DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The St. Thomas University women's volleyball team snapped Embry-Riddle University's four-match home winning streak dating back to last season with the Bobcats' first victory of 2004 (30-24, 26-30, 31-29, 30-20) in Florida Sun Conference action Saturday afternoon.
The Eagles received bad news before the start of the match that they would be without the services of 2003 All-FSC and All-Region player Sue Delahanty to an injury she suffered in ERU's victory against Florida Memorial on Friday night.
However, the Blue and Gold rallied together?after trailing 12-4 in the first game to St. Thomas, the Eagles closed the gap to 18-17.??St.?Thomas?was able to close out the game 30-24.
Embry-Riddle received strong play from senior Noela Tola with 19 kills and 15 digs, while sophomore Heidi Guenther?and?freshman Ashell Curtiss each responded to the challenge recording career-high kills efforts with 11 and 10, respectively.? Their efforts helped the Eagles take the?second game 30-26.
The third game was the momentum changer in the match as Embry-Riddle held a three-point lead late in the game 28-25 and had two?game points,?but St. Thomas thwarted those chances with?kills by Nicole Hubbard and Q'wando Gloudon to tie the game at 29-29.? Then?a Claudia Cruz kill put the Bobcats?ahead 30-29 and then an Eagle attack error end the game 31-29.
However, this tough?loss didn't dampen the Eagles as they jumped out to a 14-11 lead in the final game.? But once again, the Bobcats mounted a comeback and outscored ERU 14-2 to build a 25-16?advantage sparked by four?Sylvia Pozo kills?in the?run.? This lead was too much for the Eagles to?overcome and?St. Thomas closed out the match 30-20.
The Eagles have an extremely busy week on the road at Flagler in St. Augustine, Fla. on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m., then travel to Warner Southern on Thursday at 6 p.m. at South?Florida Community College and close out the week at the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish Classic on Friday and Saturday.
? St. Thomas def. Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 30-24,26-30,31-29,30-20
? St. Thomas (1-2, 1-2 FSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Sylvia Pozo 16-1-4;
? Nicole Hubbard 14-0-1; Lauren Benoit 12-0-3; Claudia Cruz 9-1-2;
? Vanessa Perez 7-3-0; Janise Marron 2-0-1; Klarissa Zaffark 2-0-2;
? Q'wando Gloudon 1-0-0; Charmelle Garcia 0-1-0; Totals 63-6-7.0.
? (Assists) - Klarissa Zaffark 50. (Dig leaders) - Carla Hernandez 18;
? Charmelle Garcia 15; Claudia Cruz 13; Vanessa Perez 11; Nicole Hubbard
? 10
? Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (1-6, 1-2 FSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Noela Tola
? 19-1-2; Heidi Guenther 11-3-0; Ashell Curtiss 10-1-1; Jennifer MacRae
? 5-0-2; Julee Carver 4-1-1; Sarah Mansell 3-2-0; Marcia Bullara-Smith
? 1-2-0; Totals 53-10-4.0. (Assists) - Julee Carver 38. (Dig leaders) -
? Noela Tola 15; Nancy Salb 15; Heidi Guenther 10; Sarah Mansell 10;
? Marcia Bullara-Smith 10; Julee Carver 9
? Site: Daytona Beach, Fla. (ICI Center)
? Date: Sep 18, 2004?? Attend: 76?? Time: 2:06???
? Referees: Bob Turntine, James Phillips
Volleyball Box Score Embry-Riddle Women's Volleyball (NAIA) St. Thomas vs Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (Sep 18, 2004 at Daytona Beach, Fla.) St. Thomas | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Lauren Benoit....... 4| 12 4 27 .296| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 2 0| 010 Vanessa Perez....... 4| 7 3 20 .200| 1| 3 3| 3| 11| 0 0 0| 011 Klarissa Zaffark.... 4| 2 1 9 .111| 50| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 2 1| 216 Claudia Cruz........ 4| 9 3 34 .176| 1| 1 2| 2| 13| 0 2 0| 020 Carla Hernandez..... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 4| 2| 18| 0 0 0| 021 Sylvia Pozo......... 4| 16 4 37 .324| 1| 1 1| 1| 7| 0 4 1| 01 Nicole Hubbard...... 3| 14 2 32 .375| 0| 0 0| 0| 10| 0 1 1| 03 Q'wando Gloudon..... 2| 1 0 4 .250| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 06 Janise Marron....... 2| 2 5 10 -.300| 0| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 07 Charmelle Garcia.... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 1 2| 1| 15| 0 0 0| 0 TEAM................ | | | | 1| | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 4| 63 22 173 .237| 55| 6 12| 10| 86| 1 12 3| 2 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 10 8 33 .061 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 19 5 43 .326 St. Thomas.......... 30 26 31 30 1-2, 1-2 FSC 3 16 9 54 .130 Embry-Riddle (Fla.). 24 30 29 20 1-6, 1-2 FSC 4 18 0 43 .419 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Julee Carver........ 4| 4 1 18 .167| 38| 1 1| 0| 9| 0 1 0| 74 Heidi Guenther...... 4| 11 2 27 .333| 1| 3 3| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 05 Marcia Bullara-Smith 4| 1 2 5 -.200| 1| 2 0| 2| 10| 0 0 0| 06 Noela Tola.......... 4| 19 11 57 .140| 0| 1 2| 1| 15| 1 1 0| 012 Ashell Curtiss...... 4| 10 1 27 .333| 0| 1 3| 0| 4| 1 0 1| 013 Sarah Mansell....... 4| 3 2 16 .062| 4| 2 1| 1| 10| 0 0 0| 03 Nancy Salb.......... 4| 0 0 4 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 15| 0 0 0| 114 Jennifer MacRae..... 4| 5 3 15 .133| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 3| 0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 4| 53 22 169 .183| 45| 10 10| 6| 75| 2 4 4| 8 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 12 9 39 .077 Site: Daytona Beach, Fla. (ICI Center) 2 13 1 38 .316 Date: Sep 18, 2004 Attend: 76 Time: 2:06 3 13 8 46 .109 Referees: Bob Turntine, James Phillips 4 15 4 46 .239
