Owls Extend Home Winning Streak to 20 with Sweep of Bethune-Cookman

Saturday, September 14

Boca Raton, Fla.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

6-2

Bethune-Cookman

2-6

Bethune-Cookman

FAU

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

Owls Extend Home Winning Streak to 20 with Sweep of Bethune-Cookman

9/14/2019 3:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University volleyball extended its home winning streak to an even 20 with a sweep (25-18, 25-23, 25-9) on Saturday. With the win, FAU also took home the Owls' Classic championship and improved to 6-2 on the season.

Key Plays

Despite an impressive serving run by Camryn Vogler, the Owls were unable to shake the Wildcats (2-6) and led by only a point, 8-7, early in set number one. A 5-1 scoring spurt stretched the margin to 13-8. The Owls maintained a comfortable lead the rest of the way and a Cailea Gibbs kill ended the frame.

In set number two, Sydney Riggs' serving helped FAU take an 8-3 advantage. The gap grew as large as eight, when BCU began to steadily eat away at the deficit, eventually taking a two-point lead, 22-20. As they had all weekend, the Owls made a late push to take the set, this time on the strength of three kills and two Wildcat errors.

FAU took command early in the third set, going up 6-0 behind the strong serving of Nikki Lakman, and never relinquished control, clinching the sweep in impressive fashion, taking the final stanza 25-9.

Notables

· Zuri Smith and Kennedy Muckelroy each had a match-high 10 kills for the Owls, the most either player has recorded in an FAU uniform. Smith did not commit an error in 11 swings

· Sydney Nemtuda and Sydney Riggs each tallied nine kills. Nemtuda adding 10 digs, while Riggs posted five digs and a service ace

· Camryn Vogler notched her first two kills as an Owl

· Kori Varney led all players with 11 digs

· Tournament MVP Jordan Yauch had seven kills on the match. She was joined on the all-tournament team by Cailea Gibbs and Massiel Matos

· The 20-match home winning streak in the fourth longest active streak in the nation

Quotable

Senior Cailea Gibbs

"We've kind of got this chip on our shoulder that the Burrow is our house and no one is going to come in here (and win)."

What's Next

FAU wraps up its tournament schedule with next weekend's Sunshine State Challenge in Orlando. Live stats will be available at fausports.com and live updates will be posted to the team's official Twitter account, @FAUVolleyball.