Miami Gardens, Fla. – Behind one of the best offensive nights in program history on Thursday evening, the 10th-ranked St. Thomas Women's Volleyball team cruised to a .440 a 3-0 (25-28, 25-7, 25-22) victory over Florida College

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #10 St. Thomas 3, Florida College 0
Records: #11 St. Thomas (16-0), Florida College (8-5)
All-Time Series: St. Thomas leads 8-2

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Set 1 -Trailing midway through the first set 13-8, the Bobcats quickly cut the separation down to one at 13-12 before taking the lead at 15-14. STU held the visitors without a run of consecutive points for the duration of the opening set.
• Set 2 – The Bobcats scored the opening two points of the second set and never trailed during the stanza.
• Set 3 – Leading for the bulk of the third set, St. Thomas fended off Florida College's comeback effort that got them within one at 23-22 with back-to-back points to end the night.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Tayla Barnes led the offense behind 11 kills on a .769 clip, adding five assisted blocks.
• Carolina Cruz tied for the team-lead in kills with 11 on a .409 hitting percentage while adding nine digs.
• Hope Leavy-Gaskins chipped in 10 kills on a .571 hitting percentage with three assisted blocks.
• Sana Dennis added 10 kills on a.461 hitting percentage.
• Back-to-back-to-back Sun Conference Setter of the Week Payton Bertke dished out 39 assists.
• Bianca Grassi anchored the defense behind 11 digs.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• STU finished the match with 53 kills on a .440 hitting percentage, their highest since 2016, versus 26 kills on a .091 clip for the host.
• Both sides served two aces.
• The Bobcats tallied 10 assisted blocks, Florida College recorded two solo and 10 assisted.
• The Bobcats held a 36-22 advantage in digs.

UP NEXT:
The Bobcats return to conference action on Saturday, Sept. 21 with a home matchup against the New College of Florida set to begin at 2 p.m.