Gainesville, FL

The Saints entered this match coming off a win against Lurleen B. Wallace Community College earlier in the day. It was a 3-1 set win, with the Saints recording 14 blocks. The Pasco-Hernando State College Bobcats lost to Lurleen B. Wallace 3-2 right before the match. The Saints beat the Bobcats in four sets 25-21, 18-25, 25-21, and 25-23.

Madison Villanueva starting the scoring for the Saints with a kill to break a 3-0 run by the Bobcats to start the first set. Immediately following a Saints timeout with a 10-6 Bobcat lead, Mariana Haas had three kills in a row and Aria Eisel had a service ace to spark a 7-0 Saints run as they took a 13-10 lead, forcing a timeout by the Bobcats. The Bobcats stopped the bleeding at 15-11, but the Saints held on to win the first set 25-21.

Jessica Mckee had the Saints' first kill of the second set, but it was the Bobcats who took a 7-1 lead. The Saints cut the deficit to 8-5, but the Bobcats maintained control as they won the second set 25-18.

Mariana Haas had two service aces, and Maria Contreras and Maria Freitas each added one as the Saints took a 9-4 lead in the third set. However, the Bobcats quickly tied the set 9-9 as the Saints took a timeout. The Saints regained the lead 12-9 following the timeout and extended the lead to 20-14 via a Riley Solomon block and another service ace by Maria Freitas. Maria Contreras' second service ace gave the Saints the third set 25-21.

Lauanna Pino's service ace gave the Saints a 6-3 lead in the fourth set. Maria Contreras had two kills to increase the Saints' lead to 19-12. A block by Contreras gave the Saints a 21-14 lead. Kailyn Howard's 11^th kill of the match gave the Saints the fourth set win 25-23.

Maria Freitas led the Saints with three service aces, and Mariana Haas led the team with 16 kills.

The Saints finished with 2.25 blocks per set and nine blocks total.

Head Coach Bailey Coleman on the Saints' turnaround today: "what a dogfight. Pasco came out strong and ready to play. Kailyn and Mariana, our outsides, dominated and were the glue of our team. It was a team effort. Very proud of the girls!"

The Saints will host Florida State College at Jacksonville on Tuesday, August 27^th at 6:00PM EDT.