Volleyball Comes Up Just Short at UTSA

Sunday, October 14

San Antonio, Texas

2:00 p.m. ET

Florida Atlantic

-155, 52 CUSA

UTSA

-145, 61 CUSA

Florida Atlantic

UTSA

2017 FAU Women's Volleyball vs Savannah State

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10/14/2018 5:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Despite Ivone Martinez's 30^th career double-double, the Florida Atlantic University volleyball dropped a closely contested match to UTSA in four sets (25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22) on Sunday. FAU is now 15-5 overall and 5-2 in Conference USA play.

Key Plays
The Roadrunners (14-5, 6-1) started out fast and quickly built an 11-4 first set lead. FAU responded with a 9-2 run of its own, to pull within a point at 14-13. UTSA answered and stretched the lead back to five at 23-18. The Owls scored four straight points to get back within one, but never pulled even, falling 25-23.

Set number two began with momentum switching sides on several occasions. UTSA seemed to finally seize control, holding a steady four-point lead until the late stages of the frame, when the Owls whittled the margin down to one, 22-21. FAU got to within a point two more times in the set, but the Roadrunners were once again able to hold on for a 25-23 win.

After the intermission, the Owls got out to a 6-2 advantage in set three. That margin would hold steady until the midway point, when UTSA closed to within two, 13-11. FAU immediately countered with a 4-0 run. The Roadrunners managed to stay within striking distance and used a 6-1 run to take a 22-21 edge. Massiel Matos then stepped up with three kills and a solo block to end the set.

UTSA served its way out to a 9-4 advantage in the fourth set. The margin ballooned to as many as six and after a Roadrunner kill, UTSA led 24-19 with five chances to end the match. The Owls refused to simply go away and fought off the first three match points, before UTSA was able to shut the door.

Notables

Ivone Martinez dished out 45 assists and had 10 digs.
Massiel Matos notched a team-high 17 kills in addition to nine digs and three total blocks.
Abbi Reid collected 13 kills and hit .542 (13-0-24) on the day.
Sydney Nemtuda had 11 digs and seven kills in the match.
Jordan Yauch posted five kills, four digs and a block assist off the bench.
Alex Cardona led the Owls with 18 digs, while Kori Varney chipped in with 12.
As a team, FAU had 71 digs in the match, to 58 for UTSA.

Up Next
The Owls will play five of their final seven regular season matches at home, beginning on Friday, Oct. 19 when they host Southern Miss at 7 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at FAUSports.com. For tickets, contact the FAU Ticket Office at 1-866-FAU-OWLS or logon to FAUSports.com.