HOOVER, Ala. – The University of West Florida Volleyball team (17-4, 7-0 GSC) opened the South Region Crossover Tournament with a 3-1 comeback victory vs. Rollins (5-8, 4-5 SSC) Friday evening in the Finley Center. The team extended its current win streak to 14 straight matches behind an impressive double-double from Nadine Williams, who turned in the key performance for UWF by going for 15 digs and 14 kills while hitting .333 for the match.

Jordyn Poppen, Rachel Neblett and Williams all finished with three kills in the first, but Rollins proved to be the more effective team early, outhitting UWF .306 to .233 en route to a 25-21 victory. The Tars piled up 16 kills in the opening set vs. 12 for West Florida. Each team finished with five errors.

UWF bounced back with a more efficient second set, hitting .318 and using four kills from Courtney Markes and three more each from Williams and Neblett to record a 25-19 victory. Williams was also very good defensively in the second, going for eight digs to bring her total in the match to ten. The Argos limited the Tars to an .081 hitting percentage and just nine kills in the second.

Neblett and Williams each went for four kills and UWF hit .393 in the third set, arguably its most impressive of the match. Once again, the Argos downed Rollins with a 25-19 score. UWF followed the third with another 25-19 win in the fourth, forcing 10 final Rollins errors to take the match 3-1.

The match was the second straight in which the Argos dropped the first set only to roar back to win the match, having also trailed 1-0 at home vs. North Alabama October 10. The win was the third in the last four matches at the South Region Crossover for the Argos dating back to last year.

Neblett finished with 12 kills and three service aces, and Courtney Markes added 10 kills and two service aces. Reigning GSC Freshman of the Week Logan Kael posted 10 digs, and Monique StCyr registered 26 assists. Brogan Wallin added 19 assists. Neblett and Caleigh Morrison each finished with three blocks. The Argos piled up nine total team blocks and have 40 over the last three matches. 

UWF wraps the South Region Crossover Tournament tomorrow with a 12:15 matchup vs. Eckerd and a 7:00 pm matchup vs. No. 4 Palm Beach Atlantic.

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