Box Score

WINTER PARK – Emilee Taylor recorded a team-high 17 kills to help Flagler College avenge an earlier loss to Rollins College with a 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23) victory in a non-conference volleyball match Tuesday night at Warden Arena. Rollins won the first meeting 3-2 at Savannah on Sept. 15.

Flagler extended its winning streak to nine matches and improved to 15-6 overall. Rollins fell to 11-9.

Taylor added nine digs and a pair of aces to her line for the Saints. Sophie Meyer hit an efficient .385 with 11 kills with just one error on 26 swings. Dianna Craine contributed nine kills and 17 digs. Rachel Stacy added eight kills and three total blocks while Abby Meyers tallied eight kills. Amelia Morgan registered 46 assists and Casey Gnann collected a team-high 22 digs.

The Saints served up nine aces in the match.

Megan Hodges recorded a match-high 18 kills and added eight digs to lead the Tars. Kelly Merideth tacked on 12 kills and 14 digs. Collyn Welsch collected a match-high 25 digs and April Jackson tallied 26 assists. 

Rollins took control of the first set when it jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Jessica Wilson had a pair of kills to give the Tars an early lead. Craine recorded a kill to cap three consecutive points by the Saints to tie the set at 4-all. But Jill Lau answered with a kill for Rollins and the Tars never relinquished the lead en route to a 25-22 win.

The second set saw 12 ties and five lead changes. After a Merideth kill tied the set at 16-all, Flagler went on a 4-1 run, prompting a Rollins timeout. Stacy and Craine recorded kills in the run coupled with a pair of errors by the Tars gave the Saints control. Flagler went on to win 25-23. The Saints hit .351 for the set with 14 kills and one error on 37 swings. The Tars kept pace hitting .240 and had 13 more attempts than the Saints.

The third set was as equally tough as the third with 10 ties and three lead changes. Flagler opened the set 3-1, but Rollins answered quickly and took its largest lead, 14-11, after a bad set by Morgan for Flagler. Back-to-back kills by Taylor gave the Saints a 19-17 lead, but the Tars would not go away. A Hodges kill tied the set at 21-all, but Flagler finished the set on a 4-1 run with Caitlyn Kovach serving an ace on set point.

The fourth and final set matched the intensity of the previous three sets. There were nine ties and six lead changes. Coming out of their second timeout, Hodges' attack went long for the Tars and gave the Saints a 23-20 lead. A double-hit by Morgan broke the run by Flagler, but Rollins' Christina Carracino gave Flagler match point when she was whistled for a ball handling error. The Saints weathered two hitting errors which made the score 24-23 and Meyer ended the match with kill.

Flagler will rest up the remainder of the week and focus on Palm Beach Atlantic University next Wednesday (Oct. 24) at West Palm Beach.

Flagler def. Rollins 22-25,25-23,25-22,25-23

  Flagler (15-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Emilee Taylor 17-2-0; Sophie
  Meyer 11-0-0; Dianna Craine 9-2-1; Rachel Stacy 8-2-3; Abby Meyers
  8-0-1; Amelia Morgan 1-0-2; Caitlyn Kovach 1-2-0; Casey Gnann 0-1-0;
  Totals 55-9-5.0. (Assists) - Amelia Morgan 46. (Dig leaders) - Casey
  Gnann 22; Dianna Craine 17; Emilee Taylor 9; Caitlyn Kovach 9

  Rollins (11-9) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Megan Hodges 18-2-0; Kelly
  Merideth 12-0-0; Camille Indest 9-2-3; Jill Lau 9-0-0; Aroon Duncanson
  4-0-2; Jessica Wilson 3-0-4; Collyn Welsch 1-0-0; MaryEllen Pole
  0-1-0; Totals 56-5-7.0. (Assists) - April Jackson 26; MaryEllen Pole
  14. (Dig leaders) - Collyn Welsch 25; Kelly Merideth 14; Christina
  Carracino 8; Megan Hodges 8; April Jackson 8

  Site: Winter Park, Fla. (Warden Arena)
  Date: Oct 16, 2012   Attend: 210   Time: 1:58
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