MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Sara Davis recorded a match-high 19 kills and added nine total blocks to help Flagler College secure the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament with a 3-2 (25-20, 25-16, 24-26, 22-25, 16-14) win over Georgia College Sunday afternoon at the Centennial Center.

Flagler has now reeled off 17 consecutive wins, the longest streak since 2009's 29-match run. The Saints end the regular season with a 22-3 overall record and an 11-1 mark in the Peach Belt. The regular season title is the program's third outright in the PBC, joining the ones in 2009 and 2010. Georgia College had its seven-match win streak snapped and fell to 21-6 overall and 8-4 in conference play. The Bobcats will be the No. 3 seed in the tournament next weekend, which will be held at the Centennial Center.

The Saints had rolled in the first two sets, but the Bobcats, as they did at Flagler Gym earlier this year, clawed its way back to force a fifth and deciding set. Flagler had won the previous five five-set matches this year already. The match featured 34 ties and 15 lead changes.

Flagler had match point (14-11) after a Libby Bochniak hitting error. Following a Georgia College timeout, Bochniak redeemed herself with a kill. Then Taja Valmyr and Davis had back-to-back hitting errors to tie the set at 14. Following a Saints timeout, Davis recorded a spike and Valmyr and Raquel Kulak blocked an attempt by Taylor Svehla to secure the win.

Davis finished with a .425 hitting percentage with only two errors on 40 swings. Karlie Redfern recorded her sixth double-double with 17 kills and a season-high 19 digs. She added four total blocks and three aces to her line. Valmyr notched her 14^th double-double of the season with 15 kills and 19 digs. She tied her season-high with five total blocks. Kulak added nine kills and three total blocks while Regan Swift tacked on eight kills. Tara Savisky tallied a career-high 61 assists and added 20 digs for her eighth double-double of the year. Kayla Norelli tied her season-high with 23 digs and she added three aces.

Flagler's 108 digs was a season-high and the most since last year's conference tournament championship match against Armstrong State University (114, 11/20/16).

Bochniak led the Bobcats with 16 kills and 20 digs while Ebony Powers added 15 kills, 14 digs and three aces. Emma Boughner contributed 13 kills and five total blocks. Kayla Brockway tallied 51 assists and completed the double-double with 12 digs.  

Flagler, by virtue of being the regular season champion in a seven-team league, will receive a bye to the semifinal round on Saturday (Nov. 18). The tournament bracket will  be released later.



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