ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The Eckerd volleyball team continued its undefeated start to the season with a pair of victories over Bemidji State (Minn.), 3-0, and Flagler (Fla.), 3-1, Saturday evening on the second day of the Flagler Invitational as the Tritons extend their win streak to eight games.
Eckerd used a 9-1 stretch midway through the opening set before rolling off seven straight points to take it 25-13. Twenty consecutive points behind the serve of Stella Antypa led EC to a 25-8 win in the second set. The teams then swapped points in the finale, with the Tritons taking a 25-21 edge to take the match.
After a back-and-forth start in the opening set against the Saints, a pair of crucial Triton blocks and an Anna Jungjohann kill, gave EC the win, 25-21. Flagler used a 4-0 run to start the second frame as they maintained a slight favor throughout the set before taking it 25-22. The Tritons used an 8-3 run midway through the third set to distance themselves before taking the 25-15 win. Eckerd maintained a slight edge throughout the fourth set, taking the match 25-22.
HOW IT ENDED
Game One
FINAL: Eckerd 3, Bemidji State 0 (25-13, 25-8, 25-21)
Game Two
FINAL: Eckerd 3, Flagler 1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-15, 25-22)
RECORDS: Eckerd (8-0); Bemidji State (1-7), Flagler (5-3)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Ashley Eck posted her first career double-double against BSU with 20 digs and 10 assists. She added a career-high 26 digs in the finale.
- Anna Jungjohann paced the offense in the opener with 15 kills. She hit a blistering .737, only committing one error in the match on 19 attempts.
- Jungjohann had another 15 kills in the finale, including nine in just the third set alone.
- Joelle Coulter returned to the starting lineup against BSU, posting 12 kills while hitting at a .391 percent clip.
- Damyah Joyner added nine kills against the Beavers.
- Krysten Garrison ran the offense efficiently with 31 assists in the opener and 48 in the finale.
- Martina Melicherova posted a career-high nine kills versus the Saints.
- Eckerd's eight-match win streak is the longest since 2012.
- EC's 8-0 start to the season is the best in program history in the rally scoring era and the best start since at least 1994.
- Eckerd snapped its 22-set win streak to open the season after dropping the second set to the Saints.
UP NEXT
Eckerd returns to the McArthur Center to being Sunshine State Conference play on Thursday against Florida Southern at 7:00 PM.
