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Winner Lynn Lynn 13-1,3-1 Sunshine State
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Nova Southeastern Nova 12-3,3-2 Sunshine State
Winner
Lynn Lynn
13-1,3-1 Sunshine State
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Final
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Nova Southeastern Nova
12-3,3-2 Sunshine State
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lynn Lynn 25 13 25 25 (3)
Nova Southeastern Nova 21 25 15 23 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Lynn outlasts No. 24 Nova Southeastern for 13th win

DAVIE, Fla. – Senior Maria Cecilia Pinho smacked a career-best 21 kills and classmate Isabella Gentile registered her 1,000th career dig as the 17th-ranked Lynn University volleyball team defeated 24th-ranked Nova Southeastern, 3-1, Saturday. The Fighting Knights improved to 13-1 overall and 3-1 in the Sunshine State Conference with the win.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lynn smacked 59 kills, but had to overcome 23 errors and 13 blocks from the Sharks
- The Fighting Knights won the first (25-21), third (25-15) and fourth sets (25-23)
- Nova won the second set, 25-13, and held the visitors to just eight kills and a -0.031 hitting percentage
- The Fighting Knights grabbed a 13-9 cushion in the first set behind a 4-0 scoring run that featured three kills from Cecilia Pinho
- Lynn later held an 18-14 edge before the hosts rebounded for a 20-19 lead
- Graduate Samantha Wolf and sophomore Fabia Gonzalez Stanton posted late kills as Lynn closed on a 6-1 run for the 25-21 win
- The Sharks dominated the second set as they took leads of 8-3 and 13-7 behind five Lynn errors
- Nova scored four-straight points for a 19-11 lead and closed the set with a 5-0 run for the 25-13 win
- Lynn rebounded in the third set with an 9-2 scoring jolt for a 15-9 lead
- Freshman Ula Gorjup served an ace for a 20-12 lead and junior Aline Olegario posted two kills as Lynn earned a 25-15 win
- The fourth set was a back-and-forth affair until the Fighting Knights used 7-2 run to rally for a 17-14 lead
- Cecilia Pinho posted three kills late in the set and Wolf had the final kill of the afternoon to snare a 25-23 win
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Cecilia Pinho hit .372 and added eight digs
- Wolf finished with 12 kills and eight digs
- Olegario and Gonzalez Stanton each posted nine kills
- Gentile and Gonzalez Stanton tied for the team lead with 14 digs
- Gentile is just the ninth player to surpass 1,000 career digs and she is currently ninth in program history with 1,012
- Graduate Hope Passerello handed out 42 assists with 13 digs and five kills
 
UP NEXT:
- Lynn hosts Florida Southern this Friday, Oct. 11 at 7:00 pm

 
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