Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
September 26, 2014

Tampa Improves to 2-0 in SSC Play with Win over Saint Leo

Box Score
Box score
TAMPA, Fla. - The No. 1 University of Tampa Spartans defeated the visiting Saint Leo University Lions by a 3-0 score (25-20, 25-17, 25-19), Friday evening from the Martinez Center. The victory marks the Spartans' 38th consecutive Sunshine State Conference victory, as they have not lost a conference contest since 2011.

Saint Leo came out of the gate thirsting for victory, scorching three quick points in set one for an early lead. From there on out, however, both teams battled point for point until the Spartans clinched a 25-20 set win.

The second set of the match began with a point in Tampa's favor, and the pace was set from there. Despite a few runs by the visiting Lions, the Spartans cranked out a 25-17 set victory for a 2-0 lead.

With a lead in their favor, the Spartans returned to the court for set three ready to pounce, defeating the Lions by a 25-19 score and taking home the match.

As a team, Tampa earned a .430 attack percentage in the 3-0 victory, with junior outside hitter Berkley Whaley recording a game-high 13 kills. The All-American currently ranks twelfth in the nation for kills per set.

Offensively, junior Marissa Lisenbee tacked on ten kills, while senior setter Kahley Patrick guided the team to success with a total of 40 assists on the night.

Defensively, libero Kasey Reynolds and Kahley Patrick led the Spartans with ten and eight digs, respectively. Tampa held Saint Leo to a .222 attack percentage, forcing 22 total errors.

The Spartans will wrap up weekend play with a late afternoon Saturday matchup against Florida Southern College tomorrow. The 4 p.m. Sunshine State Conference contest will occur at the Martinez Center on the campus of the University of Tampa.

Live stats will be made available through www.tampaspartans.com.

Fans may follow University of Tampa athletics on Twitter (www.twitter.com/utspartans) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/tampaspartans). UT also offers blAst, a free text messaging service that sends text alerts following all Spartan events. To sign up, please register at www.tampaspartans.com.