WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- The Sailfish volleyball team continued their torrid month of October on Tuesday evening by defeating Florida Tech 3-1 in front of a pink-colored crowd as the ‘Fish hosted their annual Pink Night in support of Breast Cancer awareness. After two relatively easy wins in the first two sets the Sailfish shook off a solid Panthers comeback effort and defeated the visitors from Melbourne by a 3-1 final score.

The win seals a season sweep against Florida Tech (14-8) with just one home game left on the schedule for the young ‘Fish who now stand at 24-3 on the season.  The last remaining match of the home season will take place on Nov. 5th when PBA hopes to complete a season-sweep of Barry University at 7 pm.

PBA managed wins of 25-21 and 25-18 in the first two sets while limiting FIT to just a .162 and .108 hitting percentage respectively. The tide changed in the third set however as FIT made the adjustments necessary to connect for a .367 hitting mark and claimed the 25-19 win.

The Panthers would seize the momentum and move in front in the fourth set by a 12-10 score early on as they looked to tie the match at 2-2. That wouldn’t happen however as PBA rattled off the next three points and never trailed again. Following a late run by FIT that put the score at 20-18 in favor of PBA, the ‘Fish called a timeout and then responded with a 4-0 run to put the game situation to match point.

After three straight Panther points PBA finally put them away for good on a Christina Alessi kill to close out the 25-21 fourth set victory.

The Sailfish produced a very balanced scoring output as four players registered at least eight kills including a team-best 14 kills each by Alessi and Elly Raush. Faith Rohn added in 12 kills to go along with 17 assists for yet another double-double while Stephany Brown connected for eight kills.

Becca Acevedo finished the four-set match with 45 assists while Rohn led all Sailfish players with 17 digs followed closely by Melissa Buckingham with 16 digs. Alex Marsalek also topped double-figures in digs with 10 while Acevedo followed closely behind with nine digs.

Freshman Emma Ballantyne helped lead a dominant PBA blocking night with a career-best eight block assists while Acevedo chipped in with five block assists.

Charlie French paced the FIT attack with a match-best 16 kills and just four errors while Marilyn Dick added in 10 kills. Ashtin Truesdale finished with 42 assists in the loss while Angie Lassman led all players with 19 digs.

PBA will take on Northwood University on Saturday, Nov. 2nd at 2 pm for their next match.