Melbourne, Fla. – Lynn University's volleyball team lost another heartbreaker on Wednesday night in the Clemente Center in Melbourne, Fla., by a score of 3-2 (18-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-13). With the loss Lynn falls to 6-8 overall and 2-5 in the Sunshine State Conference.

Freshman Nicol Colonna had her first career double-double with new highs in kills with 13 and digs with 15. Katie Knight had her second double-double of the season, her eighth as a Fighting Knight, with 11 kills and 12 digs.

Elyse Fleck posted a game-high 20 kills, the most by a member of the Blue & White since the 2011 season. Marissa Tandron led the team with 49 assists while Nikki Haben had 20 digs.

In the opening set Lynn muscled a first set victory hitting .481 with 17 kills. After starting off with a service ace from Tandron, Lynn was able to hold the lead for the remainder of the opener.

The Fighting Knights continued the aggressive play in the second stanza, scoring seven of the first 10 points while holding the Panthers to a zero hitting percentage in the span. In the heat of the action Florida Tech was able to bring the game within fie at 14-9, but Lynn quickly scored three points to rebuild the lead. Florida Tech had one more rally in them, going on a 5-1 to bring the contest within three at 24-21. Fleck removed the threat of going into the intermission tied with a kill.

Florida Tech took their first leadoff the contest in the third frame scoring the first three points, followed by a 5-0 spree to put Lynn down 8-1 early. Despite the deficit The Blue & White continued to fight their way back into the game, using a late 6-0 run to bring Lynn within two at 21-19. Off a kill by Knight the visitors took their first lead of the in the form of match point before surrendering three straight points to the Panthers.

The fourth set was a battle with neither side ever having a lead more than three. With the game tied 19-19 the two sides went back and forth for the next six points until Lynn scored two straight to bring up another set point.

In the finale Lynn fought hard but the Florida Tech defense held the Fighting Knights to a zero hitting percentage.

The Fighting Knights are in action again Saturday at 4 p.m. when they take on Eckerd in another conference bout. Catch all of the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com and receive updates by following @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram.