{"id":15170,"date":"2021-09-22T23:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T03:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=15170"},"modified":"2021-09-22T23:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T03:18:32","slug":"volleyball-overpowers-ave-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/volleyball-overpowers-ave-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball Overpowers Ave Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women&#8217;s Volleyball |&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/900b2627-1b18-4283-ab7d-b9839c5ebcad?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15171\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the first two sets, it looked as if Southeastern and Ave Maria were destined for a five-set thriller.<br><br>However, the Fire hit .328 as a team in the last two sets to come away with an impressive 3-1 win over the Gyrenes to improve to 2-1 in Sun Conference play and 11-7 overall.<br><br>Southeastern took the first set 25-21, using a 5-0 run to break a 6-6 tie early on. A 5-0 run in the second helped the Fire take a 6-3 lead, but the Gyrenes answered with a 6-1 run to go up 9-7. The set ended up going to extra points as the teams exchanged leads.<br><br>On the sixth set point for, Ave Maria came away with the 30-28 win.<br><br>That&#8217;s when Southeastern found another gear hitting .304 in the third with 16 kills and .367 with 15 kills in the fourth. It wasn&#8217;t just the offense; the Fire defense held AMU to an attack percentage of just .005 over the last two sets with four blocks to close out the match with 25-15 and 25-11 wins.<br><br>Freshman&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/8d12978f-a4f9-440b-96de-d47b039a7d27?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sandy Cao<\/a>&nbsp;had a monster night, filling up the stat sheet with a career-best 26 kills and .400 attacking percentage. She also had 11 digs, a pair of assists, an ace, and was in on two of SEU&#8217;s six blocks.<br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/4c14eecb-3d0b-440b-b4be-2954b96d8833?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kennedy Jones<\/a>&nbsp;also had a double-double effort of 17 kills and 15 digs. Senior&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/68cd3d9f-2474-4a79-b29e-4f7429af6f47?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jordyn Stiger<\/a>&nbsp;added 11 kills and was in on three blocks.<br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/3435ab02-0188-46a8-850d-7dbfd15f4b94?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holly Kaczmarek<\/a>&nbsp;had a team-best 33 digs with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/104429e2-0902-44ff-a560-b0331b8809f6?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grace Petty<\/a>&nbsp;adding 12 and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/services\/go.ashx\/e19adf41-5015-490d-9d38-343a379f56ce?elinkdata=39841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandra Postlethwaite<\/a>&nbsp;11. Postlethwaite also added a team-best 53 assists in the match.<br><br>The Fire return to action Saturday afternoon at Florida Memorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s Volleyball |&nbsp;Box Score Following the first two sets, it looked as if Southeastern and Ave Maria were destined for a five-set thriller. 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