Volleyball Battles PHSC to 5 Sets

Leesburg, Fla. – The Lake-Sumter State College volleyball team split their two matchups over the weekend, falling to Pasco-Hernando State College before defeating State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.

Since the inaugural season of the NJCAA Region 8 Sun-Lakes Conference, the matches between Lake-Sumter and Pasco-Hernando have been epic. Once again, this match came down to the fifth set. PHSC took sets one and two by scores of 25-20 and 25-18. Sets three and four went to the Lakehawks, 25-19 and 25-19. Set five was a back and forth battle that stayed tight throughout, but LSSC came out on the short end, 17-15.

Yarelis Lopez Orosio dropped a double-double with 18 kills and 13 digs. Katie Patrick tallied 10 kills and five total blocks on the night to end with 13 points.

Still on the road, the Lakehawks traveled to Bradenton to take on newcomers, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota. Set one went into extra points with LSSC coming away with the 29-27 win before taking the second set, 25-18. The third set, which closely resembled the first, belonged to the Manatees, 25-22. Lake-Sumter bounced back to take the fourth set and the match, 25-20.

Kaylee Hunt reached a season high, 20 kills to go along with 17 digs in a double-double performance. Alyssa Guarino logged 23 digs, beating out teammate Cameron Bendel who totaled 20 digs herself. Taylor Lawrence added six block assists on her way to scoring nine points.

Lake-Sumter (5-5, 2-2) will continue their road trip and head to St. Petersburg College (2-5, 1-3) Wednesday with the match set to begin at 6 pm.