Box Score

ST. AUGUSTINE – Emilee Taylor and Dianna Craine combined for 23 kills and 10 digs to help lead Flagler College to a 3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-16) sweep of the University of Montevallo in a Peach Belt Conference volleyball match Saturday afternoon at Flagler Gymnasium.

Flagler improved to 9-6 overall and 2-0 in the Peach Belt and extended its conference regular season winning streak to 11 matches. Montevallo fell to 7-9 and 1-2 in league play.

Taylor finished with a match-high 12 kills and hit .300 with only three errors on 30 swings. She added six digs and three total blocks to her tally. Craine recorded 11 kills and added four aces and four digs. Casey Gnann collected 12 digs and Amelia Morgan tallied 37 assists.

The Saints hit .339 for the match, its second-highest percentage of the season.

Michelle Carle led the Falcons with nine kills while Rebekah Phelps added eight kills and .353 with just two errors on 17 swings. Kaleigh Harvey collected a match-high 15 digs while Betsy Stevenson tallied 22 assists. Manyi Ati finished with five kills and three aces.

The first set saw nine ties and six lead changes. It wasn't until an Abby Meyers kill tied the score at 13-all and a Morgan and Meyers double-block gave Flagler a 14-13 that Flagler took control of the set. The Saints built a 19-14 lead after another Meyers kill, but had to withstand a comeback by the Falcons. A service error and an attack error cut Flagler's lead to 24-23 until Craine ended the set with a kill.

The second set featured nine ties and four lead changes. Montevallo held a 24-23 lead, but a kill by Craine broke set point. Carle put the Falcons ahead again, 25-24 with a kill, but a kill by Meyers and back-to-back kills by Taylor ended the set.

The Saints dominated the third set jumping ahead 19-11 en route to a 25-16 win to capture the match.

Flagler venture out on the road in the PBC next weekend starting at Francis Marion University on Friday (Oct. 5) at 7p.m.

Flagler def. Montevallo 25-23,27-25,25-16

  Montevallo (7-9; 1-2 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Michelle Carle 9-0-3;
  Rebekah Phelps 8-0-1; Michelle Walker 5-0-2; Manyi Ati 5-3-1; Jordan
  Spinks 4-0-0; Brianna Guzinski 2-1-0; Betsy Stevenson 1-0-1; Carissa
  Bell 0-1-0; Kaleigh Harvey 0-1-0; Totals 34-6-4.0. (Assists) - Betsy
  Stevenson 22. (Dig leaders) - Kaleigh Harvey 15; Carissa Bell 6

  Flagler (9-6; 2-0 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Emilee Taylor 12-1-3;
  Dianna Craine 11-4-1; Abby Meyers 9-0-4; Rachel Stacy 7-0-1; Sophie
  Meyer 5-0-1; Amelia Morgan 3-0-1; Caitlyn Kovach 0-2-0; Totals
  47-7-6.0. (Assists) - Amelia Morgan 37. (Dig leaders) - Casey Gnann
  12; Emilee Taylor 6

  Site: St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)
  Date: Sep 29, 2012   Attend: 80   Time: 1:13
  Referees: Andy Krawiec, Tom Eagan