St. Thomas University Bobcats

LAKE WALES, Fla. – Hitting the road for a pair of matches this weekend, the 21st-ranked St. Thomas University Women's Volleyball Team earned a pair of victories via a sweep of Florida College (25-23, 25-16, 25-18) on Friday and Warner (25-16, 25-16, 25-16) on Saturday. 

 
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS: 
Final: #21 St. Thomas 3, Florida College 0 | #21 St. Thomas 3, Warner 0 
Records: #21 St. Thomas (8-5, 3-0 Sun Conference), Florida College (7-3) Warner (4-8, 0-3 Sun Conference) 
All-Time Series: STU leads Florida College 13-2, Warner 30-8 
 

HOW IT HAPPENED (@ FLORIDA COLLEGE):  

• Trailing late in a back-and-forth opening set 22-21, the Bobcats flipped the one-point lead behind back-to-back tallies before responding to an FC point with two more to close out the frame. 

• Ater splitting the initial 12 points of the second set, the Bobcats used a 6-0 run to pull ahead 12-6 and kept the lead for the rest of the frame. 

• STU scored the opening three points of the third set and never trailed in the stanza. 

NOTEWORTHY (@ FLORIDA COLLEGE): 

• Alexandra Bruno tallied nine kills with five digs and three service aces. 

• Raya Mlyakova added eight digs and seven kills. 

• Sofia Sancchez anchored the defense with 14 digs. 

• Payton Bertke dished out 30 assists. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (@ FLORIDA COLLEGE): 

• The Bobcats ended the match with 36 kills on a .286 hitting percentage; Florida College tallied 36 on a .094 clip. 

• STU served eight aces while the Falcons tallied five. 

• St. Thomas recorded four solo blocks and two assisted versus two solo and two assisted for the host. 

• The Bobcats held a 47-44 advantage in digs. 

HOW IT HAPPENED (@ WARNER):  

• The Bobcats withstood an early 5-0 run by Warner in the first set that gave them a 10-6 advantage, holding the host without another run of consecutive points for the rest of the frame. 

• St. Thomas overcame an early 3-1 deficit in the second set, holding the host without another run of consecutive points until back-to-back tallies made it 21-15 in favor of STU. 

• Trailing 9-8 early in the third set, the Bobcats took the lead behind a 3-0 run and kept it for the rest of the match. 

NOTEWORTHY (@ WARNER): 

• Bruno paced the offense behind 11 kills while adding six digs. 

• Mlyakova chipped in eight digs and seven kills. 

• Madelynn Coates tied for the team lead with eight digs. 

• Aviloff Isabela added eight digs. 

• Payton Bertke dished out 29 assists. 

• Isabel Narbutas boasted three solo blocks. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE (@ WARNER): 

• The Bobcats ended the match with 35 kills on a .268 hitting percentage; Warner tallied 24 on a .060 clip. 

• STU served eight aces while the Royals tallied three. 

• St. Thomas recorded four solo blocks versus five solo for the host. 

• The Bobcats held a 36-26 advantage in digs. 

UP NEXT: 

The Bobcats return home to host Florida College on Friday, Sept. 18 with first serve set for 6:00 pm.