MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - The Royals Women's Volleyball team earned their 1st SUN Conference victory of the season on Saturday with a dominant 3-0 sweep of Florida Memorial University, (25-18, 25-20, 25-11). Warner saw offensive production from all over the court as 10 players recorded points in the win.
After a slow start that saw the Royals fall behind 4-0 in the opening set, the Royals were able to rally and close out the set by outscoring the Lions 14 to 5 to win the 1st set by a score of 25-18. FMU pushed the Royals in the 2nd set as the two teams went back-and-forth exchanging leads and going on rallies, but Warner once again rallied late to pull away and go up 2 sets to 0 with the 25-20 win. Warner dominated the final set leading from start-to-finish and even held the Lions to single digits up until the 27th point of the set was scored. The Royals closed out their 1st SUN victory of the season with a statement 25-11 win in the 3rd set to complete the sweep.
Siarah Bencosme lead the Royals with 10 kills on Saturday, while also recording 1 block and 2 digs. Warner recorded 8 Service Aces in the win as
Leonelis Lopez-Fernandez,
Araya Garrison, and
Adeline Dumont recorded 2 Aces each and
Julia De Jesus and
Imar Laboy each tallied an Ace of their own. Garrison was credited with a team leading 2 blocks, while Laboy had a game high 14 Assists and 11 Digs in the win.
Warner finished the match with 46.0 points, 35 kills, 8 service aces, 3 blocks, 32 assists and 37 digs. The Royals will look to build on this momentum next week when they wrap up non-conference play at home against Trinity College of Florida before taking traveling to Keiser next Saturday.
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Up Next:
The Royals return home on Monday, October 5th for a non-conference match against Trinty College of Florida with game time scheduled for 7:00pm.
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