FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks Volleyball team earned their 10th Sunshine State Conference victory of the season, sweeping Saint Leo in three-sets on Friday night from the Rick Case Arena. Brittany Landrum paced the Sharks, recording a match-high 14 kills, while tallying a 0.632 hitting percentage and added three blocks.  

NSU has won 10-of-12 matches dating back to October 7th.

 

Records: Nova Southeastern 17-8, 10-6 SSC | Saint Leo 9-16, 4-12 SSC 
Score: Nova Southeastern 3, Saint Leo 0 
Location: Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 
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• The Sharks were able to jump out to an early 4-2 lead in the match, as Brittany Landrum, Nadia Lindner and Olivia Aniol all notched kills.  
• Saint Leo ran off four consecutive points, taking a 7-5 lead, but a block from Aniol and Taylor Stockman, followed by a set error by the Lions, allowed the Sharks to tie the set at 7-7.  
• SLU took an 18-13 lead over NSU, but Stockman notched two consecutive kills for the Sharks and sparked a 5-1 rally to put the score at 19-18. 
• Trailing 21-18, Kate Mihacevich bookended a set winning 7-1 rally for the Sharks, which also featured three consecutive points from Landrum, as the Sharks took the opening set 25-21.  
• NSU continued their momentum from opening set win, getting out to an early 6-2 lead following a block from Stockman and Aniol.  
• Nova Southeastern withstood the Lions, responding to each Lions point with one of their own, putting the score at 13-9 following a kill from Stockman.  
• Mihacevich and Lindner each tallied a kill for NSU, giving the Sharks an 18-15 lead.  
• Stockman sealed the 25-20 second set win for Nova Southeastern with a kill.  
• Saint Leo started the third set up 9-5, but Mihacevich stopped the Lions' early momentum with a kill and sparked a 9-0 run.  
• The lengthy rally by the Sharks featured points from Mihacevich, Stockman, Elizapeth Price, and Landrum. Price recorded a pair of service aces, while Landrum contributed three points, giving NSU a 14-9 advantage.  
• Nova Southeastern followed the 9-0 run with another extended rally, which included three service aces from Stockman, as the Sharks led 20-10.  
• Lindner closed out the three-set sweep for Nova Southeastern, as the Sharks took the third set 25-15.  

Brittany Landrum: 14 kills, three blocks 

Taylor Stockman: 10 kills, four blocks, three service aces.  

Nadia Lindner: 11 kills, nine digs.  

Head Coach Kacie Ehinger – I'm really happy with our ability to overcome a slow start. Our passers did a great job of keeping us in system and our middles did an excellent job offensively. Brittany Landrum was unstoppable! I can't wait to be back tomorrow night and celebrate our seniors.  

Nova Southeastern Volleyball will honor its 2023 Senior Class of Nyah Pacely, Nadia Lindner and Julia Bernardes in a pre-match ceremony on Saturday, November 11th. NSU will then take on Eckerd in the final home match of the season with first serve set for 6 p.m. 

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