WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic women's volleyball team pulled off the upset against No. 17-ranked Nova Southeastern on Tuesday night.

The Sailfish picked up a key 3-1 win, taking revenge over Sharks (20-3, 11-2 SSC) who defeated PBA (13-12, 6-8 SSC) the last time the two teams faced off on Sept. 17. Each set in the match was tightly contested, including a 27-25 final set to seal the Sailfish win. The win is PBA's second win in a row and second win over a ranked opponent this season.

Alyse Cundiff led the Sailfish attack with 14 kills, hitting .281 with five digs and two blocks. Jazz Schmidt was right behind with 13 kills of her own, hitting .273. She tied Alyssa Avitia with a team-high 21 assists, two blocks, and six digs. Avitia added six digs and one kill of her own to her stat line. Mary Morgan Formby finished with an efficient 11 kills, hitting .474 with three blocks. Amber Rowoldt tallied 10 kills and eight digs, hitting .300. Ally Smith led PBA with 11 digs.

PBA pulled away in the first set thanks to an 8-1 run which included five unforced errors from the Sharks. The run allowed the 'Fish to take a 14-9 lead. A 3-0 run with kills from Rowoldt and Schmidt sandwiching a kill from Maddy Hooper gave PBA a 21-15 lead. The Sharks battled back at the end of the set, but a kill from Anna Gregerson closed out a 25-21 PBA win in the first.

The second set was less one-sided than the first. The second featured 11 ties and five lead changes. Nova Southeastern finally pulled away with a 9-3 run to take the set, 25-19, and tie the match. PBA dropped the set, despite hitting its match-best, .435 as a team in the set.

Each team traded long runs in the third set. As the intensity began to pick up in the match, the Sailfish ripped off a 4-0 run with a kill from Schmidt, a triple block by Formby, Gregerson, and Rowoldt, and a pair of Shark attack errors to take an 18-15 lead. With PBA leading 23-18, the Sharks battled back to cut the deficit to two. Fortunately for PBA, it held on to win the set 25-22 after a kill from Cundiff and an NSU error.

PBA was desperate to finish the job in four sets, having fallen in five sets in six matches this season. An 8-3 run gave the Sailfish an 18-13 lead down the stretch, but the No. 17-ranked team in the country did not go down easy. NSU began to chip away at the lead, and with PBA leading 22-18, the Sharks went on a 5-1 run to tie the set at 23. PBA persevered, hanging on to win the fourth, 27-25, completing the upset win.

The Sailfish out-hit the Sharks, .319 - .194, the Sharks totaling 28 attacking errors to PBA's 16. PBA finished with a 63 percent side-out percentage while taking advantage of 10 NSU service errors.

PBA looks this weekend when it plays two crucial road matches against Florida Southern and No. 9-ranked Tampa. The contest on Friday night against FSC takes place at 7 p.m. in Lakeland, Fla.