BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn University's volleyball team saw defeat for the first time at home in the de Hoernle Center this season with a 3-1 loss to Florida Southern. Nikki Haben had a season-high 28 digs and Marissa Tandron recorded her fourth double-double of 2013 while Sara Aloisio tallied a season-high six blocks. With the loss the Fighting Knights move to 10-4 and 0-1 in the Sunshine Conference.

Florida Southern (8-3, 1-0 SSC) scored the opening three points of the match and did not trail the rest of the set.  Despite having more kills than the Mocs, Lynn went trailed 0-1 after a 25-20 opening set loss. Angie Caple had four kills and a block in the first frame while Tandron also provided a block and 13 assists.

Lynn evened the game with a 26-24 triumph in the second set. The Fighting Knights opened on a 6-2 run before finding themselves in a 14-7 hole. A pair of kills from Caple sparked the Fighting Knights on an 11-4 run to tie the set before a kill from Elyse Fleck put Lynn ahead. LU had a game-high five blocks in the equalizer while out-hitting the Mocs for the second straight set with a 13-11 advantage.

Set three began with an early Lynn lead before another back-and-forth set went Florida Sothern's way in 25-22 final with Aloisio having three of her six blocks in the third set. The match ended in the fourth set with Lynn losing, 25-12, to the Mocs.

Caple finished the night with 14 kills on a .312 kill percentage with four blocks. Tandron filled up the stat sheet with 36 assists, 17 digs, four blocks, two service aces and a kill. The Fighting Knights ended the night with 22 blocks assists with Aloisio leading the team.

Lynn will host Eckerd on Saturday, September 28 with first serve set for 4pm. Make sure to log on to LynnFightingKnights.com and follow @LUKnights on Twitter, Instagram and Vine for updates about Lynn Athletics.