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Winner Florida Tech FT 7-4,2-1 Sunshine State
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Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU 9-4,2-1 Sunshine State
Winner
Florida Tech FT
7-4,2-1 Sunshine State
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Final
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Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU
9-4,2-1 Sunshine State
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Florida Tech FT 15 25 27 19 15 (3)
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU 25 22 25 25 11 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Volleyball Falls to Panthers in First Kármán Clash Meeting

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The first-ever meeting in the official Kármán Clash rivalry between Embry-Riddle Volleyball and Florida Tech was entertaining to say the least. An overwhelmingly dominant first set by the Eagles gave the interpretation that the match would be a blowout. However, Florida Tech took the next two sets, scraping by 27-25 in the third. Embry-Riddle answered the call with a fourth-set victory and sprinted ahead 5-2 in the fifth. But the visitors surged late as FT took the decisive fifth set 15-11. 

RECORDS
Embry-Riddle - 9-4 (2-1 SSC)
Florida Tech - 7-4 (2-1 SSC)

ALL-TIME SERIES
  • ERAU leads the all-time series 20-17
  • The Eagles are 11-6 at home against the Panthers
  • The loss snapped ERAU's five-game winning streak in the series dating back to 2023
  • Embry-Riddle has won 14 of the last 16 meetings

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set
  • Dakota Zieman started the match with back-to-back kills
  • Isabella Rujano added four kills over the Eagles' next nine points to help her team take an 11-5 lead and force a Florida Tech timeout
  • Out of the break, the lead increased to 11 (17-6) partially due to an additional five attacking errors by the Panthers
  • Embry-Riddle flustered Florida Tech's attack as the Panthers had eight attacking errors before they registered their first kill
  • The Blue and Gold continued to run up the score all the way to 22-9 before FT went on a 4-0 spurt
  • However, Embry-Riddle sealed the set 25-15
  • The Eagles limited the Panthers to a -.028 hit percentage in the set
Second Set
  • Florida Tech turned it around to start the set, jumping out to a 5-0 advantage with four attacking miscues from Embry-Riddle
  • Later on, the Eagles went on a 4-0 streak to get within three (10-7)
  • Out of the Florida Tech timeout, Embry-Riddle's run continued with a 9-3 spurt to take the lead, 16-13
  • Streaks of three and four unanswered points by the visitors late in the set pushed the Panthers ahead 21-19, and they later took the set 25-22
Third Set
  • The set was evenly matched until Florida Tech scored seven straight with three kills from Kearns, the SSC's leader in kills per set
  • Embry-Riddle hastily fought back with eight unanswered tallies with kills from four separate members of the Blue and Gold to take a 12-10 advantage
  • Five more lead changes occurred until Florida Tech rallied to claim the final three points and the set, 27-25
Fourth Set
  • Set four was controlled by Stella Weisbrod to start, as the sophomore tallied five kills to aid the home team to a 12-8 lead
  • The advantage grew to 15-8 on the back of a 6-0 spurt
  • Four straight points allowed the Panthers to creep back into the set, but Embry-Riddle remained ahead 22-19, and closed out the set with two kills from Zieman and a Florida Tech attacking error (25-19)
Fifth Set
  • Rujano and Weisbrod each recorded two kills to give Embry-Riddle the upper hand, 5-2
  • The Panthers took over from there, going on a 4-1 run to tie the set and later scoring four points in a row to take the lead at 10-7, ultimately winning the set 15-11

INSIDE THE STATS
  • Embry-Riddle had the edge in kills (60-53), aces (5-4) and digs (103-94)
  • The team's 103 digs and 12 blocks were the most in a match this season
  • Additionally, the 103 team digs are the most in a match since 2016
  • Weisbrod posted a career-high 21 digs
  • Her 12 kills allowed the sophomore to earn her fourth double-double of the season
  • Rujano also notched a double-double, her first of the season, with 18 kills and a career-best 25 digs
  • Twenty-two of those digs came through the first three sets
  • Ashlyn Koerner set season highs in digs (17) and blocks (4)
  • Her 49 assists secured the setter's sixth double-double in 2025

UP NEXT
The seven-game homestand concludes on Friday as Embry-Riddle hosts Saint Leo at 6 p.m.
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