Jacksonville University volleyball rallied from down two sets to none to win on the road at Stetson on Sunday afternoon in the regular season finale.
SET ONE
The teams went back-and-forth early, but Stetson used a 5-1 run to separate and build a 14-9 lead. A 3-0 Dolphin run got them back within two and stayed within that margin until the Hatters grabbed a four-point lead 21-17. A late Dolphins 3-0 run cut the deficit to 23-21, but Stetson scored the last two points to take the first set.
Haley Hart and Jenna McNamara both had three kills in the first set to lead the Dolphins, and both had a block as well.
SET TWO
Stetson opened the second set on a 6-0 run, before Hart picked up her fourth kill of the match to get the Dolphins on the board. JU scored four of the next five points to get within three, 7-4. From there, Stetson scores nine of the next 11 to go up 16-6.
An ace by Rebecca Rocassin, followed by a couple kills from McNamara and Lyric Love helped the Dolphins attempt to rally, getting within eight, 18-10. Later, 7-0 run that featured two aces by Kariana Ayala-Drew and was punctuated by two straight Julia de Sa kills brought JU within three, 20-17. After Stetson scored two straight, Hart got a kill, followed by an ace for Addyson Lewis to make it 22-19, but the two teams traded points the rest of the way and Stetson won 25-21.
SET THREE
JU fell behind early in the third set, but used effort from Myah Robinson, Lyric Love and McNamara to climb back into it, tying the set at seven on a kill by de Sa. A 7-0 run for the Dolphins built the lead out to 17-12, with de Sa, Hart and McNamara all registering kills.
Stetson used a 3-0 run to climb back into it, trailing 17-15, before the Dolphins rattled off a 6-0 run, with two kills by McNamara and an ace by Lauren Seibert. McNamara ended the set the last four points for JU, Dolphins prevailing 25-16.
SET FOUR
An early 6-0 run for JU allowed the Dolphins to take the early advantage, leading 6-2. Love. Hart and Rocassin had kills to keep the Hatters at bay and build the lead to 14-7. JU kept Stetson at bay for much of the remainder of the set, forcing a Hatter timeout leading 22-17 late.
Stetson rallied late, going on a 6-1 run to tie the set at 23. The Dolphins got a big kill late from Hart to break a 24-24 tie and then an attack error gave JU the set win, forcing a decisive fifth.
SET FIVE
After Stetson scored the first point of the set, JU rattled off five straight, with three kills by de Sa in that stretch. Hart and Rocassin combined for a block to push the lead to 7-4, McNamara picked up a kill to make it 8-5 and the teams traded points for a while.
Hart and Love had kills, with an ace by Ayala-Drew as part of a 6-0 run to end it and deliver the win.
Haley Hart led the way with a double-double, posting 20 kills and 10 blocks for JU, her second of the season. Rebecca Rocassin dished out 47 assists, sixth-most she has recorded in a match this season and Kariana Ayala-Drew had 33 digs, just two shy of a career-high.
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