DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle volleyball team dropped a four-set match to visiting Barry on Friday, 23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-15. With the defeat, the Eagles are now 12-15 on the season, while BU now stands at 13-10.
 
Evelina Abdurakhmanova led the Eagles with 23 kills and added 14 digs while Asya Oguz chipped in seven kills and six digs and Erika Hinel contributed a match-best six blocks (two solo). Sumerr Paxton picked up a team-leading 19 digs and Tamires Ferreira tallied 41 assists and 16 digs.
 
The Eagles played solid defense in the first set, limiting the Buccaneers to a .143 attack percentage while siding out at 65 percent. A McKenna James kill put the Eagles ahead, 23-20, but Barry rallied to score three straight points and tie the set at 23-23. After a timeout called by Joslynn Gallop, Barry's Ivana Didanovic serve went long and Kat Espinosa's attack went wide, giving ERAU the set, 25-23.
 
Set two was a back-and-forth affair with 12 ties and five lead changes. Neither side led by more than two points until the very end when BU closed out the frame on a 3-1 run to win the set, 25-22.
 
Barry hit .562 in set three and sided out 12 out of 16 chances en route to a 25-15 win and a 2-1 lead in the match.
 
The Bucs' offense was very efficient in set four, siding out 86 percent of the time and hitting at a .704 clip, helping the visitors win the frame, 25-15, to clinch the match, 3-1.
 
The Eagles wrap up the home portion of the 2015 season tomorrow when they host No. 10 Palm Beach Atlantic at 4 p.m. Seniors Evelina Abdurakhmanova, Tamires Ferreira, Sumerr Paxton, Erika Hinel and Brendan Conway will be honored prior to the match.