Marshall University Athletics
Friday, November 5
Huntington, W.Va.
6:00 PM
Marshall University
-915,56 CUSA
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Florida International University
-812,56 CUSA
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FIU
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Marshall
25
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Ciara DeBell (left) was honored pregame from her 1,000th career dig.
Photo by: Cody Linn
Volleyball Takes Down Panthers with Total Team Effort
11/5/2021 9:47:00 PM | Volleyball
Herd and FIU play again Saturday at noon for Senior Day
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall volleyball team took down the FIU Panthers in four sets Friday night (25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 25-15) with a great defensive effort. The teams meet again on Saturday at 12 p.m., for Senior Day and the regular season finale.
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The Thundering Herd improved to 9-15 and 5-6 in Conference USA. The Panthers fall to 8-12 and also 5-6 in league action. Marshall needs to win on Saturday to earn a spot in the C-USA Tournament. The Herd will be honoring five seniors prior to the match in Sydney Lostumo, Zoie Holley, Sarah Schank, Destiny Leon and Ciara DeBell. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.
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"This was a full team win tonight," Herd head coach Ari Aganus said. "We were able to use our off week and really change up our entire lineup. Being able to now incorporate Brynn Brown, who executed a double-double tonight, was necessary for the win. Destiny (Leon) stepped up with nine blocks and nine kills. We weren't as clean as we needed to be, but we were able to be balanced and not just rely on one person. We have to get after it tomorrow and we're excited to highlight our seniors for their last home match."
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Marshall's defense led the way against one of the best blocking teams in C-USA. The Herd blocked a total of 35 attack attempts at the net and ended the night with 12 total team blocks as FIU was able to keep some points alive. The Herd also totaled 66 digs in the match. Marshall held FIU to hitting just .083 (44 kills, 31 errors, 156 attempts), its third-lowest percentage of the season.
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Destiny Leon put up a strong performance with nine blocks, tying her season-high. Junior Essence Clerkley and Ciara DeBell were next with four each. Junior Lydia Montague had three with senior Macy McElhaney and sophomore Anna Calcagno adding two each. Sarah Schank led the Herd in digs with 18 while freshman Brynn Brown recorded 13, including one great diving effort in the fourth set that kept the point alive, and DeBell added 12.
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Brown recorded her second career double-double and her first since Sept. 4 against Ball State, adding a career-best 18 assists to go along with her 13 digs. DeBell also had a double-double, her 12th of the season and 39th of her great career, leading the team in kills with 12.
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McElhaney was next with 11 kills. Leon finished with nine kills and Calcagno had seven. Montague and Clerkley had three kills each with redshirt sophomore Olivia Fogo adding two. Schank even got in on the offensive side with one kill.
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Sydney Lostumo led in assists with 26 and also finished with four aces.
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The match was a battle through the first two sets. Set number one featured seven ties and five lead changes. FIU started off well at the net with two blocks for the first two points and began with a 3-0 lead. Marshall came right back and took the lead at 5-4 on a block assist from Leon and DeBell. The teams traded points back-and-forth until the Herd stepped back out in front for the last time at 12-11 on an ace from Lostumo. The Panthers kept it close as Marshall led by no more than four points, but still maintained the lead through the rest of the period. FIU pulled within one at 24-23 until DeBell finally put it away with her fourth kill of the set. McElhaney also had four kills in the first. Marshall's defense began with four blocked attack attempts and just one credited team block. The best was yet to come from the Herd defenders at the net.
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The second set was more of the same as the two teams kept right on battling. There were 10 ties and six lead changes in the set as the Panthers managed to tie the match at 1-1. Marshall started to come alive on defense as the Herd blocked nine attack attempts, but were credited with just two team blocks as the Panthers kept many of the block attempts off the floor and the point alive. FIU put together a 6-0 run to take a 24-19 lead. Marshall scored two more points before the Panthers ended the set.
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The third set belonged to the Herd as there were only two ties and no lead changes. Marshall scored the first point and then FIU tied the score at 1-1. The next tie came at 6-6 and then the Herd took the lead for good on a Panther attack error. The Herd used a 7-0 run to build out an 8-point lead, 15-7 capped by a block assist from Calcagno and Leon. The final point came from another attack error from FIU and Marshall took a 2-1 lead. Again, the Herd was masterful at the net with nine more blocked attack attempts and five credited for points. Leon was in on all five blocks. The Herd held the Panthers to a minus-.075 attack percentage with 10 kills and 13 errors in 40 attempts. Schank had six digs in the set with a few diving efforts to keep the rallies going.
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There were four ties in the fourth set but no lead changes as Marshall dominated the period to take the match. The final tie came at 5-5, however Calcagno blasted home a kill to give the Herd back the lead. From the last tie at 5-5, Marshall outscored FIU 20-10 the rest of the way. The Herd used two 4-0 runs to keep building out the lead to eventually 10 points at 21-11. FIU showed its fight and heart by not going away quietly and attempting to come back. However, Marshall maintained a comfortable lead and quickly put an end to the night. Leon tallied an ace to move it to match-point at 24-15. A set error from the Panthers gave the Herd the much-needed victory. Marshall tallied four more team blocks in the final frame with Leon and Montague recording two each. FIU hit .048 in the fourth.
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For all the latest information about Marshall volleyball, follow @HerdVolleyball on Twitter and Marshall University Volleyball on Facebook.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall volleyball team took down the FIU Panthers in four sets Friday night (25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 25-15) with a great defensive effort. The teams meet again on Saturday at 12 p.m., for Senior Day and the regular season finale.
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The Thundering Herd improved to 9-15 and 5-6 in Conference USA. The Panthers fall to 8-12 and also 5-6 in league action. Marshall needs to win on Saturday to earn a spot in the C-USA Tournament. The Herd will be honoring five seniors prior to the match in Sydney Lostumo, Zoie Holley, Sarah Schank, Destiny Leon and Ciara DeBell. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.
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"This was a full team win tonight," Herd head coach Ari Aganus said. "We were able to use our off week and really change up our entire lineup. Being able to now incorporate Brynn Brown, who executed a double-double tonight, was necessary for the win. Destiny (Leon) stepped up with nine blocks and nine kills. We weren't as clean as we needed to be, but we were able to be balanced and not just rely on one person. We have to get after it tomorrow and we're excited to highlight our seniors for their last home match."
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Marshall's defense led the way against one of the best blocking teams in C-USA. The Herd blocked a total of 35 attack attempts at the net and ended the night with 12 total team blocks as FIU was able to keep some points alive. The Herd also totaled 66 digs in the match. Marshall held FIU to hitting just .083 (44 kills, 31 errors, 156 attempts), its third-lowest percentage of the season.
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Destiny Leon put up a strong performance with nine blocks, tying her season-high. Junior Essence Clerkley and Ciara DeBell were next with four each. Junior Lydia Montague had three with senior Macy McElhaney and sophomore Anna Calcagno adding two each. Sarah Schank led the Herd in digs with 18 while freshman Brynn Brown recorded 13, including one great diving effort in the fourth set that kept the point alive, and DeBell added 12.
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Brown recorded her second career double-double and her first since Sept. 4 against Ball State, adding a career-best 18 assists to go along with her 13 digs. DeBell also had a double-double, her 12th of the season and 39th of her great career, leading the team in kills with 12.
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McElhaney was next with 11 kills. Leon finished with nine kills and Calcagno had seven. Montague and Clerkley had three kills each with redshirt sophomore Olivia Fogo adding two. Schank even got in on the offensive side with one kill.
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Sydney Lostumo led in assists with 26 and also finished with four aces.
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The match was a battle through the first two sets. Set number one featured seven ties and five lead changes. FIU started off well at the net with two blocks for the first two points and began with a 3-0 lead. Marshall came right back and took the lead at 5-4 on a block assist from Leon and DeBell. The teams traded points back-and-forth until the Herd stepped back out in front for the last time at 12-11 on an ace from Lostumo. The Panthers kept it close as Marshall led by no more than four points, but still maintained the lead through the rest of the period. FIU pulled within one at 24-23 until DeBell finally put it away with her fourth kill of the set. McElhaney also had four kills in the first. Marshall's defense began with four blocked attack attempts and just one credited team block. The best was yet to come from the Herd defenders at the net.
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The second set was more of the same as the two teams kept right on battling. There were 10 ties and six lead changes in the set as the Panthers managed to tie the match at 1-1. Marshall started to come alive on defense as the Herd blocked nine attack attempts, but were credited with just two team blocks as the Panthers kept many of the block attempts off the floor and the point alive. FIU put together a 6-0 run to take a 24-19 lead. Marshall scored two more points before the Panthers ended the set.
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The third set belonged to the Herd as there were only two ties and no lead changes. Marshall scored the first point and then FIU tied the score at 1-1. The next tie came at 6-6 and then the Herd took the lead for good on a Panther attack error. The Herd used a 7-0 run to build out an 8-point lead, 15-7 capped by a block assist from Calcagno and Leon. The final point came from another attack error from FIU and Marshall took a 2-1 lead. Again, the Herd was masterful at the net with nine more blocked attack attempts and five credited for points. Leon was in on all five blocks. The Herd held the Panthers to a minus-.075 attack percentage with 10 kills and 13 errors in 40 attempts. Schank had six digs in the set with a few diving efforts to keep the rallies going.
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There were four ties in the fourth set but no lead changes as Marshall dominated the period to take the match. The final tie came at 5-5, however Calcagno blasted home a kill to give the Herd back the lead. From the last tie at 5-5, Marshall outscored FIU 20-10 the rest of the way. The Herd used two 4-0 runs to keep building out the lead to eventually 10 points at 21-11. FIU showed its fight and heart by not going away quietly and attempting to come back. However, Marshall maintained a comfortable lead and quickly put an end to the night. Leon tallied an ace to move it to match-point at 24-15. A set error from the Panthers gave the Herd the much-needed victory. Marshall tallied four more team blocks in the final frame with Leon and Montague recording two each. FIU hit .048 in the fourth.
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For all the latest information about Marshall volleyball, follow @HerdVolleyball on Twitter and Marshall University Volleyball on Facebook.
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To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!​
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Team Stats
FIU
Marsh
Kills
44
48
Errors
31
23
Attempts
156
140
Hitting %
.083
.179
Points
57
68
Assists
43
46
Aces
6
8
Blocks
7
12
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
1
Blocks
9
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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