DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Four Eagles reached double-figures in kills and Sam Lanning broke the school record for blocks in a single match on Friday night as the Embry-Riddle volleyball team extended its winning streak to four matches with a thrilling 3-2 win (25-23, 20-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-12) over Saint Leo. The win moves ERAU to 17-8 on the year while SLU drops to 13-13; both squads now sit at 8-7 in the SSC.
 
Lanning registered 14 total blocks (two solo), breaking Amanda Saunders' record of 12 total blocks in a match set two years ago. She also tallied 12 kills for her first career double-double, while hitting a match-high .526. Theresa Jordan notched her first career triple-double and the first for an Eagle since Tamires Ferriera did it in 2015, racking up 11 kills, 12 blocks, and 16 digs. Erika Barbour led the team with 14 kills, while Alyssa Rudd totaled 49 assists and 10 digs and Olivia Roa picked up a team-high 30 digs.
 
The Eagles got off to a slow start, falling behind 5-0 in set one. ERAU quickly found its footing, scoring six points in a row, including three blocks from Jordan and Lanning, to pull ahead 11-9. The two sides stayed close for the rest of the frame, with Embry-Riddle ending it by scoring three of the final four points, including a Lanning kill to clinch the set at 25-23.
 
Set two saw the Eagles again start slowly as SLU took an early 6-2 lead. This time the Blue and Gold couldn't recover, as the Lions went on a 10-2 run midway through the set to extend their advantage to 18-9, and eventually cruise to a 25-20 win.
 
Embry-Riddle used a 4-0 run in the middle stages of set three to take a slim 15-13 lead, but once Saint Leo retook the lead at 17-16, the Eagles were never able to wrestle it back. ERAU got to within a point at 24-23, but the Lions won the next point to take the set, 25-23.
 
The fourth set was tight throughout, with SLU leading by a score of 22-20 late in the frame. A kill from Lanning followed by a Lanning-Jordan block knotted it up at 22, but three points later the Eagles faced match point, down 24-23. Jordan came up big with a clutch kill to tie it at 24, and after a Lion error, Jordan sealed the set with a service ace, giving ERAU a 26-24 win and sending the match to a fifth set.
 
The Blue and Gold came out swinging in the fifth, scoring the first four points and extending the margin to as large as six points (9-3). Saint Leo was resilient, fighting back to eventually tie the set at 10, but a Jordan kill sparked a 4-0 run that put ERAU in the driver's set, up 14-10. SLU scored two points to make it interesting, but James put the final nail in the coffin with her 12th kill, ending the set at 15-12.
 
The Eagles will be right back in action tomorrow as they play host to Florida Southern, the third-ranked team in the South Region, at 4 p.m.