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evenly matched PBC All-Tournament Team and played a backMarissa Baker, UNC Pembroke and-forth affair Dianna Craine, Flagler throughout. The Amanda Jones, Armstrong score was tied at Alex Rohlfing, Augusta State 21 when Flagler Brittany Wolf, Armstrong rattled off three points in a row with Tournament MVP kills from Emilee Olivia Snipes, Flagler Taylor and Rachel Stacy combined with a Pirate attack error. Taylor finished the set with a kill.
the edge in blocks nine to six. Brittany Wolf and Amanda Jones each had 13 kills for Armstrong while Santaniello, Budd and Leia Pittman had nine each. Ashley Seal had 45 assists while Stacey Davis led the team with 24 digs. Box Score
NCAA Tournament: Armstrong Routs Tusculum 3-0
(11/18/11) WINGATE, N.C. - The third-seeded Pirates of Armstrong Atlantic State University swept the number six seed Tusculum College Pioneers in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Southeast region quarterfinals Friday afternoon in Cuddy Arena. The Pirates won by scores of 25-15, 26-24 and 25-22 to improve to 36-2 overall.
The third set belonged to Flagler early with a 16-12 lead following one of the six Armstrong attack errors of the set. But the Pirates fought back with six of the next nine points and tailed 19-18 with a block from Budd and Brittany Wolf. The score was tied at 21 Armstrong advances to the region semifinals Saturday when Dianna Craine had back-to-back kills to open a afternoon. Tusculum ends its season at 18-13. small gap. Flagler setter Olivia Snipes finished the set with a sneak-attack kill as she faked a set attempt. Senior outside hitter Brendyce Budd (Page, Ariz.) led the Armstrong attack with 13 kills and 16 digs, hitting Flagler’s defense held strong in the fourth set as Arm- .391 on the afternoon. Junior middle hitter Brittany strong hit .102, their worst percentage of the match. Wolf (Bethlehem, Ga.) added 12 kills with a .556 hitFlagler led 17-13 when Armstrong went on a 5-1 run ting percentage, while junior outside hitter Amanda to tie things at 18. Amanda Jones had two kills durJones(Marietta, Ga.) collected 10 kills. ing that run. The score was tied and 19 and again at 20 before Flagler got two kills from Taylor and an ace Junior setter Ashley Seal (Orlando, Fla.) handed out 41 from Sophie Meyer. Taylor had the kill on the champi- assists to go along with 11 digs. onship point. The Pioneers had four players with at least seven kills. Junior outside hitter Sam Underwood (Muncie, Ind.) had eight kills, six digs and four blocks to lead the Tusculum attack. Freshman outside hitter Brianna Anderson (Fort Wayne, Ind.) added eight kills with a .400 hitting percentage for the Pioneers.
Craine led the Saints with 17 kills while Meyer had 13 and Taylor 12. Tournament Most Valuable Player Olivia Snipes had 41 assists and 19 digs; Casey Gnann led the Saints with 30 digs overall. Flagler out-dug Armstrong 91-79 in the match, but the Pirates held
Freshman setter Georgia Paturalski (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) handed out 15 assists, while sophomore libero Caitlyn Dean (Fort Wayne, Ind.) piled up 16 digs.
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The Pirates were in control throughout the opening set, hitting .407 while holding Tusculum to .030. A kill and a block from Wolf put Armstrong on top 11-4. The Pioneers trimmed the lead to four on an ace from Price and kill from freshman middle blocker Taylor Boone (Burnsville, N.C.). Armstrong scored the next four points to push the lead back to eight. A