Final Stats
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The University of North Florida women's volleyball twice held late leads against Lipscomb but couldn't put a stop to the attack of the Lady Bisons and lost 3-0 (21-30, 23-30, 25-30) on Friday night at UNF Arena.
Junior
Bary Rasmussen hit .353 and put together nine kills to lead UNF (4-17, 1-6 Atlantic Sun Conference). Freshman
Kaley Read chipped in with eight kills, while senior
Maegan Weisert led UNF on defense with 20 digs. Weisert also tallied seven kills.
The Lady Ospreys were able to take a 14-10 lead in the first game after falling behind 8-4 in the early going. UNF used a 10-2 run that was highlighted by two Read kills to take momentum. But the Lady Bisons answered with an 11-1 run, which proved to be too much for UNF to overcome.
After a few early lead changes in the second game, UNF was able to go up 24-22 on a service error by Lipscomb's Jessica Enderle. But costly attack errors by UNF gave the Lady Bisons just enough to pull out the game two win.
UNF controlled the tempo for the majority of the third game, starting things off with an 11-8 lead. UNF went on to go up 13-10 on a kill from Madeline Belvin, but Lipscomb charged back to knot the game at 13. Things stayed tight until the Lady Bisons took the reins and went on a 6-0 run to put the Lady Ospreys out of contention.
Belvin notched 32 assists while junior
Nikki Prock tallied 11 digs. Freshman
Chelsea Rabe also finished in double-digits with 10 digs.
Four Lipscomb players notched double-digit kills, led by Sarah Snider's 15. Lipscomb improved its record to 11-9 overall and 4-2 in the A-Sun.
The Lady Ospreys will return to action tomorrow at 2 p.m. against Belmont at UNF Arena. Live stats can be accessed on UNFOspreys.com.