ST. AUGUSTINE – Flagler College seniors Maddie Erwin, Raquel Kulak, and Tara Savisky all played key roles in a 3-1 (25-22, 26-28, 25-21, 25-12) victory over the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the regular season finale Saturday afternoon at Flagler Gymnasium.

Flagler closes out the regular season on a two-match winning streak and improved to 12-14 overall and 6-6 in the Peach Belt. The Saints will be the No. 4 seed in next weekend's conference tournament at Greenwood, South Carolina. UNC Pembroke ended its season with a 10-21 overall record and a 0-12 mark in league play.

Kulak recorded 13 kills and added three total blocks in her final home match. She hit .290 with four errors on 31 swings. Savisky, the program's career-leader in assists, added a match-high 48 to her cache. Erwin recorded her first kill, and second in her career, since last year's national quarterfinal loss to Rockhurst. She had an ace and eight digs. All three were honored for their careers before the match.

Karlie Redfern recorded her 13^th double-double of the season for Flagler with a match-high 15 kills and 10 digs. She hit a solid .303 with five errors on 33 swings. Redfern added an ace and three total blocks to her line. Morgan Hall tied her season-high in kills (11) and added six digs. Kayla Norelli collected 15 digs. Logan Garcia had five total blocks.

Tyler Fitzpatrick led the Braves with 13 kills. Aquia Jones and Shannon Skryd each added nine kills. Bailee Jones tallied 47 assists and Anna Heinz collected a match-high 19 digs. Savannah Bean finished with five total blocks.

The Saints hit .353 in the first set thanks to 16 kills and just four errors on 34 swings. Redfern had six kills and hit .455. Kulak added five kills and hit .333. Flagler trailed early (7-2), but scrapped its way back to knot the score at 10. A pair of Hall kills broke up an 18-all tie and the Saints went on to a 25-22 win.

The second set saw the Braves hit .529 with 21 kills and three errors on 34 swings. There were 11 ties and six lead changes in the set. Flagler had its first set point (24-23) after a Jones hitting error and a second at 26-25 after a kill by Redfern. Three consecutive kills by the Braves (Bean, Skryd, and Ashley Caesar) won the set for UNCP. Four Braves collected four kills each.

Neither team hit efficiently in the third set as Flagler recorded a .025 mark and UNCP hit -.054. Hall broke a 15-all tie with a kill and the Saints never trailed the rest of the set.

The Saints dominated in the fourth set as they hit .458 with 13 kills and two errors on 24 swings. Flagler went on a 14-2 early in the set and never looked back. Seven different Flagler players recorded at least one kill.

Flagler will open play in the PBC Tournament on Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. against Georgia College. The winner of the match will advance to face the No. 1 seed USC Aiken at 4 p.m.
 

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