Lakeland, Fla. (Oct. 9, 2009) - The Nova Southeastern University volleyball team downed #23 Florida Southern on the road inside the Jenkins Field House by a 3-1 score in action on Friday evening. The win improves the Sharks record to 12-7 on the season, including 3-3 in Sunshine State Conference play while Florida Southern falls to 10-9 and 3-5 in SSC play.

"It was a hard fought win," said NSU head coach Steve Wilcosky. "It just shows that in every SSC match you have to come out with the confidence to win. It was nice to put some key players in different situations and see them adapt and succeed. Molly (Sigerich) really came up big for us and made some key plays when we needed them."

The Sharks came out and took the opening set 25-22. The Moccasins rebounded to win the second set 25-18 before NSU won the tie-breaking third set 25-21. NSU put the match away with a 25-22 victory in the third set.

For the match, the Sharks were out-hit by Florida Southern .209 to .206. However, NSU had a better side-out percentage in three of the four sets and had just one less kill.

Senior outside hitter Jenerra McGruder (Euless, Tex.) led the Sharks with 15 kills on a .243 attack percentage. Sophomore middle blocker Molly Sigerich (Downers Grove, Ill.) hit a match high .409 to go along with 11 kills, two aces and three blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Lucia Cizmarova (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) was also in double-figures with 11 kills. Junior libero Kathleen Yony (Miami, Fla.) tallied a match high 14 digs while senior All-America setter Valia Petrova (Sofia, Bulgaria) distributed a team high 35 assists.

Julia Borecka and Anna Greenwood had 17 and 14 kills respectively for Florida Southern.

The Sharks will travel to Saint Leo, Fla. to take on SSC leading Saint Leo at 4 pm on Saturday, October 10th.