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Box Score 2 WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) volleyball team closed out the Rollins College Invitational in Warden Arena with split results versus the University of Sioux Falls (USF) Cougars and the Rollins College Tars on Saturday. In the opening match SHC fell 3-1 (12, 25, 29-31, 25-17, 11-25) to USF, but rallied from a 0-2 deficit in the final match to take a 3-2 victory over Rollins.
Spring Hill wrapped up the weekend with a midafternoon match versus the host Rollins College Tars (1-2) and junior
Madison Seuzeneau of Tampa, Fla., recorded 19 kills while senior setter
Mallory Raulerson out of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile handed out 44 of the 49 Badger assists. Freshman
Dorina Klinger of Frauental, Austria, had a solo block and three block assists at the net on defense as sophomore
Julie Vujnovich of Belle Chasse, La., scooped up 20 of the Badgers' 73 digs in the contest.
As a team, SHC collected six blocks and built a .218 attack percentage (53-16-170) after falling behind 16-25 and 21-25 before rallying to win 25-23, 25-22 and a thrilling 15-13 decision in the tie-breaking set.
For Rollins, Bri Civiero had 23 kills and April Jackson passed around 31 assists and Rebecca Wilson hauled in 31 digs. The Tars finished the day with a .210 attack percentage (69-31-181).
Earlier in the late morning match with the University of Sioux Falls Cougars (3-0), SHC was paced by Raulerson's 29 assists and Seuzeneau's 11 kills as Vujnovich collected 14 kills and Klinger tallied six block assists. In total SHC was held to a .054 attack percentage (37-30-130) and seven total blocks.
Jordan Calef had 15 kills for Sioux Falls as the Cougars rolled to a .285 attack percentage (52-17-123) and 13 total blocks.
The Badgers (1-3) will next play in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) West Division Cluster at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala., beginning on Friday at 9 a.m. versus Central State University.