid Lennertz. Those recognized included: Kristine Tullo, Carol Sweeney, Kathy Peterson, Storm Blitz, Dr. Prior to the game, the FGCU volleyball program honored outstanding faculty and staff who have impacted the student-athletes on the team. With the win, the Eagles are now 8-0 against the Highlanders. #FGCU GIGI MEYER SERIES#Wrapping up the final day of their five-match homestead, the FGCU volleyball team (20-6, 11-1 A-SUN) once again took their fourth conference series of the season as they shutout NJIT (4-23, 2-10 A-SUN) 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-17).
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