ST. AUGUSTINE – Sara Davis, Megan Hooks and Ashley Cheewah helped carry a Flagler College offense to a .305 hitting percentage in route to a 3-0 sweep (26-24, 25-16, 25-19) over Lander University in a Peach Belt Conference volleyball match Friday night at Flagler Gymnasium.

Flagler snapped a three-match losing streak and improved to 5-4 overall and 1-0 in the Peach Belt. Lander dropped its second consecutive match and fell to 10-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

Davis recorded a match-high 15 kills, hit .444 and added two total blocks for the Saints. Hooks added 12 kills and hit .345 on 29 swings while Cheewah tacked on 11 kills and hit a career-best .500 on 27 swings. Tara Savisky tallied 39 assists while Kayla Norelli collected a match-high 11 digs.

Flagler finished the match with 48 kills and 16 errors on 105 swings. The team had four aces, including two by Norelli.

Khiani Kelly led the Bearcats with 10 kills and hit .304 on 23 swings. Halle Dotson added eight kills. Reyonia Whipple recorded six total blocks while three Bearcats each collected nine digs. Sophia Perkins and Katie Haake each tallied 14 assists. Perkins also tallied two aces.

The Bearcats were ninth in Division II in digs per set (19.27) but managed just 37. Lander did finish with six total team blocks.

The first set saw nine ties and five lead changes. A kill by Davis gave Flagler set point (24-23) but the Bearcats were able to answer with the help of a kill by Amanda Medlock. However, Medlock's serve on the next rally went into the net to set up another set point for the Saints. Davis put away Lander with a quick spike to end the set, 26-24. Those were Davis' lone kills of the set. Cheewah led Flagler with six kills and a .400 hitting percentage.

In the second set, a kills by Hooks broke a 6-all tie and Flagler never looked back winning 25-16. Hooks finished the set with seven kills on 13 errorless swings for a .538 hitting percentage.

The third set saw eight ties and five lead changes. Flagler used a 8-0 run midway through to take control, 19-14. Taja Valmyr and Davis each recorded two kills in the run and Rachel Porada had an ace which capped the run. Davis finished with nine kills in the final set.

Flagler will host the University of South Carolina Aiken tomorrow (Sept. 24) at 2 p.m. at Flagler Gym.