Eckerd-Florida Southern Box Score
LAKELAND, Fla. – The Eckerd College volleyball team closed out the 2010 season with a 3-2 loss (25-22, 20-25, 20-25, 25-18, 14-16) at Florida Southern on Saturday.
Ashley Martin had a match-high 19 kills, and the Mocs (21-8, 11-5 Sunshine State Conference) fought off a match point to claim their third win in their last four matches. Anna Niebuhr had 18 digs and was one of five Mocs with 10 digs or more.
Lindsay Biggs had 15 kills and 18 digs to pace Eckerd (9-18, 2-14). The freshman recorded her 13th double-double of the year. She was also one of four Tritons to record at least 10 kills.
Alex Laton had a career-high 15 kills and had three solo blocks. Ariana Chinn collected her first double-double of the year with 10 kills and 13 digs. Olivia Fraser also chipped in 10 kills and eight digs.
Junior setter Bri Smith tied her career high with 48 assists and also had seven kills on 12 attacks (.583 percentage).
The Tritons got off to a blazing start, hitting .317 with only two errors in the first set to grab a 1-0 lead. The offense struggled in the next two sets, though, combining for 15 errors to fall behind 2-1.
However, Eckerd bounced back in the fourth, as Biggs and Laton combined for eight kills on just 16 swings. Biggs also added three service aces to force the deciding fifth.
In the final set, Eckerd served for the match with a 14-13 lead. The Mocs, though, got back-to-back kills from Diana Castrillon and Anne Pietkiewicz en route to claiming the final three points.
The Tritons, who had no seniors on the 2010 squad, had five service aces overall.
