MELBOURNE, FLA. – The Florida Panthers volleyball took the Victory over the (RV) Nova Southeastern University Sharks on Breast Cancer awareness night in four sets.

FINAL: Florida Tech 3, (RV) NSU 1
Records: Florida Tech (12-5, 6-2 SSC) (RV) NSU (14-4, 5-3 SSC)
Locations: Clemente Center | Melbourne, Fla.

STATS OF THE MATCH:
First Set:

• The set began in a close nit affair until the Panthers rattled off the first run of the night with a 7-0 run to take an early 9-2 lead.
• The Sharks would respond and eventually take the lead at 15-14.
• The Panthers would then take the lead storming back scoring 4 unanswered and use the momentum to take the 25-19 set victory

 
Second Set:

• This set was much tighter than the first, and the Panthers found themselves in a hole for a majority of the contest
• A back-and-forth contest found the Panthers needed to pull everything out tied at 22 with the Sharks.
• In the end, the Panthers would take hold and take the last 2 points to secure the victory

 
Third Set:

• Like most good team, the Sharks responded hard in the 3^rd set and the Panthers had no answers for the attacks.
• The Panthers would fall in the set by score of 14-25, making things much tighter.

 
Fourth Set:

• In this last set we saw a similar contest like set 2, no room for error or the result would not be in favor of the Panthers.
• It would take to the very end as the set would be tied at 19 a piece.
• This is where the Panthers would again take hold and push forward to a 25-21 victory

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Sophomore Cordelia Kearns led the Panthers with 17 kills.
• Lilian Muszynski led Tech with 6 total blocks including 2 solos
• Kari Voelstad Bogen led the team with 20 digs
• Kenzie Delacher led the team with 20 assists

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Florida Tech moves to 23-36 all-time against NSU
• The Panthers snap a 9-game losing streak to the Sharks
• Tech is now 12-16 all-time at home vs. the Sharks
• Tonight's win marks the 6^th conference win of the season, this is the first 6-win conference season since 2001

UP NEXT:
The Panthers will return to action at home on Friday, October 25^h against No. 4 Tampa for Aloha Friday @4pm

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