PBC YEARBOOK
Volleyball
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Flagler Sweeps USC Aiken in PBC Volleyball Tournament Final
AIKEN, S.C. – Taja Valmyr recorded a match-high 15 kills and hit .375
to earn tournament MVP honors and help Flagler College win its
fourth Peach Belt Conference Volleyball title, its first since 2011, with
a 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 26-24) sweep of top-seed and host University of
South Carolina Aiken Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center.
“Playing USC Aiken eight days ago really helped us today,” said
Matt Affolder, head coach of the Flagler volleyball team. “Megan
Hooks and Taja played well against USC Aiken last week and they
did the same today. Tara Savisky did a great job quarterbacking the
offense and had a couple of key kills and aces.”
Flagler improves to 23-7 while USC Aiken, the PBC regular
season champion, drops to 27-5. Today’s loss was only the second this
year for the Pacers at home as they entered with an 18-1 record and
this was just the second time this season USC Aiken was swept (at
Francis Marion, Sept. 19).
Both teams will sit back and await the announcement of the
NCAA Division II Tournament pairings on Monday (Nov. 23) at 7:30
p.m. on ncaa.com. There will be eight eight-team regionals set up and
Flagler joins Erskine College, the Conference Carolinas tournament
champion, as automatic qualifiers. The South Atlantic Conference tournament championship will be decided tomorrow (Nov. 22) at 2 p.m.
That winner will secure the final automatic berth. Five at-large berths
2015-16
will be distributed as selected by the regional advisory committee.
Six of Valmyr’s kills came in the third set which included the one
on match point to give the Saints the title. Tara Savisky tallied 34 assists and added six digs and two aces to secure a spot on the all-tournament team. Hooks tacked on 10 kills. Jenea Reddick contributed
seven kills and three block assists while Sara Davis tacked on seven
kills, four digs and two block assists. Caitlyn Kovach paced the defense
with 19 digs while Shea Hamilton added 14 more.
Flagler hit .287 for the match with 45 kills and 10 errors on 122
swings. The Saints hit .432 alone in the second set with 18 kills and
two errors on 37 swings.
Aly Johnson led USC Aiken with nine kills. Taylor Stratton added
seven kills and seven digs. PBC Player of the Year Ashley Diedrich was
limited to five kills and five digs. Emily Teelon tallied 26 assists while
Katie Toman collected 14 digs. Teelon and Diedrich were selected to
the all-tournament team.
The Pacers hit .083 with 34 kills and 24 errors on 121 swings.
Joining Valmyr and Savisky from Flagler and Diedrich and Teelon
from USC Aiken on the All-Tournament Team were: Anna McGee from
Armstrong State University and Julia Ferreira-Alves from Lander
University.
Flagler reeled off the first four points in the first set and rolled
to a 25-14 win as it scored the last four points of the set. The Pacers
hit .000 (9 kills, 9 errors, 37 swings) in the set. Valmyr led Flagler with
four kills.
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