MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (August 24, 2019) – St. Thomas University Volleyball (3-5) ended a three match losing streak, claiming victory against Missouri Valley College (1-5) in four sets (25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21) on Saturday morning in the STU Invitational.

Bobcat Starters
Dayma Pla, Kyleigh Beecham, Ty Chenault, Arianna Bolinger, Lucia Alvarez, Amanda Allende and Dani Femat (Libero)

Game Notes

• STU and MVC were tied at 8-8, partway through the first set, before five consecutive points and a 6-1 run by the Bobcats gave St. Thomas a 14-9 lead.
• Chenault recorded three straight kills for St. Thomas in the first set, extending the lead to 16-9.
• Three consecutive kills by the duo of Allende and Taylor Turner pushed the St. Thomas lead to 19-11, as Allende added two kills in an early-career high performance of 19.
• The Bobcats clinched the first set victory, following a Vikings service error.
• St. Thomas opened the second set with four consecutive points; Beecham started the rally with a service ace.
• The Vikings stormed back, rallying for six straight points to take a 6-4 lead.
• STU finished the second set with five-of-six points with Allende leading the charge, recording three kills.
• In the third set, St. Thomas began with a 9-2 advantage. Kendall Brock recorded four kills.
• Back-to-back kills by Allende extended the STU lead to 11-5.
• MVC rallied for five-of-six points of their own, forcing the Bobcats to burn a timeout, after the Vikings took a 17-16 lead.
• St. Thomas dropped 8-of-10 points to close the third set, 21-25.
• A Bollinger kill gave St. Thomas a 6-3 lead in the fourth set, capping off a five-point Bobcat rally.
• STU rallied for another five-point run, as Carli Batsel sealed the run with a kill, putting the score at 12-6.
• Bolinger added another kill to give St. Thomas their largest lead of the match, nine, at 17-8.
• Four consecutive kills by STU sealed the victory as Allende, Turner and Chenault sealed the St. Thomas set victory at 25-21.

MVBobcats

• Amanda Allende: 19 kills (career-high)
• Lucia Alvarez: 22 assists
• Dani Femat: 19 digs
• Ty Chenault: six blocks

Upcoming
St. Thomas Volleyball resumes play with a Sun Conference match from Brunswick, GA. as the Bobcats take on the College of Coastal Georgia Mariners on Saturday, September 7^th at 2 p.m.