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Volleyball Falls to UTRGV in Owls Classic
9/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BOCA RATON, Fla. - (September 17, 2016) - The Florida Atlantic University volleyball team was nipped in five sets (11-25, 26-24, 25-19, 22-25, 15-13) by UTRGV in its final match of the Owls Classic on Saturday.
Notables
- Maja Ristic had 19 kills and 14 digs to record her seventh double-double of the season. She added a season-high five service aces.
- Ivone Martinez tallied 33 assists and 12 digs for her team leading ninth double-double of the season.
- Sigourney Kame had 16 kills and hit .364 in the match.
- Nathalie Rosado posted 21 digs. She now has 1,222 digs for her career.
- Rosado and Martinez were named to the all-tournament team.
Key Plays
FAU blistered out to a 10-2 lead in the first set on its way to a convincing 25-11 win. The 13th and final tie of the second set came at 24 when Ragni Steen Knudsen had back-to-back kills to tie the match at one set each. Several extended serving runs by the Vaqueros helped them win the third set and take a 2-1 lead. After a UTRGV block trimmed the Owls' lead to one late in the fourth set, three different FAU players recorded kills to force a decisive fifth set. Set number five was nip and tuck the entire way, but with the score tied at 11, UTRGV won four of the next points to win the match.
Up Next
The Owls open Conference USA play at WKU on Friday, Sept. 23. The match stats at 8 p.m. eastern.
