GREENWOOD, SC. – After starting their season on Friday with two wins, Florida Tech volleyball made sure to keep the momentum rolling on Saturday afternoon at the Redderson Invitational, earning a pair of straight-set victories for their best start to a season in over a decade and a half.
 

MATCH ONE
FINAL: Florida Tech 3, Clark Atlanta 0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-15)
Records: Florida Tech (3-0, 0-0 SSC) Clark Atlanta (0-3, 0-0 SIAC)
Locations: Finis Horne Arena | Greenwood, SC


STATS OF THE MATCH:

First Set:

• For the second day in a row, Tech started the match strong, taking the first six points through two kills and an ace from Maria Jesus Munoz, two kills from Cordelia Kearns and a kill courtesy of Devyn Glassgold.
• The two teams would be even through the ensuing 10 points with Tech taking an 11-5 lead from another Kearns kill.
• The Crimson and Gray continued to dominate with a 7-2 run to force a CAU timeout.
• Florida Tech kept the lead in double digits for the remainder of the set with Lilian Muszynski's kill closing the frame.

 
Second Set:

• The second set would start on a more competitive with the two teams seeing eye to eye through the first 10 points, as neither team had a lead larger than two points before Clark Atlanta found a 7-4 advantage.
• CAU would hang on to the lead for the next 13 points before a Kelly Merz ace put Tech back in front, 13-12.
• After CAU responded to re-take the lead, Scarlett Kimbrell's kill put the Crimson and Gray ahead again, 18-17.
• Two more kills by Kearns and a Clark Atlanta error made it a 21-19 FT lead when CAU called for timeout.
• Out of the break, CAU rallied to tie before a Munoz kill and an error by Shynique McGee reinstalled the Tech lead to 23-22.
• Following another team, Florida Tech secured a two-set advantage through another Munoz kill and a Merz ace.

 
Third Set:

• The Crimson and Gray gave themselves considerably more room to work with to start the third set, opening with a 10-3 advantage.
• The opening FT surge was powered by three Glassgold aces and two kills from Ashley Rants.
• While Clark Atlanta would temporarily halt the momentum, Tech would extend the lead to 16-6 through a Glassgold kill and a Kenzie Delacher ace.
• CAU could only shrink the margin to seven from that point and an attack error gave Florida Tech the straight-set victory
• Glassgold had three kills and three aces in the set.  

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Cordelia Kearns was the only Panther to reach double-digit kills, tallying 10 along with six digs.
• Devyn Glassgold posted six kills and four service aces.
• Maria Jesus Munoz provided seven kills and seven digs.
• Kenzie Delacher contributed 17 assists, three digs and an ace.
• Kelly Merz recorded 10 assists, four digs and two aces.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• The Panthers now lead the all-time series 2-0.
• This was the first meeting between the teams since an August 25, 2007 matchup in Augusta, GA.
• During the first set, Kenzie Delacher passed Stephanie Lee (1994-1997) for ninth place on the program's career assists list with her 1,585^th assist.  
• Tech recorded nine service aces, having reached that mark in all three games so far this season.

 
 MATCH TWO
FINAL: Florida Tech 3, North Greenville 0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-19)
Records: Florida Tech (4-0, 0-0 SSC) North Greenville (1-3, 0-0 CC)
Locations: Finis Horne Arena | Greenwood, SC
STATS OF THE MATCH:

First Set:

• The game opened on a competitive note as neither team had a lead larger than two points over the first 16 points until a Munoz kill gave the Panthers a 10-7 advantage.
• The Trailblazers would go on a 6-2 run to draw level at 13 before a Kearns kill and a Jeanne Hassoun ace restored Tech's lead.
• Back-to-back kills from Kearns and Munoz forced NGU to call timeout at 17-14.
• Following the timeout, a service error and a Teal Phelan ace brought North Greenville to within one.
• Three consecutive Munoz kills would give the Crimson and Gray breathing room before the Trailblazers were able to get within 20-19.
• That would be as close as they got as two errors and three Patelli kills gave the Panthers an opening set win.

 
Second Set:

• The game's competitive air continued early in the second set as the two teams split the first eight points before Florida Tech moved out to a 7-3 lead thanks to a kill and an ace from Patelli, kills from Kearns, Munoz and Irene Kitson as well as two NGU errors.
• The Panther run ultimately reached 10-0 as, following a timeout, Patelli recorded two aces, Munoz added a kill and a North Greenville error brought the lead out to 13-3.
• The Trailblazers were unable to get the deficit under double digits as another three kills from Kearns and two from Munoz steered the Panthers to a comfortable second set win.

 
Third Set:

• A pair of Kitson kills and NGU errors saw Tech take an early 4-2 lead.
• Three kills by Muszynski, a Kari Voelstad Bogen ace and two aces helped move the Panther lead to 11-5.
• Two errors and a Reagan Funderburk ace shrunk the Crimson and Gray lead to 11-9 before two errors and kills from Munoz and Patelli extended the lead back to 14-10.
• Two more kills from Kearns and another from Kitson brought the Panther advantage to 17-12.
• North Greenvile were up for the challenge, however and thanks to kills from Elena Dyer and Anna Fiddelke, a Linsey Burke ace and an error, they drew level at 17.
• Tech went back in front thanks to kills from Muszynski and Patelli and two errors.
• The Panthers ultimately closed the match on an 8-2 run as four consecutive Trailblazer errors ended the match.

 
NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Cordelia Kearns led the way again with 13 kills, a .458 hitting percentage and 15 digs.
• Maria Jesus Munoz added 11 kills and eight digs.
• Chiara Patelli provided nine kills, a .412 hitting percentage six digs and three service aces
• Kenzie Delacher contributed 24 assists and seven digs.
• Irene Kitson finished her first weekend as a Panther with seven kills and a .583 hitting percentage.
• Jeanne Hassoun tallied 11 assists.
• Kari Voelstad Bogen recorded 10 digs.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• This was the first ever meeting between the teams.
• Tech's 4-0 start is their best since 2008, when they began 10-0.
• The Panthers posted a .276 hitting percentage and in doing so, they reached the .200 or mark in each of their four games for the weekend.
• This was the 24^th double-digit kill game of Cordelia Kearns' career. 
• This was the 44^th game in Kenzie Delacher's career in which she recorded at least 20 assists.

UP NEXT:
The Panthers will return to action next Friday, September 13 at the Outback Invitational in Pensacola when they face Northwest Missouri State at 9:00 A.M. and Spring Hill at 2:00 P.M.

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