BOCA RATON, Fla. – The 22^nd-ranked Lynn University volleyball team picked up wins against Cedarville and West Liberty on the second and final day of the Hyatt Place Bash at the Beach, Saturday. The Fighting Knights improve to 7-0 on the season with 3-0 wins against both the Yellow Jackets and the Hilltoppers.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Cedarville):
- Lynn opened the match with a 25-15 win and added 25-11 and 25-12 scores
- The Blue and White hit .256, including .324 in set two
- The hosts limited Cedarville to a -0.31 hitting percentage with 26 errors
- The first set featured 10 ties and six lead changes and the Fighting Knights emerged from a 14-13 deficit behind a 10-0 run for a 23-14 lead
- Junior Aline Olegario smacked two late kills for a 25-15 win
- Lynn led from start to finish in set two and opened with a 7-1 lead
- Senior Maria Cecilia Pinho and graduate Samantha Wolf each posted two kills as the hosts surged to a 17-4 advantage
- Sophomore Fabia Gonzalez Stanton had two kills late in the set to help land a 25-11 victory
- Lynn dominated the third set and opened up a quick 14-3 lead
- Graduate Alexis Williams had two aces and Cecilia Pinho had two kills during the outburst
- Junior Chloe Riley posted a late kill for the 25-12 win
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Gonzalez Stanton hit .462 with eight kills and 11 digs
- Wolf added eight kills and five digs
- Graduate Hope Passerello recorded 25 assists
- Williams led both teams with 12 digs
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (West Liberty):
- The Fighting Knights rolled 25-13, 25-12 and 25-17 and hit .315
- The hosts limited the Hilltopppers to a -0.56 hitting percentage with 26 errors
- Lynn shock off a sluggish start with a 7-1 run for a 9-5 cushion in the first set
- The hosts took control with a 9-0 run for a 19-7 advantage and sealed the win with kills from Gonzalez Stanton and Wolf
- Lynn never trailed in the second set and quickly opened an 11-2 lead
- A pair of 3-0 runs just past the midway point of the set handed the hosts a 22-9 cushion
- A kill from Passerello and an error from West Liberty closed the set at 25-12
- Lynn opened a 5-1 lead in the third set before the visitors rebounded for leads of 8-7 and 11-9
- The Fighting Knights trailed 15-14, but closed the match by outscoring West Liberty 11-2 down the stretch for the 25-17 win
- Olegario posted three kills during the late run
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Gonzalez Stanton finished with 10 kills behind a .348 hitting percentage
- Olegario smacked seven kills, hit .500 and contributed seven blocks
- Wolf posted 10 digs and seven kills
- Williams added 18 digs and six assists
 
UP NEXT:
- Lynn travels to the Rollins Invitational next weekend and opens with Trevecca Nazarene on Friday at 4:00 pm