ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The Eckerd volleyball team continues its terrific start to the season with a pair of straight-set victories over Southern New Hampshire and Emmanuel (Ga.) on Friday on the first day of the Flagler Invitational.
The Tritons jumped out to a 7-3 start in the opener before rolling off five straight points to take the opening set, 25-15. EC used a 13-1 stretch mid-way through the second set to distance themselves before taking it 25-18. Eckerd then cruised to a 25-18 victory in the third.
Eckerd and Emmanuel went back-and-forth in the first set as neither team could push in front by more than a point at the midway point of the set, but the Tritons finished with a Lions' error, and a Stella Antypa kill to take the set, 31-29. EC rolled off five consecutive points to start the second set and used a 7-1 run later to take the second frame, 25-17, and Eckerd cruised in the finale, 25-19.
HOW IT ENDED
Game One
FINAL: Eckerd 3, Southern New Hampshire 0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-18)
Game Two
FINAL: Eckerd 3, Emmanuel 0 (31-29, 25-17, 25-19)
RECORDS: Eckerd (6-0), SNHU (5-1), Emmanuel (1-5)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Krysten Garrison posted a double-double in the opener with 32 assists and 11 digs. She flirted with a triple-double in the second game with 36 assists, seven kills, and six digs.
- Stella Antypa nearly missed a double-double in the opener with 13 kills and nine digs. She followed with an 11 kill, 12 dig double-double in the finale.
- Antypa hit .432 in the opener, committing only two errors on 26 swings.
- Damyah Joyner led EC with 12 kills in the finale while hitting at a .346 percent clip.
- Ashley Eck paced the back row in the finale with 19 digs, three off her career-high.
UP NEXT
Eckerd returns for day two of the Flagler Invitational on Saturday with two matches against Bemidji State (Minn.) at 3:00 PM and Flagler (Fla.) at 7:30 PM.
