LAKELAND, Fla. – The seventh-ranked Embry-Riddle volleyball team improved to 22-4 overall and 6-0 in The Sun Conference with a 3-0 victory at Southeastern on Tuesday night, 25-14, 25-21, 25-18. The Fire dropped to 7-23 and 2-5 in conference play. The highlight of the night came in the second set when
Adriana Vazquez recorded her 21st assist of the match on a tip kill from
Jordan Holcomb. That assist was number 4,686 in her career, breaking Marissa Gonzales' previous record of 4,685 assists set from 2005-08.
The Eagles used a 15-3 run to break open the first set, pushing the score to 19-7. The Fire couldn't pull any closer than nine points (23-14) and
Gloria Kemp's sixth kill of the set closed the frame at 25-14 in favor of ERAU.
Set two featured 13 ties and six lead changes, with the Eagles trailing late in the period, 20-19. A kill from
Jordan Holcomb sparked a 5-0 run for Embry-Riddle to give the Blue and Gold a set point at 24-20. Two points later, Holcomb ended the set at 25-21 with another kill, putting ERAU ahead two sets to none.
The third set saw Embry-Riddle take an early 7-3 lead that they would never relinquish. A service ace from
Taylor Martin moved the score to 11-7 and a solo block from
Cailey Washington built the lead to 15-10. A Martin kill gave ERAU match point at 24-17 and Holcomb finished the match two points later with her 10th kill, ending the set at 25-18, and clinching the 11th sweep of the year for the Eagles.
Kemp and Martin led the way with 11 kills apiece. Kemp led all players with a season-high .667 hitting percentage and Martin added 10 digs. Holcomb contributed 10 kills and nine digs, while
Morgan Shattuck chipped in five kills on 12 attacks. Vazquez tallied a match-high 35 assists and nine digs, while
Hannah Gray picked up a match-high 18 digs.
Allison Lewen led the Fire with seven kills and added 11 digs. Morgan Lehman added six kills and Taylor Dawson and Kelsey Whalen chipped in with five kills apiece. Katie Trenski collected a team-best 14 digs and Tara McSherley registered 26 assists and 12 digs.
The Eagles return to the court Thursday night when they host Northwood in a Sun Conference match at 7 p.m. at the ICI Center.
