DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -The Embry-Riddle Eagles volleyball team tallied their 13th win of the season a they topped future conference competitor, the Southeastern Fire on Friday evening in three quick sets (25-13, 25-11, 25-23).

The Eagles moved their record to 13-1 overall as they defeated the Fire for the second time this season. Southeastern was granted acceptance into The Sun Conference beginning the 2009-10 school year, they are currently 10-5 overall and 3-4 verses NAIA institutions.

Savannah Trakes put the Eagles up by two early (5-3) in the first set on a deep kill past the Fire's backrow that started a five point scoring drive for the Blue and Gold, going up 10-3. On the scoring drive Jenni Nelsen added two service aces to her season total of 27. The Fire kept the home team's lead to five before four consecutive kills from Nelsen, Alana Martinez, Trakes and Abby Hall, respectively, giving the Eagles a nine point lead. Embry-Riddle had 15 kills in the first set including the game-point won by the swing of Hall's arm, 25-13.

The Eagles arms reigned down the heat from behind the service line in the beginning of the second set as they quickly went up 5-0 aided by three service aces by Marissa Gonzales. Both Nelsen and Hall aided the Eagles large lead with aces of their own. Hall also had six of her team leading 14 kills in the second set.

SEU put the pressure on the Eagles in the third set staying even with the home team until the final three points. Embry-Riddle out-hit Southeastern .233 to .162 in the third set to pick up the team's 13th victory of the season. The Eagles had 42 kills in the match, with Hall, Trakes (8), Martinez (7) and Nelsen (6) contributing the majority.

The Blue and Gold will host Northwood in a conference match on Saturday, Sept. 27 in the ICI Center at 2 p.m.