2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball team 2-1 on road
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Less than 24 hours after a 3-0 loss to North Alabama, the University of West Florida rebounded from a two games to one deficit to defeat Alabama-Huntsville 3-2 (30-28, 19-30, 24-30, 30-20, 15-9) on Saturday. It was the second consecutive match West Florida has won in five games over Alabama-Huntsville in Spragins Hall. West Florida improves to 16-6, (6-3 in the Gulf South Conference). Alabama-Huntsville falls to 18-9, (6-3). West Florida holds the tiebreaker since the Argonauts won both matches (in five games) this season over Alabama-Huntsville.
The first game was close from beginning to end with 13 ties. With West Florida leading 26-25, two kills by Naiara Fernandes, and a kill by Jenny Lass gave the Argonauts game point at 29-26. After a West Florida service error and a kill by the Lady Chargers Emily Miller closed the lead to 29-28, Fernandes took a set from Melina Pereira and recorded the kill to give UWF a 30-28 game one win.
Unlike game one, Alabama-Huntsville led throughout game two. The Lady Chargers scored the first three points of the match and never looked back. UAH scored four consecutive points on three different occasions en route to the 30-19 triumph.
West Florida made game three closer, but Alabama-Huntsville prevailed. The Argonauts led early 9-7, but blocks by the Lady Chargers' Kim Beesley and Molly Healey gave Alabama-Huntsville a 13-12 lead that they would not relinquish. With the Lady Chargers leading 27-24, Healy recorded a kill and two services aces to lift Alabama-Huntsville to a 30-24 win.
Down two games to one, West Florida took control of game four. Fernandes's kill at 7-7 gave West Florida a lead they kept. After Alabama-Huntsville won three straight points to cut their deficit to 21-18, West Florida reeled off seven straight points to open a ten-point lead. Kills by Jessica Bragion and Kali Kalache helped seal the Argonauts 30-20 game four victory.
West Florida took their game four momentum into the deciding game five, scoring the first six points. Ironically, West Florida scored the last six points to defeat Alabama-Huntsville in game five earlier this season at the UWF Field House. Lass had four kills in the fifth game, and Fernandes posted a kill and a service ace for two of the final three points as West Florida earned the match victory.
Lass's 27 kills were a West Florida career high. In the process, she became the fourth Argonaut in history to total at least 300 kills in a season. She also led the Argonauts with 13 digs. Fernandes added 19 kills and 10 digs for her eighth double-double of the season. Bragion collected 12 kills.
West Florida will be back in action on Tue., Oct. 18, at conference rival Valdosta State. The Argonauts defeated Valdosta State, 3-0, earlier this season on Sept. 20. The match will begin at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The team will return home for games against the University of West Georgia at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.20, and against Lincoln Memorial University at 1 p.m. Saturday. Before Saturday's game the team will honors its seniors.
7th-ranked North Alabama defeats West Florida
One of the NCAA Division II's best teams defeated the Argonauts tonight in three games by final scores of 30-18, 30-16 and 30-16.
The win was the University of North Alabama's second over UWF this season. The Lions had a big advantage in attack percentage, .372 to .086. West
Florida was limited to six kills and seven errors in 27 attacks in game two.
North Alabama tallied 12 aces to UWF's three. The Lions hit for a .536 attack percentage in game three.
Megan Stout and Vanessa Ferretti each totaled 10 kills. Laura Bellinger had
37 assists. Carly Moyers led the Argos with eight kills. Naiara Fernandes returned to the lineup after missing the last three matches, and added seven kills and four digs.
The Lions improved to 23-1 (8-0 GSC).
Argonauts Cruise against Valdosta State
The Argonauts completed the two-match season sweep over Valdosta State Tuesday evening in three convincing games, 30-24, 30-19 and 30-22. The Argos have won five of their last six road matches, and defeated Valdosta State at UWF on Sept. 20, 3-0.
"We stuck to the game plan and played consistently from start to finish," explained UWF head coach Melissa Wolter.
West Florida connected on a .318 attack percentage for the match and .529 in game three. Valdosta State was limited to a .170 attack percentage, including .094 in game one and .095 in game two. The Argos enjoyed a 12-5 ace advantage. They also collected 9.0 blocks to VSU's 3.0.
Most of game one was closely contested. The Argos took an 18-13 lead and the Blazers came within a point at 20-19. West Florida outscored VSU, 10-5 down the stretch for the win. After trailing 3-1 in game two the Argos rattled off nine unanswered points, a rally the Blazers could not recover from. West Florida jumped out to a quick 10-3 lead in game three and never looked back. The Argos led the entire way in the decisive win.
"We really served tough tonight," said Wolter. "We slowed down their hitters as well."
Jenny Lass took charge with 12 kills and a .400 attack percentage. She also added seven digs. Naiara Fernandes pounded 12 kills and Kali Kalache had 10 kills. Marcela Cunha set 26 assists with nine digs. Melina Pereira dished out 18 assists with six digs. Jessica Bragion put together another all around solid performance with eight kills and seven aces.
West Florida improves to 17-6 ( 7-3 in the GSC). Valdosta State slips to 8-19 (1-9).
The Argos host West Georgia Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:00 pm.