Owls secure five-set win at Charlotte

Friday, October 7

Charlotte, N.C.

6 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

-116,14 CUSA

Charlotte

-610,04 CUSA

Fla. Atlantic

Charlotte

10/7/2022 10:20:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Florida Atlantic University volleyball team (11-6, 1-4 C-USA) earned its first Conference USA contest of the season on Friday, earning a five-set battle against the Charlotte 49ers at Halton Arena.

The Owls dominated the opening frame. After battling to a 12-8 FAU lead to open the contest. The Owls flexed their muscles as they more than doubled the 49ers output the rest of the set, outscoring the 49ers 13-6 to take the opening set by 11, 25-14, and the early lead, 1-0.

FAU opened the second set on a 5-3 run, but Charlotte battled back to retake the lead 6-5, but a 4-0 run from the Owls to give FAU a three-point advantage, 9-6, after a kill and service ace from Valeria Rosado. FAU maintained its three-point lead through 16-13, before going on a 9-6 run over the remainder of the set, which was capped off by senior Lauryn Green's 500^th career kill, to win 25-19 and put the Owls up 2-0.

Charlotte took the early lead in the third, opening the frame on a 5-1 run. The Owls battled back to even the set at 7-7 off another Green kill. The Owls took their largest lead of the set at 15-10, however Charlotte responded with eight unanswered points to retake the lead 18-15. FAU attempted to rally but the 49ers held the Owls off as they eventually took the 25-22 win to force a fourth set, 2-1.

Much like the third set, the 49ers started off quick taking a 4-0 lead. The Owls battled back on a 7-3 run to even things at 7-7. Following a 9-9 tie, Charlotte produced a 5-1 run to lead 14-10. The Owls kept things within four at 20-16, but it just wasn't enough as Charlotte would close the set on a 5-2 run to take the fourth 25-18 and force a decisive fifth set, 2-2.

FAU took a commanding lead to start the fifth, scoring six unanswered, 6-0. The Owls maintained a four-point advantage after a kill from Alicia Hearn kept FAU up 8-4 as the teams switched sides. Charlotte rallied off a 7-3 run to cut the FAU lead down to one, 13-12, however the Owls locked in as Katelynn Robine scored back-to-back kills to close the set 15-12 and give the Owls the 3-2 win.

Stat Leaders

Kills: Katelynn Robine - 15
Assists: Noelle Stephens - 29
Digs: Camryn Vogler - 24
Blocks: Alicia Hearn - 6
Aces: Valeria Rosado - 3

Set-by-Set

Set 1: FAU 25, Charlotte 14
Set 2: FAU 25, Charlotte 19
Set 3: FAU 22, Charlotte 25
Set 4: FAU 18, Charlotte 25
Set 5: FAU 15, Charlotte 12

Match Notes

Head Coach Fernanda Nelson registered her 150^th career victory
Senior Lauryn Green surpassed 500 career kills
Senior Camryn Vogler posted a new career-high 24 digs
Sophomore Katelynn Robine earned her first double-double of the season, tallying 17 digs and a team-best 15 kills
Sophomore Valeria Rosado also earned a double-double in the contest, finishing with 16 digs and a team second-best 13 kills

Up Next

The Owls return to FAU Arena on Sunday as they host the UAB Blazers for FAU's Dig Pink game, honoring coach Capri Grotowski. First serve is set for noon.

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