DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jamee Townsend joined the coveted 30 dig club Saturday afternoon in the Lions 3-1 victory over host Embry-Riddle. Saint Leo turned in a season best 90 digs and 10 blocks, for just the second double-digit block performance of the season. 

The Basics
Final Score: Saint Leo defeated Embry-Riddle 3-1, (19-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-20).
Location: ICI Center | Daytona Beach, Fla.
Records: Saint Leo 15-6 | Embry-Riddle 12-9

How It Happened 

• Townsend led the match with a career high 34 digs, one-third of the team's 90 total digs. Defensively, four different Lions collected double-digit digs for the first time this season. 
• Defensive Specialist Reggie Van Devender also turned in a career day as the freshman tallied 12 digs. 
• Outside hitter Britt Sederholm tied her career high with 15 digs. Sederholm notched her seventh double-double of the year thanks to a 16 kills. Sederholm hit at a .361 clip, turning in just three errors on 36 attempts. 
• Hope Lemon led the match with 18 kills on 44 swings for a .318 attack percentage. The junior also added a season high four block assists and two service aces. 
• Middle blocker Katie Adamson led the Lions with eight of the teams 10 blocks. Adamason added five kills, one block and one dig. 
• Jillian Stolzenburg added four kills and two blocks while opposite Anna Siruckova chipped in six kills, six digs and five blocks. 
• Ashlee Hodgskin dished out 45 assists and collected 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. 

Beyond the Box score

• Saint Leo's dig total is the largest this season and the most since Nov. 8, 2013 at Rollins when the Lions also tallied 90 digs. 
• The Lions 90 digs is the largest four-set total in the rally-scoring era. 
• Townsend's 34 digs was a career-high and she became one of the elite liberos in the country as the junior reached the distinguished mark in four sets. 
• Lemon's 18 kills ties her career high, but Saturday's match was the juniors most efficient double-digit kill outing this season. 
• Sederholm's 16 kills is her second highest kill total of the season, her highest since Sept. 19 when the Utah native collected 19 kills. 

For the Eagles

• Evelina Abdurakhmanova led the Blue and Gold with 15 kills and picked up eight digs while Amanda Saunders contributed eight kills and 12 digs. 
• Caitlyn Ballard collected a team-high 22 digs and added seven assists while Tamires Ferreira racked up 30 assists, 21 digs and seven kills.

 Up next

• The Lions return to SSC action Tuesday, Oct. 27 when they travel to Tampa for a 7 pm match. 
• Saturday, no. 1 Tampa was upset by Lynn University, snapping its consecutive SSC win streak with 59 victories. Tampa fell 3-2 by set scores of 26-28, 20-25, 25-19, 25-20 and 8-15. The Spartans dipped to 17-4, 7-1 in SSC match-ups.