Box Score

WEST PALM BEACH – Three players recorded 10 or more kills to help lead Palm Beach Atlantic University to a 3-1 (21-25, 25-13, 25-21, 25-13) win over Flagler College in a non-conference volleyball match Wednesday night at Rubin Arena.

PBA improved to 27-3 overall while Flagler fell to 15-7. The Sailfish won all three matches this year against the Saints.

Mariela Quesada recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs while Elly Raush added 14 more kills for PBA. Faith Rohn came off of the bench to add 10 kills. Melissa Buckingham and Rachael Holehouse each collected 16 digs while Becca Acevedo tallied 48 assists and just missed out on a double-double with nine digs.

Emilee Taylor led the Saints with 13 kills. Casey Gnann collected 15 digs while Amelia Morgan tallied 32 assists.

Flagler recorded 14 service errors.

In the first set, the Saints hit .433 with 14 kills on just error in 30 swings. Conversely, the Sailfish hit .167 with 10 kills and five errors on 30 swings. Flagler went on an early 5-0 run to wipe out a 7-4 Palm Beach Atlantic lead and never looked back in a 25-21 win.

PBA hit a sizzling .464 in the second set and never trailed. Raush recorded six of PBA's 17 kills in the set. The Sailfish won handily, 25-13.

The third set was highly competitive with eight ties and four lead changes. A double-block by Abby Meyers and Morgan on Raush tied the set 17-all, but back-to-back kills by Stephany Brown and Quesada gave PBA a lead it would not relinquish in a 25-21 win.

In the fourth set, a solo block by Dianna Craine knotted the score 7-all, but the Sailfish went on a 14-2 run en route to a 25-13 win to capture the match.

Flagler returns to conference play on Friday (Oct. 26) against Francis Marion University at 7 p.m. at Flagler Gymnasium.

  Palm Beach Atl. def. Flagler 21-25,25-13,25-21,25-13

  Flagler (15-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Emilee Taylor 13-0-0; Dianna
  Craine 6-1-1; Rachel Stacy 6-0-2; Abby Meyers 5-0-2; Sophie Meyer
  4-0-3; Amelia Morgan 2-0-1; Casey Gnann 0-1-0; Caitlyn Kovach 0-1-0;
  Totals 36-3-5.0. (Assists) - Amelia Morgan 32. (Dig leaders) - Casey
  Gnann 15; Dianna Craine 13; Caitlyn Kovach 8

  Palm Beach Atl. (27-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Elly Raush 14-0-1;
  Mariela Quesada 14-3-1; Faith Rohn 10-1-0; Brytney Annis 5-0-3; Rachel
  Jones 5-0-3; Stephany Brown 3-0-2; Becca Acevedo 2-3-1; Lexie Grizzle
  0-1-0; Melissa Buckingham 0-1-0; Rachael Holehouse 0-3-0; Totals
  53-12-6.0. (Assists) - Becca Acevedo 48. (Dig leaders) - Melissa
  Buckingham 16; Rachael Holehouse 16; Mariela Quesada 10; Becca Acevedo
  9

  Site: West Palm Beach, Fla (Rubin Arena)
  Date: Oct 24, 2012   Attend: 184   Time: 1:40
  Referees: Nancy LeFever, John Dalton