Tars Earn Hard-Fought Five Set Win over LIU Post

Rollins (4-2)

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LIU Post (2-3)

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LAKELAND, Fla. (September 10, 2016) - Juniors Shannon McDonough and Bri Civiero notched new career highs helping the Rollins volleyball team open up day two of the FSC/Terrance Hotel Classic with a win. The Tars earned their fourth consecutive win as they took down LIU Post in a hard-fought five-setter, 3-2 (20-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-19, 15-8). With the victory, Rollins advances to a record of 4-2, while the Pioneers drop to 2-3 on the season.

McDonough led the Tars in total attacks and kills, notching new career highs in both as she tallied 65 total attacks and 26 kills. The Orlando, Fla. native also matched career highs in digs with 14, and service aces with two, while posting her second-straight double-double.

LIU Post was led by Danielle Valenza, who notched a team high 17 kills on 45 attempts. Giulia Genna dished out a team best 35 assists, while Indira Rojas amassed a squad high 23 digs. The Pioneers saw one solo block on the morning from Rachel Londot, while Taryn McCullouch earned a team high three assisted blocks. Londot closed out the morning with a match high four service aces.

NOTES:

• After trailing the Pioneers in set two, 13-7, Rollins battled back and outscored their opponent 18-6 to claim the second set victory, 25-19, including a match high six point run at the end to claim the set.
• Set Three was tied at 6-6 before LIU Post earned six straight to pull ahead 12-6. But the Tars rattled off five of their own to pull back to within one, 13-12, before both teams traded blows and Rollins knotted the score at 14-14. The Pioneers went on to take the third set, 25-18, to take a 2-1 match lead, but Rollins bounced back and took the fourth set to send it to the decisive fifth stanza.
• With a 9-7 advantage, Rollins hit their stride and rallied off five straight points to pull out to a 14-7 lead. The Pioneers broke the run with a point of their own, but the Tars earned match point on a kill by McDonough off of an assist by Cason.
• Four players set single match career highs during the match against the Pioneers:
  • Freshman Cassidy Cason notched a new best digs, earning 11.
  • Junior Bri Civiero tallied a new high in kills with 24.
  • Junior Shannon McDonough earned career highs in kills with 26, and attacks with 65. McDonough matched her career highs in both Digs (14) and Service Aces (2), which she also tallied the previous evening against UC Colorado Springs.
  • Junior Rebecca Wilson earned a new career high in attack attempts in a match, with four.
• Rollins has now won four-straight matches
• The match saw a total of 22 tie scores, including seven times in the first and third sets, and eight lead changes, three of which came in Set One.
• Shannon McDonough earned her second-straight double-double, the third of her career, as she tallied 26 kills and 14 digs.
• Rollins out-blocked its opponent, 9-5, led by McDonough and MaryBethany Vincent with five block-assists apiece. Kianna Dieudonné had the Tars' lone solo-block on the morning.

COACH ROBINSON'S THOUGHTS:

"We had a slow start and LIU Post played a high energy and fast game that challenged us to find our rhythm. I was really proud of our resilience and grit down the stretch though."

NEXT UP:

• Date: Saturday | September 10, 2016
• Opponent: Texas Woman's University
• Location: Lakeland, Fla. | Florida Southern (Jenkins Field House)
• Time: 4:30 p.m.
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