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VB Team Barry
Jason Martin
3
Winner Barry Barry 1-0,0-0 Sunshine State
0
AUM AUM 4-1,0-0 Gulf South
Winner
Barry Barry
1-0,0-0 Sunshine State
3
Final
0
AUM AUM
4-1,0-0 Gulf South
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Barry Barry 25 25 25 (3)
AUM AUM 22 19 20 (0)
0
AUM AUM 4-2,0-0 Gulf South
3
Winner Nova Southeastern Nova 5-0,0-0 Sunshine State
AUM AUM
4-2,0-0 Gulf South
0
Final
3
Nova Southeastern Nova
5-0,0-0 Sunshine State
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
AUM AUM 19 24 13 (0)
Nova Southeastern Nova 25 26 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Jason Martin

Volleyball Shutout To Begin Shark Invitational

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., The Auburn University at Montgomery volleyball team suffered its first pair of losses of the season after being shutout by Barry and Nova Southeastern to begin the 2021 Shark Invitational.
 
Barry begins their season with a win over AUM, while the Warhawks fell to 4-1 after the loss to the Bucs.
 
Carla Butler led the offensive charge for the Warhawks against Barry, netting nine kills while also adding 10 digs. Nyah Whittlesey charged seven kills while adding two digs.
 
AUM started the first set on a high note, racing out to a 5-2 lead over the Sunshine State Conference foe. The Bucs, however, would come back to tie the game at 11 before capturing the next four points to take a 15-11 lead. The Warhawks would fight back to take a 22-21 lead in the late stages of the first, but Barry finished with four unanswered points to take the first set.
 
Set two featured the two teams splitting the first 10 points of the set. Barry broke the tie, registering the next four points to take a 9-5 lead. The Warhawks cut the lead to 11-9 after Giada Pais-Marden's kill, but the Bucs took the next five points and ran away with a 25-19 set two win.
 
Set three saw the Warhawks add on to an early lead after a Keren Santana ace ran the AUM lead to 11-7. The Bucs rattled four straight points to tie the game at 13 and then take the lead before AUM tied the match at 15. Barry, however, did not relent as they took the set 25-20 and the match 3-0.
 
The newcomers played a big role in the second match of the day against the host institution Nova Southeaster. Ylenia De Mango led the way with six kills and four blocks, while Tatjana Trifkovic added five kills of her own.
 
The first set against the Sharks was a set of runs for both sides. After an early 5-2 lead by AUM, Nova sprang for five consecutive points to take a 7-5 lead. A Whittlesey kill cut the lead down to 13-14, but the Sharks tallied eight of the next nine points to take a 22-14 lead, and would the home team would win the first set 25-19.
 
Nova Southeastern continued their push into the second set, beginning the game with a 9-6 lead over AUM. Later in the set, the Warhawks would storm back to take a 16-15 lead over the Sharks and eventually held a 24-23 lead over Nova, but the Sharks closed the set with three straight points to take a 2-0 lead over the Orange & Black.
 
The Sharks jumped out to another lead to start the third set, taking a 10-6 lead over the Warhawks. AUM was able to cut the lead down to 8-12, but the third set was totally controlled by Nova Southeastern as they took the set 25-13 and the match 3-0.
 
AUM will conclude the Shark Invitational tomorrow morning when they play Findlay at 11:30 before finishing the tournament with a 2:30 meeting with Dominican College.
 
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