Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LAKELAND – Flagler College faced the two best teams, Lewis University and Florida Southern College, in the FSC/Terrace Hotel Classic Saturday at the Jenkins Field House. Unfortunately for the Saints, they came on the short end, losing both in three sets.

Flagler split its four matches in Lakeland this weekend. Lewis went 3-1 and Florida Southern, the host school, posted a 3-0 record.

For the day, Sara Davis led Flagler with 13 kills. Genel Sturgeon and Taja Valmyr each recorded 12 kills. Sturgeon also led with 16 digs in the two matches while Amelia Morgan tallied 39 assists and 13 digs.

"Lewis was a really good team as was Florida Southern," said Flagler head coach Matt Affolder. "We got some good momentum in the middle part of the sets {against Lewis}. Ashley Cheewah had a pretty solid match and Taja did some nice things offensively.

"Sara played a solid match against Florida Southern," added Affolder. "She did some positive things defensively."

Valmyr led a balanced Saints attack against Lewis with nine kills. Davis added eight while Sturgeon tacked on seven more to go along with 11 digs. Morgan tallied 26 assists and six digs.

Aly Schneider led the Flyers with a match-high 15 kills and hit .619. Alexis Davito came off the bench to add another 11 kills and finished hitting .435. Amy Choi collected a match-high 16 digs.

Lewis (Ill.) def. Flagler 25-18,25-17,25-18
 
  Lewis (Ill.) (3-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Schneider, Aly 15-0-2;
  Davito, Alexis 11-0-1; Cebula, Morgan 8-0-2; Parsons, Cassidy 6-1-0;
  Vertin, Kim 5-0-2; Barea, Leigh 2-0-0; Totals 47-1-4.0. (Assists) -
  Barea, Leigh 39. (Dig leaders) - Choi, Amy 16; Barea, Leigh 11;
  Parsons, Cassidy 10
 
  Flagler (2-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Taja Valmyr 9-1-1; Sara Davis
  8-0-0; Genel Sturgeon 7-0-1; Ashley Cheewah 5-0-1; Amelia Morgan
  2-0-0; Jenea Reddick 1-0-0; Megan Hooks 1-0-0; Ashley Lechleidner
  0-1-0; Caitlyn Kovach 0-1-0; Totals 33-3-2.0. (Assists) - Amelia
  Morgan 26. (Dig leaders) - Genel Sturgeon 11; Caitlyn Kovach 7
 
  Site: Lakeland, Fla. (Jenkins Field House)
  Date: Sep 06, 2014   Attend: 77   Time: 1:09
  Referees: Albert Fields, Joe Donnelly
  2014 FSC/Terrace Hotel Classic


In the nightcap against Florida Southern, Sturgeon and Davis led Flagler with five kills apiece. Davis also had four total blocks. Morgan tallied 13 assists and collected a team-high seven digs.      

Kayshia Brady recorded a match-high 14 kills and hit .737 on 19 errorless swings for the Moccasins. Brindl Langley added nine kills and a match-high 15 digs. Ali Skayhan tallied 32 assists.

Flagler hosts the University of North Carolina Pembroke tomorrow (Sept. 7) at 4 p.m. at Flagler Gymnasium in a Peach Belt Conferenced opener for both teams.

Fla. Southern def. Flagler 25-8,25-16,25-13
 
  Flagler (2-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Sara Davis 5-0-4; Genel Sturgeon
  5-0-1; Taja Valmyr 3-0-0; Jailene Torres-Lopez 2-0-1; Amelia Morgan
  1-0-0; Caitlyn Kovach 1-0-0; Jenea Reddick 0-0-1; Megan Hooks 0-0-1;
  Totals 17-0-5.0. (Assists) - Amelia Morgan 13. (Dig leaders) - Amelia
  Morgan 7; Genel Sturgeon 5
 
  Fla. Southern (3-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kayshia Brady 14-0-1; Kate
  Stromberg 9-1-0; Brindl Langley 9-2-0; Ali Skayhan 4-1-0; Kendall
  Marotti 4-3-1; Rachel Mostert 4-0-4; Anna Tovo 1-0-0; Lauren Tekavec
  0-1-0; Totals 45-8-5.0. (Assists) - Ali Skayhan 32. (Dig leaders) -
  Brindl Langley 15; Catherine Brusie 13; Kendall Marotti 9
 
  Site: Lakeland, Fla. (Jenkins Field House)
  Date: Sep 06, 2014   Attend: 201   Time: 1:10
  Referees: Joe Donnelly, Albert Fields
  FSC/Terrace Hotel Classic