Miami Gardens, Fla. – Highlighted by Bianca Grassi's historic milestone on Saturday afternoon, the 10th-ranked St. Thomas Volleyball team swept Southeastern 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-14) to stand alone atop the Sun Conference standings as the last undefeated team in league play.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #10 St. Thomas 3, Southeastern 0
Records: #11 St. Thomas (20-0, 7-0 Sun Conference), Southeastern (12-3, 6-1 Sun Conference)
All-Time Series: St. Thomas leads 26-9

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Set 1 -After trading the opening 46 points of an opening set that saw neither side hold a lead greater than three, the Bobcats used a kill and service ace back-to-back to end the frame.
• Set 2 – STU overcame an early 3-2 deficit behind a 3-0 run, fending off a Southeastern rally midway through the frame with a 5-0 spree that created a 14-8 score. The Bobcats kept the lead above three for the rest of the second set.
• Set 3 – The Bobcats scored seven of the opening 10 points of the third set to quickly take a 7-3 lead, using an 8-0 run late in the stanza that featured Grassi's 2,000th dig to clinch the match.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Grassi boasted 24 digs, becoming the first Bobcat to eclipse 2,000 in their career and just the fifth in the Sun Conference to accomplish it.
• Hope Leavy-Gaskins paced the offense behind 11 kills on a .474 clip while adding on solo block and one assisted block.
• Payton Bertke dished out 34 assists.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• STU finished the match with 44 kills on a .196 hitting percentage versus 23 kills on a .010 clip for Southeastern.
• St. Thomas served three aces while SEU logged one.
• The Bobcats tallied five solo blocks with six assisted, the Flames recorded one solo and six assisted.
• The Bobcats held a 55-39 advantage in digs.

UP NEXT:
The Bobcats travel to Webber International on Saturday, Oct. 12 for a 2 p.m. matchup.