FAU falls to Lehigh in FAU Invite finale

Saturday, August 27

Boca Raton, Fla.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

-21,00 CUSA

Lehigh

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Lehigh

Fla. Atlantic

8/27/2022 4:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University volleyball concluded play in the FAU Invitational on Saturday, falling 3-0 against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks.

The Owls took advantage early, capitalizing on a pair of Mountain Hawk attack errors to take the 2-1 lead, however it was short lived as Lehigh produced a 6-0 run to take its first lead of the contest, 8-2. The Owls battled but couldn't close the gap back as the Mountain Hawks would eventually take the opening set, 25-11.

The second set was a constant back-and-forth battle. FAU battled Lehigh through four ties through the early parts of the set, but the Mountain Hawks broke away from the 4-4 stalemate to take a 6-4 lead. The Owls kept clawing back to eventually bring the set back even at 12 off a Katelynn Robine kill. Valeria Rosado followed up with a kill of her own to give the Owls their first lead at 13-12 since the opening moments of the second to spark at Lehigh timeout. However, the Mountain Hawks answered and outscored the Owls 13-7 through the end of the set to eventually take the 25-20 win and hold the 2-0 advantage.

The Owls really showed their fight in the final set of the day. FAU opened the set on a 7-4 run to take the early lead. The Mountain Hawks closed the match back within one off an FAU service error and a service ace, however a kill from Rosado sparked a 9-2 FAU run to give the Owls their largest lead of the day, 16-8. The Owls continued to pressure the Mountain Hawks holding a late 23-18 lead, however Lehigh responded to outscore FAU 8-1 over the final points of the third set to eventually capture the 26-24 win in the final set.

Stat Leaders

Kills: Katelynn Robine - 13
Assists: Noelle Stephens - 26
Digs: Noelle Stephens - 10
Blocks: Nikola Bartecka and Klara Zarnovicka - 1

Set-by-Set

Set 1: FAU 11, Lehigh 25
Set 2: FAU 20, Lehigh 25
Set 3: FAU 24, Lehigh 26

Match Notes

Katelynn Robine led the Owls offensively for the second time this season, recording a match-leading 13 kills, while also adding eight digs.
Valeria Rosado was one dig shy of posting her second double-double of the season as she recorded a team second-best 11 kills while laying out for nine digs against the Mountain Hawks
Noelle Stephens led the Owls in assists and digs, recording 26 assists and 10 digs in the tournament finale.

FAU Invitational All-Tournament Team

Megan Schulte (MVP) - Lehigh
Natalie Luscomb - Lehigh
Kyleigh Brown - Lehigh
Katelynn Robine - FAU
Valeria Rosado - FAU
Annie Karle - Mercer
Jaida Howell - Mercer
Bailey Duckett - Alabama A&M
Caitlin Shaw - Alabama A&M

Up Next

The Owls return to the court next weekend as they host their second tournament of the season in the Owls Paradise Classic on Sept. 2 & 3.