WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Lynn Fighting
Knights held a .295 attacking percentage in a 3-1 (25-12, 25-17,
23-25, 25-12) victory over the Rollins volleyball team in a
Sunshine State Conference match, Saturday afternoon at Warden
Arena.
Rollins' junior outside hitter Nikki
Hartman paced the Tars with her 16th double-double of the
season as she finished with 12 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore right
side hitter Caitlin
Vyborny followed with nine and a .308 attacking percentage.
Sophomore setter Erin
Wareham provided the majority of the assists with 29 and
participated in four blocks.
The Knights (18-11, 5-5 SSC) used four attackers, who hit into
double-digits, which included Daris Rodriguez's 14 and an attacking
percentage of .520. Camila Lins trailed with 11, while Haley Pratt
and Sophie Gagnon finished with 10.
The Tars fell behind early in the contest when they dropped the
first two sets. Rollins dug itself into a seven-point hole in the
first frame at 9-2. The Knights kept its distance throughout the
set allowing the Tars to cut the deficit to six on two occasions
before closing out the stanza, 25-12.
The second set was much of the same as Lynn used a .367
attacking percentage, which included a .500 (5K 0E 10TA) hitting
percentage from Haley Pratt. After going down 5-1, the Tars came
back on a pair of kills from junior middle blocker Natalie
Branche and Nikki
Hartman to cut the Knight's lead to one at 10-9.
Trailing by one, Lynn built a 14-10 lead after capitalizing on a
pair of Tars' attacking errors. Rollins came within five points,
but eventually suffered the eight-point loss at 25-17.
After the intermission, Rollins made significant changes to its
line-up, which included freshman Phoebe
Corder switching from the libero to an outside hitter.
Freshman Karin
Barborikova assumed the libero duties.
The move paid off for the Tars as they captured the third frame,
25-23. Despite only hitting .143, the Tars managed to hold the
Knights to .080 attacking percentage to claim the victory. Hartman
led the Tars with five kills, while the new outside hitter, Corder,
collected three.
Trailing 5-9, Rollins used back-to-back kills from Vyborny and
Hartman after cutting the Knight's lead to three to even the match
at 12. Lynn built its lead back up too three, but a 3-0 run from
the Tars, which included kills from Hartman and Corder, tied the
match at 18. Neither team would break away from the other as they
found themselves tied at 23. After a service error from the
Knights, a Vyborny kill secured the victory.
Lynn closed out the match in the final set hitting .448 to
secure the match with a 25-12 victory in the final frame.
Rollins and the Knights met Sept. 20 with Lynn capturing the 3-0
victory at home.
The Tars return to action, Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. when
they travel to Lakeland, Fla., for a SSC match against Florida
Southern.
