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ERAU Sweeps Florida Memorial

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - For the second time this season, the ERAU volleyball team reigned victorious over Florida Sun Conference foe Florida Memorial, defeating the Fighting Lions in three games by scores of 30-18, 30-10 and 30-13.

In game one, the Lions (5-13, 1-10 FSC) stayed within a handful of points of the Eagles (15-13, 9-3 FSC) until Corey Dobridnia registered a kill for ERAU's 16th point. With the Eagles leading 16-14, Jenni Nelsen began serving. After a pair of errors by the Lions and attacks by Savannah Trakes and Marissa Gonzales, the ERAU lead was inflated to six. Nelsen increased the Eagle advantage further when she notched her team-leading 54th service ace of the season. Friday's match marked the 14th consecutive match this season that Nelsen has charted a service ace.

ERAU showed its muscles in game two, holding the Lions to 10 points. The Eagles began the game with eight straight points including five service aces from Kristen Hassett. Later in the game with the score 15-6 in favor of the Eagles, ERAU strung together 10 points behind Trakes' serving, including four aces.

Game three went similarly to the first two games, with the Eagles putting together multiple-point runs to win the game and the match.

Hassett led the match in assists with 20 and tallied seven aces in the match, the most in a three-game match this season. Alana Martinez had a match-high 12 kills while Rebecca Heller and Janelle Marinos were two of four individuals tied for the most digs in the match with seven.

The Eagles will finish their three-matches-in-three-days stretch on Saturday at St. Thomas at 12 p.m.
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