Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. - Florida Southern College volleyball struggled to find its offensive groove as it fell to Lynn, 3-0, in a Sunshine State Conference road contest on Saturday at the de Hoernle Center. The Moccasins (7-21, 3-15 SSC) hit just .147 on the attack as the Fighting Knights (25-4, 16-2) finished off the season sweep of the Mocs.
Lena Bondar tallied 10 kills in the match and Ali Travis recorded nine of her own, but Southern was unable to overcome a Lynn squad that hit .300 and got 16 kills from Sonja Udovcic and 11 from Victoria Macaluso.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After snagging a 3-0 lead in the first set, the Mocs fell victim to an 8-0 run by Lynn and were never really able to recover. The Fighting Knights led 17-8 and Florida Southern mounted a small 6-2 run to pull within five (19-14) on a Haley Williams service ace. But it would be all the closer that Southern could get as Lynn took a 25-20 first-set win.
- Florida Southern again took the first lead in the second set, but Lynn again responded with three-straight points to make it 3-1 in the early stages. Leading by just one (12-11) midway through the set, the Fighting Knights ripped off nine of the next 11 points to take a commanding 21-13 lead. Despite a late rally attempt by the Mocs, who pulled within three (23-20), Lynn was able to seal the set on a kill from Lauren Odom and a ball-handling error on Southern to win 25-21.
- It looked as if Florida Southern might send it to a fourth set when the Mocs raced out to a 10-4 lead in the early stages of the third set. With a four-point lead (16-12), the Mocs went cold as Lynn scored five in a row to take a 17-16 lead. With the scored tied at 21-21, the Fighting Knights slammed the door shut with a match-ending 4-0 run and another 25-21 set victory.
- Lynn finished with an 8-4 advantage in blocks and had four players with at least eight digs. Florida Southern served well, recording seven aces and committing just three errors.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Florida Southern fell to 33-13 all-time against the Fighting Knights, including an 11-6 record when facing Lynn on the road.
- Travis saw her double-digit digs streak end at seven matches as she tallied five.
- Beatrice Formilan has totaled 250 digs in the past 13 matches, hitting double figures in each contest and averaging 5.20 digs per set. If the season ended today her average of 4.79 digs per set would place her fourth in program history for a single season behind leader Courtney Veasey's 2004 season (5.33), Gabby Fresh in 2018 (4.92) and Brindl Langley in 2017 (4.91).
UP NEXT
- Florida Southern will close out the season with road matches at Palm Beach Atlantic (Nov. 22) and Barry (Nov. 23).
