Box Score FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In a back-and-forth five-set battle, the Nova Southeastern volleyball team fell in extra points in the fifth set to the visiting Fighting Knights of Lynn University on Tuesday evening in the Rick Case Arena.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
FINAL: L, 2-3 (12-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-20, 16-18)
RECORDS: Nova Southeastern Sharks (5-15, 3-10 SSC), Lynn Fighting Knights (7-13, 5-9 SSC)
LOCATION: Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
SET 1 | Down by one, 11-10, the Knights took off on a 14-2 run to leave the Sharks in the dust and take set one 25-12.

SET 2 | The first set didn't extinguish NSU's fire as the home team bounced back to grab the second set. At 8-8, the Sharks took advantage of a 5-0 run to take the lead and never look back. The Sharks took a commanding 16-10 lead after a Denvyr Tyler-Palmer kill, forcing Lynn to call timeout. The Knights fought back to come within three, 19-16, but that would be as close as they would get as NSU went on to even the score, 1-1, with a 25-17 win.
 
SET 3 | With the Sharks ahead 4-2 early in the set, the Knights were able to battle and steal the lead with a 4-1 run and maintain the lead for the remainder of the set. A kill by Kim Blasko and a Lynn error cut the deficit to two points, 21-19, late in the set, but four consecutive points by the Knights capped the game with Lynn on top 25-19.
 
SET 4 | Down 8-1 in the fourth, the Sharks rallied back with a 9-2 run to knot the game, 10-10, and keep going to take a 15-11 lead. Four consecutive points by Lynn tied the game up again, 15-15, and the two teams battled for the lead until at 18-18, the momentum went back onto NSU's side and the Sharks were ahead 23-19. A kill by the Knights brought it to 23-20 but a Kim Blasko kill and an ace by Rachael Nelson gave the Sharks a 25-20 win and forced the fifth and final set.
 
SET 5 | The closest set of the night, the fifth was a thriller from the beginning, as the set saw 10 ties in total. Down 8-6, the Sharks put up three-straight points to tie the game and force Lynn to use its first timeout. The two teams exchanged points until Lynn was able to put up back-to-back points for a 13-11 edge and NSU used one of their timeouts. Back-to-back errors by the Knights tied the game, 13-13. Down to the wire, tied at 14-14, the Sharks were just a point away from victory twice, 15-14 and 16-15, but were unable to finish and Lynn eventually earned the final-set win, 18-16.
 
INSIDE THE STATS: 

• Denvyr Tyler-Palmer led all players with 21 kills while Kim Blasko tacked on 16 and Maddie Uilk added eight.
• Kim Blasko had another stellar performance, hitting a team-high .310, committing only three errors in her 42 attempts.
• Samantha Blasko recorded 36 assists with six digs and three kills.
• Megan Burns covered the back row with a game-high 29 digs, adding four assists.  
• The Sharks dished out nine service aces, five coming from Rachael Nelson.
• NSU was an absolute wall at the net, tallying a season-high 16 total blocks, eight coming from Jane Early and five from Uilk, Rivera and Tyler-Palmer.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE: 

• Tyler-Palmer tallied her 10^th double-double of the season adding 10 digs to her 21 kills.
• Kim Blasko tied her career-high of 16 kills, set last Saturday against Embry-Riddle.
• The Sharks' 16 total blocks were the most recorded by the team since 9/3/16 against Rockhurst (21.0).

 
UP NEXT
 
The Sharks will hit the road on Friday, travelling to Saint Leo, Fla. to take on the Saint Leo Lions at 7:00 p.m.
 
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