AUGUSTA, Ga. – Kennedy Muff tallied 29 assists, five digs, three total blocks, and three kills in Flagler College's 3-0 (22-25, 21-25, 17-25) loss to Augusta University in the championship match of the Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Tournament Sunday afternoon at the Christenberry Fieldhouse.

Augusta (22-8) won its fourth consecutive conference tournament title and receives the Peach Belt's automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament. Flagler (21-5), the PBC regular season champions, is expected to receive one of the five at-large berths to the regional, which will be announced Monday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern at ncaa.com.

Logan Garcia and Jordan Berglin led the Saints with seven kills apiece. Edie Lamoreaux collected a match-high 19 digs and Rachel Machovec added 15 more. Berglin and Machovec were selected to the all-tournament team.

Chloe Allen led the Jaguars with 11 kills and 10 digs. Tournament MVP Kylie Martin recorded a double-double too with 10 kills and 10 digs. Samantha Zittrauer tallied 25 assists while Holland Martin finished with 17 digs. Martin and Allen were selected to the all-tournament team.

Augusta hit .306 as a team and held Flagler to a .167 mark.

In the first set, the Saints trailed by as many as six (15-9) but rallied to tie the score at 19-all after a Molly Boyd kill. Augusta went on to score the next three points and held off Flagler at the end. Alyssa Frazier had four kills and hit .800 while Julie Archer added four kills and hit .500 for the Jags. Rachel Machovec, Rebekah Machovec, Boyd, and Garcia all had three kills for the Saints.

Augusta opened the second set on a 6-1 run and never trailed. Alexis Diaz-Infante led the Jaguars with five kills and hit .714.

In the third set, a kill by Victoria Bowrosen gave Flagler a 7-6 lead, but Augusta went on a 5-1 run to take a lead it would not relinquish. Allen led the Jaguars with four kills and five digs. Lamoreaux had nine digs for the Saints.

2021 PBC Volleyball All-Tournament Team

Christina Aguayo, Lander
Rachel Machovec, Flagler
Jordan Berglin, Flagler
Holland Martin, Augusta
Chloe Allen, Augusta

Tournament MVP
Kylie Martin, Augusta




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