LAKELAND, Fla. — The Southeastern University volleyball team secured another commanding, straight-set sweep over Florida Memorial at The Furnace on Saturday afternoon, taking the match by identical scores of 25-25-25 (25-10, 25-7, 25-5). With the victory, the Fire improve to 13-4 overall and 7-1 in conference play, while the Lions drop to 0-14 overall and 0-8 in the conference.
Southeastern dictated the pace throughout the afternoon, hitting a collective .330 with 39 kills on 91 total attacks. The Fire defense suffocated Florida Memorial's attack, holding the Lions to a -.175 hitting percentage, forcing 21 attacking errors, and accumulating nine total blocks and 48 digs.
Lucrezia Ceroni paced the Fire offense with a flawless performance, putting down nine kills on 13 errorless swings for a .692 hitting percentage alongside three blocks.
Jillian Zoerman added seven kills and five blocks, while Beatriz Cornachini and
Laura Bonomi chipped in six kills apiece. Setter
Haven Speer ran the offense with 30 assists, eight digs, and a block, and libero
Laura Bonomi anchored the back row with 13 digs and three service aces.
The Fire took control immediately with a 25-10 victory in the opening set. Southeastern then elevated its performance in the second frame, hitting .367 to cruise to a 25-7 win. The Fire capped off the afternoon with their most dominant set, hitting a scorching .444 while limiting the Lions to zero kills to finalize the 25-5 sweep in just 58 minutes.