DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Senior Jenya Kruglova scooped up a career-high 32 digs in No. 25 Saint Leo volleyball's 3-1 (19-25, 15-25, 25-17, 23-25) setback to Embry-Riddle in a Sunshine State Conference match inside the ICI Center on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's campus. 
 
The Lions (12-5, 6-3 SSC) saw three players finished tied for the team lead with eight kills in Ashley Quero, Dallas Jasper and Victoria Omoregie. Jasper finished with a .300 hitting percentage where the team leader, Allie Daul, finished with a .429 with four kills.
 
Anna Garrett racked up 32 assists on the night as Britt Sederholm tallied seven kills and 16 digs to round out the night.
 
Embry-Riddle (9-7, 4-6 SSC) was led by Melanie Canfield and Alyssa Rudd who both recorded a double-double. Canfield tallied 23 kills and 18 digs where Rudd dished out 44 assists and scooped up 13 digs. Paola Virella was one dig away from a double-double with 10 kills and nine digs. Olivia Roa led the Eagles in digs with 22.

EMBRY-RIDDLE 25-19 | The Eagles jumped out to an early lead, going up 6-1 before the Lions scored their first point off a Paloma Da Silva kill, 6-2 ERAU. Saint Leo would rally to close the set to within one, 12-11, before the Eagles soared off for the 25-19 set one win.

EMBRY-RIDDLE 25-15 | The two teams would play neck and neck in the opening points of the second set before the Eagles opened up to a two point gap, 10-8, on an attack error from the Lions. Errors would haunt the Green and Gold in the middle of the set falling behind 19-9, 20-9, 21-9, 22-9, before an Eagles attack error allowed the Lions to climb into double-digits, 22-10. Back-to-back kills from Dallas Jasper and Reggie Van Devender would cut the score to 23-14 and 23-15 forcing an Eagles timeout. Out of the timeout, ERAU would score a point on a ball handling error and a kill to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

SAINT LEO 25-17 | Saint Leo would fend off quick points by Embry-Riddle in the third set trailing 1-0, 2-1, 3-2, before tying the set at 3-3 and taking the lead 4-3. The Lions would quick double-up the Eagles score, 6-3, before the two teams exchanged points. Saint Leo would gain their largest lead of the match of seven points, after Ashley Quero, Victoria Omoregie, and Allie Daul all recorded kills to put it at 17-10. Both teams would go back and forth until a service ace from Paloma Da Silva put the Green and Gold up 20-13 and eventually the set at 25-17.

EMBRY-RIDDLE 25-23 | With momentum on their side, Saint Leo rallied from down 2-0 to force a fourth set. The Lions opened the fourth up strong going up 2-1, a point before Allie Daul and Victoria Omoregie blocked the Eagles attack to take an early lead, 3-1. ERAU would rally to tie things at 5-5 and then fly out to a 14-6 lead. Dallas Jasper and Maddy Powell would team up to block the attack and clipped the Eagles lead to 14-7. Embry-Riddle would control the pace for the rest of the match, despite the Lions closing to within one on a Britt Sederholm kill, 24-23. The Eagles would notch one final kill to close out the set and match.
 
No. 25 Saint Leo returns to the court tomorrow when the Lions head to Melbourne to take on Florida Tech (7-9, 2-8 SSC) inside the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center at 4 p.m. The Panthers enter after dropping their Friday match 3-1 to Eckerd. Following their matchup in Melbourne, the Lions return home to take on Tampa on oct. 24 in the Marion Bowman Activities Center.  
 
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