MELBOURNE, Fla. - Nova Southeastern defeated the Florida Tech volleyball team 3-1 on Saturday evening. Prior to the match, the Panthers honored their two senior Victoria Bowrosen and Kayla Mastin for Senior Day.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
FINAL: Florida Tech 1, Nova Southeastern 3
Records: Florida Tech (13-15, 5-12 SSC), Nova Southeastern (17-10, 10-7 SSC)
Locations: Clemente Center | Melbourne, Fl
 
STATS OF THE MATCH:

• Florida Tech jumped out to an early 4-2, over the Sharks and later increased their lead to 8-5.
• The Panthers lead for a majority of the of the set increasing their lead to 15-10 over Nova.
• With Tech ahead 20-16, the Sharks came back scoring six unanswered points to take a 22-20 lead late into the first set.
• Down 24-21 the Crimson and Grey stormed back to score four unanswered points of its own to lead 25-24.
• Following the 25^th point both teams exchanged back and forth leads as each looked to go ahead by two to capture the set.
• As the Panthers trailed 28-29 the women scored three straight points to win the set 31-29.
• Set two witness Nova jump out to a 10-5 lead.
• The Panthers looked to get back into the set before falling behind 20-13 and later 23-14.
• Ahead by eight points with the set at 24-16, Nova recorded the final point to capture set two 25-16 and tie the match up at 1-1.
• The Crimson and Grey went ahead 4-2 at the beginning of the third set, until the Sharks tied it up at 5-5.
• Nova later recaptured the lead at 12-11 before the Panthers took back over 14-12.
• Thanks to four unanswered points, the Sharks would once again go ahead 18-17.
• Tech's attempted to close out the third set fell short when they led 22-20, Nova scored five of the next six points to win set three 25-23 and take the 2-1 match lead.
• Set four had the Panthers get out to another lead at 6-5, until the Sharks went on multiple runs eventually jumping ahead toa 19-10 lead.
• The Panthers brought the match back to within four points down 23-19 until Nova scored the next two points to claim set four 25-19 and win the match 3-1.
• Katie Erdmann recorded her eighth 20 or more kill game recording 25.5 points with three total blocks, two set assists and one service ace along with a .311 hitting percentage.
• Lilian Muszynski recorded 12.5 points from 10 kills, one solo block and three blocks' assists.
• Devyn Glassgold tallied a total of 10.5 points totaling seven kills, two service aces and three block assists.
• Kenzie Delacher recorded 36 set assists and 12 digs in the match.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Volleyball is now 21-30 all time against Nova since 2990.
• The teams last win against the Sharks was October 13^th. 2018 with Tech's last home win against Nova being September 14^th, 2018.
• Delacher edged her way into the Panthers record book as she now holds the spot for the 10^th most assists in a single season by a Panther with 956 set assists.
• She is also the first Panther to recorded 900 assists and 300 digs in a single season.
• Kari Bogen is now tied for the eighth most digs in a single season by a panther with 513, tied with Katie Rice who accomplished that number in 2001.

 
UP NEXT: The Panthers will finish the season on the road with their first of three games taking place Wednesday night at Lynn University. The Match is set to start at 7:00 pm at the de Hoernle Sports & Cultural Center.
 
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