MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Tech volleyball team hosted the unbeaten and 17th-ranked Lynn Fighting Knights at the Clemente Center on Friday night, and came away with the victory in dramatic fashion, 3-2.
 
Final: Florida Tech 0, No. 17 Lynn 0 (20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-13, 15-11)
Records: Florida Tech (8-5, 2-2 SSC), No. 17 Lynn (12-1, 2-1 SSC)
Location: Charles and Ruth Clemente Center | Melbourne, Fla.
 
STATS OF THE MATCH:
 
First Set:

• Both teams traded points to start the match. An attack error on Lynn put Tech up 2-1.
• Lynn came back with a 6-1 run to go up 7-3.
• The Panthers responded with a 5-0 run capped off with a kill by Tessa Mati to retake the lead, 8-7.
• A quick three points for the Fighting Knights put them back on top, 10-8.
• After some more back and forth, three straight points for Tech, including back-to-back kills from Chiara Patelli and Cordelia Kearns, put the Panthers back on top, 13-12.
• A few points later, a 5-1 run for Lynn put them up 17-14. Lilian Muszynski stifled the run with a kill for Tech.
• With a two-point lead, 19-17, the Fighting Knights rattled off a 5-0 run to extend the lead out to 24-17.
• Tech answered with three points, but a kill from Lynn's Samantha Wolf secured the first set for the Fighting Knights, 25-20.

 
Second Set:

• Lynn began the second set with a quick 3-0 run. Kearns stifled the run with a kill from the back row to put the Panthers on the board.
• A 4-1 run for the Fighting Knights extended the lead out to 7-2.
• The teams traded points for the next few minutes, but the Panthers fought back with four straight points, including two kills from Patelli, to cut the lead down to 11-9.
• The back and forth was back until the Fighting Knights gained some momentum back with a 5-0 run to take an 18-12 lead.
• A block from Irene Kitson and Muszynski sparked a short 3-0 run to bring Tech back within three, 18-15.
• Lynn scored six straight points to bring up set point, 24-15. The Panthers tried to mount a comeback with three points, but the Fighting Knights sealed the set with a kill, 25-18.

 
Third Set:

• The Panthers came out firing at the start of the third set with five straight points, forcing Lynn to take an early timeout.
• A 5-2 run for the Fighting Knights cut Tech's lead down to 7-5.
• Both teams exchanged the next five points until Lynn broke the exchange with three points to knot the set at 10-10.
• Both teams traded points for the next several minutes until the 19-19 mark. Lynn scored back-to-back points to go up 21-19, but the Panthers came right with two kills from Patelli to tie the set back up at 21-21.
• Faced with match point, Mati came up big with a kill inside the 10-foot line to tie the set at 24-24.
• Muszynski and Mati combine for Kills on the next two points to take set three, 26-24.

 
Fourth Set:

• The Panthers started the fourth set on fire again. This time with a 6-0 run to force Lynn into an early timeout.
• Coming out of the timeout, Tech added on two more points, but a service error ended the run at 8-1.
• Lynn settled into the set and the teams began to trade points. Back-to-back kills from Muszynski and Mati put the Panthers up 12-3.
• A short 4-0 run from the Fighting Knights cut the lead down to 12-7 before a block from Kearns and Muszynski stifled Lynn's offense.
• Tech rattled off a 9-1 run to extend the lead to 21-8. The run was highlighted by three kills from Mati and two aces from Kari Voelstad Bogen.
• The Panthers would trade a few more points with Lynn, but Tech would cruise to a 25-13 set-four win, forcing the deciding set five.

 
Fifth Set:

• The teams began the final set of the match by trading points, a panther Kill from Kearns followed by an ace from Jeanne Hassoun put Tech up 4-3.
• After some more back and forth, a Patelli kill and a block from Patelli and Kitson put the Panthers up 8-6.
• Back-to-back kills from Antia Vallecas Rodriguez and Kearns extended the lead out to 10-7 and forced the Fighting Knights into taking a timeout.
• Lynn tied the match back up at 11-11 with a 4-1 run.
• Kitson and Kearns combined for back-to-back kills to make it 13-11 in favor of the Panthers and forced Lynn to take their final timeout.
• Out of the timeout, Jeanne Hassoun nailed back-to-back aces to secure the upset victory over Lynn.

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Chiara Patelli led the Panthers with 17 kills at a blistering .630 hit percentage. She also added six blocks on the night.
• Cordelia Kearns totaled 15 kills and 12 digs.
• Kari Voelstad Bogen led the team with 24 digs.
• Jeanne Hassoun led the team with four service aces. She also chipped in 18 assists and nine digs.
• Lily Muszynski and Irene Kitson each totaled six blocks. Three of Kitson's blocks were solos.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Florida Tech moves to 23-29 all-time against Lynn, including a 14-13 record at home against the Fighting Knights.
• With her 15th dig of the night, Kari Voelstad Bogen reached 1,000 digs for her career.
• This is the second top-25 win of the season for the Panthers.

 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will host Palm Beach Atlantic tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 5 for another SSC match. First serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Clemente Center.

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