AVE MARIA, Fla. (October 13, 2021) – The St. Thomas University (STU) Women's Volleyball team (13-6, 6-2 SUN) fell to the Ave Maria University Gyrenes (13-7, 5-3 SUN) is a well fought four set battle on the road Wednesday night. Ave Maria took sets one, two and four 25-18, 27-25, 25-22, respectively. While St. Thomas took set three 26-24.
 
Bobcat Starters
Tyran Chenault
Sana Dennis
Arianna Bolinger
Kyleigh Beecham
Mya Thomas
Loreto Nunez-Casal
Bianca Grassi – libero
 
Match Notes

• The last time these two teams met, St. Thomas swept the Gyrenes 3-0 from the Fernandez Family Center.
• Bianca Grassi came into the match wining her fifth SUN Defender of the Week honor.
• The first set seemed to be all in favor the Gyrenes as they hit a match high .462 as a team.
• Ave Maria went on a 10-2 run to close out the first set.
• The second set was more evenly matched as both teams hit over .200.
• A couple of Bobcat errors fell in favor of the Gyrenes that gave them the edge to take the set 27-25.
• Set three was a big turnaround set for St. Thomas.
• The back-and-forth battle helped guide them to a 26-24 set win.
• After starting down 8-2 at the start of the set, St. Thomas slowly worked their way back into it and went on to take the lead 17-16 after a 15-8 run.
• The Bobcats were a point away from being swept but resilience kicked in and the team went on a 4-0 run to take the set.
• Tyran Chenault had three of the last four points with two blocks and a forcing set-winning kill.
• St. Thomas used the third set momentum to work their way onto in the fourth set.
• More costly errors in the end would result to the fall of the match to Ave Maria as they worked their way back on top.
• St. Thomas is now tied in the standings with Florida Memorial University, 6-2, for the top spot.

 
Up Next
St. Thomas will return home to take on Warner University on Saturday afternoon from the Fernandez Family Center at 2 p.m.