FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Kate Mihacevich recorded a season-high 17 kills, leading the Nova Southeastern Sharks to a three-set sweep over the Eckerd Tritons on Saturday afternoon from the Rick Case Arena. 


Records: Nova Southeastern 14-3, 5-2 SSC | Eckerd 8-4, 1-3 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 3 | Eckerd 0
Location: Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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• Kate Mihacevich tallied the first three kills of the match for the Sharks, as NSU took a 4-1 lead in the opening set. 
• Marley Navaretta added a service ace for the Sharks, putting the score at 6-3 in favor of NSU. 
• A 10-0 run by Nova Southeastern, which featured four kills for Mihacevich, extended the Sharks' lead to 20-7 over Eckerd.
• Taylor Stockman and Olivia Aniol combined to score the final five points of the opening set for the Sharks, as NSU took the first frame 25-14. 
• Nova Southeastern started the second set on a 9-1 run, capitalizing on five errors by the Tritons. 
• Mihacevich added another kill to her ledger, followed by a service ace, pushing the lead to 16-8 for NSU
• Back-to-back errors by Eckerd gave the Sharks the 25-18 second set win, as NSU took a 2-0 lead in the match. 
• Nova Southeastern got off to a fast start in the third frame, leading 8-2 over Eckerd. 
• stockman sparked a 6-1 run by NSU, extending the lead to 14-6. 
• Mihacevich spurred the match-winning 4-1 rally by NSU, as the Sharks capped off the sweep over Eckerd with a 25-17 third set win.

Kate Mihacevich: 17 kills, 0.519 hitting percentage, two service aces
Taylor Stockman: nine kills, 0.474 hitting percentage, ten digs
Gabrielle Spankus: 33 assists


Head Coach Kacie Ehinger - "Solid weekend for us. To be able to sweep the weekend at home is huge. Today we played an efficient game at a high level. Kate Mihacevich was firing on all cylinders and was able to find a lot of space to score. Olivia Aniol contined to be a dominant force as a blocker, which allowed us to play great court defense behind her."

Kate Mihacevich - "The whole team went into this weekend with an aggressive mentality, knowing that we had the ability to dictate the outcome of our matches. Our offense can only be as good as the defense and setting that comes before it, so I'm lucky to have teammates that do their jobs incredibly well and allow me to put up stats like this!"


Nova Southeastern takes on Florida Tech in a Sunshine State Conference match on Tuesday, October 22nd, in Melbourne, Fla. First serve is set for 7 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Volleyball, be sure to follow on Instagram at NSU_VBall and X at NSU_VB.