Fire Volleyball Cruises Past Coastal Georgia at Home

LAKELAND, Fla.- The Southeastern University volleyball team turned in another statement win in Sun Conference play on Wednesday night in The Furnace, taking down the College of Coastal Georgia Mariners in three sets. The Fire have now won four of their last five SUN contests.
 
The Fire roared out of the gate strong, upending the Mariners 25-12 in set number one after starting the opening session on a 16-2 run. Freshman outside hitter Kennedy Jones notched four of her nine match kills in the first set.
 
Coastal Georgia retaliated in the second set, at one point holding a commanding 19-10 lead. However, the Fire responded with an 8-1 run to trim the Mariners' advantage to 20-18. After fending off two set points, the Fire captured the second set 27-25 thanks to three-straight errors by Coastal Georgia to end the session.
 
Southeastern saved its best for last in set number three, hitting a match-best .295 with just three attacking errors in the final set. Freshman outside hitter Emilia Harding turned in half of her kill total on the night in set number three, totaling six. SEU stood firm throughout a late surge from CCGA to take the third set 25-22 to close out the match.
 
The Fire doubled up the Mariners on service aces 6-3.
 
Cao finished the night with 10 kills and 11 digs. Freshman libero Holly Kaczmarek led SEU defensively with 18 digs. Freshman setter Alexandra Postlethwaite assisted on 30 of the 38 Southeastern kills and totaled 15 digs.
 
Southeastern heads to Temple Terrace tomorrow night to take on the Florida College Falcons in a non-conference match at 7:00 p.m.