DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Savannah College of Art and Design upset top seed Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University 25-18, 25-18 and 25-18 to capture the 2009 The Sun Conference Volleyball Tournament Saturday (Nov. 14) afternoon at the ICI Center on the Embry-Riddle campus.
The No. 2-seed Bees, which snapped a four-match losing streak to the Eagles, improved to 28-7 and earned the conference's automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship, which begins Nov. 21. The 28 wins for SCAD tied a university record for victories in a season, matching the 1996 team's mark. The Bees, who captured the conference or region tournament title for the fifth time in the past six seasons, will find out their opening round opponent Sunday (Nov. 15) when the national championship field is announced.
Embry-Riddle fell to 24-8 and likely saw their season come to an end.
Allison Regas, Courtney Shelton and Jen Drouin each had 10 kills as the Bees hit .343. The Bees had 43 kills while only committing nine errors in 99 swings. Cathryn Gregson and Olympia Haney each added six kills. On the other side, SCAD limited the Eagles to hit.144 in the match.
Shelton also added five total blocks and Regas distributed 25 assists. Arynn Nease led the Bees with 12 digs while Drouin tallied nine and Haney seven. Regas and Gregson each had two total blocks.
Jordan Holcomb led the Eagles with 14 kills while teammate Abby Hall added nine. Adriana Vazquez added 25 assists while Julia Frassetto (16) and Taylor Martin (10) registered double-digit digs.