ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The Florida Sun Conference leading Flagler College women's volleyball team kept its league record unblemished with a 3-0 victory (30-14, 30-21, 30-22) against Embry-Riddle University Tuesday evening.
The Eagles?jumped out to an early lead 10-7 in the first game, but the Saints not only came back to?tie the game at 11-11, but they recorded 18 straight points to build a 29-11 advantage which included 17 straight serves and four service aces by Flagler setter Carla Tagarelli?in the run.?? Tagarelli finished with eight service aces on the evening to go along with 20 assists, five digs and two block assists.
After winning the first 30-14, the Saints secured the early lead with a 10-4 advantage?highlighted by two of Florida Sun Conference?Player of the Week Melissa Bear's nine kills on the evening.? Embry-Riddle?cut the game to within three points at 20-17, but Flagler scored 10 of the next 14 points to prevail 30-21.
The Saints distributed the ball?evenly throughout the match with four players recording?six?or more kills.? Jillian Neduchal and Holli Strompolis added seven apiece and Krista McAra chipped in with six and a team-high .500 hitting percentage.
In the final game, both teams played evenly?until the middle of the game when Flagler?added to their?17-16 lead with an 8-3 run sparked by a pair of kills by McAra and a Tagarelli service ace?building a 25-19?advantage. ?Flager put things away down the stretch with two Strompolis?kills and Bear ended the match?with the Saints' 14th service ace of the match.
Embry-Riddle resumes Florida Sun Conference play in a makeup game from?a Hurricane Frances cancellation at Warner?Southern on Thursday at 7 p.m.? The game being played at South Florida Community College since Warner Southern lost their gymnasium to Hurricane Charley.? The Eagles will continue their road trip Friday and Saturday at the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish Classic.? ERU opens the?Sailfish Classic against NCAA Division II Florida Gulf Coast at 2 p.m. on Friday and faces NAIA Top?25?Jamestown (N.D.) at 4:30 p.m.
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Flagler def. Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 30-14,30-21,30-22
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (1-7, 1-3 FSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Noela Tola
9-0-0; Dani Brazolino 6-0-2; Sue Delahanty 5-0-2; Julee Carver 3-2-0;
Heidi Guenther 1-0-0; Ashell Curtiss 1-1-2; Jennifer MacRae 0-0-2;
Totals 25-3-4.0. (Assists) - Julee Carver 21. (Dig leaders) - Sue
Delahanty 9; Noela Tola 8
Flagler (9-2, 5-0 FSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Melissa Bear 9-1-2;
Jillian Neduchal 7-2-0; Holli Strompolis 7-0-1; Krista McAra 6-0-2;
Shelly Jencik 2-0-0; Lizzie Gomez 1-1-0; Carla Tagarelli 1-8-2;
Melanie Kirby 1-0-0; Kelly Holloway 1-1-0; Katie Pommier 0-1-0; Liz
Layfield 0-0-1; Totals 35-14-4.0. (Assists) - Carla Tagarelli 20. (Dig
leaders) - Kelly Holloway 8; Shelly Jencik 7
Site: Flagler Gym (St. Augustine, Fla.)
Date: Sep 21, 2004?? Attend: 145?? Time: 1:11???
Referees: James Phillips, Don Parot
Volleyball Box Score Embry-Riddle Women's Volleyball (NAIA) Embry-Riddle (Fla.) vs Flagler (Sep 21, 2004 at Flagler Gym) 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........ 3| 3 2 6 .167| 21| 2 2| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 34 Heidi Guenther...... 1| 1 2 5 -.200| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 05 Marcia Bullara-Smith 3| 0 2 3 -.667| 1| 0 0| 5| 5| 0 0 0| 06 Noela Tola.......... 3| 9 2 24 .292| 0| 0 3| 3| 8| 0 0 0| 08 Sue Delahanty....... 3| 5 6 21 -.048| 1| 0 1| 2| 9| 0 2 0| 012 Ashell Curtiss...... 3| 1 2 12 -.083| 0| 1 2| 2| 1| 0 2 1| 03 Nancy Salb.......... 3| 0 0 2 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 07 Dani Brazolino...... 2| 6 3 10 .300| 1| 0 1| 0| 3| 0 2 0| 113 Sarah Mansell....... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 014 Jennifer MacRae..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 3| 25 19 83 .072| 25| 3 10| 14| 39| 0 8 1| 4 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 7 6 24 .042 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 12 8 32 .125 Embry-Riddle (Fla.). 14 21 22 1-7, 1-3 FSC 3 6 5 27 .037 Flagler............. 30 30 30 9-2, 5-0 FSC Flagler | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Marlen Garcia....... 2| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 05 Carla Tagarelli..... 3| 1 0 5 .200| 20| 8 1| 0| 5| 0 2 0| 16 Shelly Jencik....... 2| 2 1 8 .125| 1| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 09 Krista McAra........ 3| 6 1 10 .500| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 011 Jillian Neduchal.... 2| 7 3 15 .267| 0| 2 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 013 Melissa Bear........ 3| 9 2 16 .438| 0| 1 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 02 Liz Layfield........ 3| 0 2 9 -.222| 1| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 03 Holli Strompolis.... 3| 7 2 14 .357| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 04 Katie Pommier....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 4| 1 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 18 Melanie Kirby....... 1| 1 1 2 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 110 Lizzie Gomez........ 1| 1 1 6 .000| 1| 1 0| 2| 2| 0 0 0| 014 Kelly Holloway...... 3| 1 0 4 .250| 1| 1 3| 1| 8| 0 0 0| 0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............. 3| 35 13 90 .244| 28| 14 9| 3| 33| 0 8 0| 3 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 11 4 29 .241 Site: Flagler Gym (St. Augustine, Fla.) 2 12 3 29 .310 Date: Sep 21, 2004 Attend: 145 Time: 1:11 3 12 6 32 .188 Referees: James Phillips, Don Parot
