October 25, 2019

Lee Volleyball

Shorter Volleyball

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Argos continues their GSC undefeated streak this season in a nail-biter against the Lee Flames. UWF came out on top in a five set match against Lee tonight as they alternated the wins. Tomorrow the Argos will play the Hawks in Rome, Ga. at 12:00 PM.

With their win tonight in decisions of 25-18, 29-27, 25-19, 25-23, 15-6, as the Argos won the first, third and fifth, UWF improves to 16-8 overall and 8-0 in the GSC while Lee moves to 9-15 overall and 2-7 in the GSC after today's loss.

Tonight West Florida was lead by three Argos who were a consistent offensive threat to the Flames. Freshman Veresia Yon lead the team in kills with 18 hitting .371 followed by Jordyn Poppen with 17 kills and then close behind her was Sadie Hough with 15 kills. 

UWF's passing and defensive game was unstoppable as the team racked up 94 digs and was lead by Kierra Potts who had 24 of the 94 digs. 

Two Argos earned double-doubles including Jordyn Poppen with her 17 kills and 17 digs and Brogan Wallin with 27 assists and 11 digs. 

The Hawks will come into tomorrow's match 7-16 overall and 0-8 in the GSC. The last time the two teams played each other, the Argos won in three on October 16, 2018 in Pensacola. The match against the Hawks will start at 12:00 PM CT in Rome, Ga. at the Winthrop-King Centre.

The matches will be live streamed accompanied by live stats provided by the host schools for those wanting to watch and that information can be found at goargos.com.

How to Follow the Argos: For complete information on UWF Volleyball, follow the team on Twitter at @UWFVolleyball and on Instagram at @UWFVolleyball.