Volleyball Wins at Marshall for First Time Ever

Friday, November 2

Huntington, W.V.

6:00 p.m. ET

Florida Atlantic

19-5, 9-2CUSA

Marshall

10-16, 3-9CUSA

Florida Atlantic

Marshall

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

11/2/2018 8:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. - The Florida Atlantic University volleyball team recorded its first ever win at Marshall in impressive fashion, sweeping the Thundering Herd (25-12, 25-19, 25-16) on Friday night. The Owls had lost in all three previous trips to Huntington. FAU improves on last season's win total, moving to 19-5 on the year and 9-2 in Conference USA.

Key Plays
With the score tied early in the first set, FAU went on a 9-2 run to take an 11-4 advantage. The Thundering Herd never threatened in the frame and the Owls closed on a 6-2 run, taking the set 25-12 on Sigourney Kame's sixth kill.

Set number two went back-and-forth early. After a Marshall kill trimmed the FAU lead to 11-10, the Owls responded with six straight points to stretch the lead back out to 17-10. The Herd got to within four at 21-17, but FAU was able to take the set 25-19.

The Owls led by a single point, 6-5, in the third set when they reeled off a 9-1 rally to a 15-6 edge. Marshall narrowed the margin to five twice, but couldn't get any closer. Abbi Reid's seventh kill of the evening gave FAU the win.

Notables

Massiel Matos had a match-high 12 kills to go along with 10 digs for her team leading 11^th double-double of the season.
Sigourney Kame added 10 kills for the Owls.
With 43 assists, Ivone Martinez passed Jeana Boyle for 10th place in the FAU single-season record book with 1,066 for the year.
Sydney Nemtuda and Alex Cardona each posted 10 digs to tie Matos for the most on the team.
As a team, the Owls recorded just 11 attack errors on the night, hitting .402 as a unit.

Quotable
FAU Head Coach Fernanda Nelson
"Our serving was very aggressive and our defense did a great job. We just have to keep embracing the moment. This was a great win for us tonight."

Up Next
The Owls travel to WKU on Sunday to face the Hilltoppers. Match time is 1 p.m. Eastern. Live stats and video will be available at FAUSports.com.