MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (October 22, 2019) - St. Thomas University finished (8-13) finished their season head-to-head schedule against Florida National University (12-11) and defeated the Conquistadors in four sets (25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 25-20) on Tuesday evening from the Fernandez Family Center.

Bobcat Starters: Tyran Chenault, Arianna Bolinger, Carli Batsel, Kendall Brock, Kyleigh Beecham, Amanda Allende and Anja Vavan (libero)

Game Notes

• In the first set, STU rallied for four consecutive points, taking a 13-11 lead. The four-point swing was capped off by back-to-back kills by Batsel and Brock, which forced FNU to use a timeout.
• Consecutive kills from Allende extended the Bobcats lead to 15-12.
• Chenault added a kill and a FNU error, gave St. Thomas a six-point advantage, 21-15.
• Brock sealed the first set victory, recording her third kill of the set, as the Bobcats won 25-21.
• STU opened the second set with a 5-0 run. Beecham began the set with a service ace, coupled with a Brock kill and three FNU errors to start the set.
• Florida National followed with a 5-0 rally of their own, tying the set. STU recovered, recording four consecutive points of their own and took a 9-5 lead.
• Chenault, Dani Femat, Beecham all added points to extend the STU advantage to 17-11.
• The Bobcat lead was never lower than four points for the duration of the second set, as STU took a 2-0 set advantage.
• Sarimar Lai gave St. Thomas a lead midway through the third set, putting the Bobcats ahead, 15-14.
• Florida National rallied for four consecutive points, and did not allow STU to reclaim the lead, taking the third set, 21-25.
• In the fourth set, four straight kills from Bolinger, Taytumn Schlegel - Ridgway, Allende, Brock gave STU a 5-2 advantage.
• St. Thomas sealed the match win, following an Allende kill to win the fourth set, 25-20.

MVBobcats
Tyran Chenault: 12 kills, three blocks
Kendall Brock: ten kills
Amanda Allende: ten kills, 12 digs
Anja Vavan: 17 digs

Upcoming
St. Thomas takes on Keiser University in Sun Conference action on Wednesday, October 23, from the Fernandez Family Center. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.