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Three Panthers Move up in the Record Books as Tritons Sweep Florida Tech

St. Petersburgh, Fla. – Eckerd who is receiving votes in this week's AVCA Coaches Poll swept the Florida Tech volleyball team 3-0 on Saturday evening. Katie Erdmann led the Panthers with 13 points from 12 kills and two block assists.
 
FINAL: Florida Tech 0, Eckerd 3
Records: Florida Tech (13-16, 5-13 SSC),
Locations: McArthur Center | St. Petersburgh, Fla. 
STATS OF THE MATCH:
  • Florida Tech started out set one by going toe-to-toe with Eckerd as the two teams would be tied at 7-7 to start the match.
  • With the Tritons pulling ahead taking a 15-11 lead over the Panthers, Eckerd closed out the first set by scoring 10 of the next 11 points to capture set one 25-12
  • The Panthers wouldn't go down easy however as the second set was back and forth between Tech and the Tritons as each team traded points throughout the second set.
  • In a close contest, five lead changes occurred in the first few points as both teams tied the set at 8-8.
  • Eckerd began to pull ahead by three, at 16-13, the largest margin of the set.
  • After a Tech timeout, Tech tied the set again at 16-16.
  • Eckerd jumped back out to a 19-17 lead until the Panthers tied the match at 19-19, just for the Tritons to take the lead once again, 21-19.
  • In a close second set, Tech tied the match at 22-22 before the Tritons scored three straight points to capture the second set 25-22 and go ahead 2-0 in the match.
  • The third set stated off with Eckerd taking a 3-1 lead in the third set before jumping ahead 13-7.
  • The Panthers tried to get back in the set, but Eckerd proved to be too much getting ahead by nine points to lead 23-14.
  • The Panthers brought the set back to within seven trailing 24-17 before the Tritons record the final point of the set to win 25-17 and win the match 3-0.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • Volleyball is now 24-35 all-time against Eckerd since 1993.
  • The Teams last win against Eckerd was on November 17, 2016.
  • Tech's last win against the tritons in St. Petersburg dates to October 24th, 2000.
  • With 12 Kills in today's match, Katie Erdmann now has the fourth most single season kills by a panther with 441. She needs 23 kills to move into the top three and 32 kills to move into second place.
  • With 22 assists today, and 978 assists this season, Kenzie Delacher now has the ninth most single season assists in Florida Tech history and is 22 assists away from 1,000 assists in a single season.
  • Having 17 digs against Eckerd, Kari Bogen now has the sixth most digs in a single season with 530.

UP NEXT: The Panthers will finish the regular season against No. 6 University of Tampa on Sunday, November 13th at 1:00 PM at the Bob Martinez Athletic Center in Tampa, Florida.
 
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