CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Palm Beach Atlantic volleyball team finished its Ohio trip with two more matches on Saturday, facing off against UNC-Pembroke (3-1) and the hosting Cedarville University (2-2).

The Sailfish started the day just like they finished on Friday night. PBA swept the Braves, 3-0. The win marked head coach Doug Walters' 300th career collegiate win. The Sailfish ended the day against Cedarville. PBA fell behind 2-1 in the set, but the 'Fish battled all the way back to win the match in five sets. The Sailfish completed the Cedarville Invitational with a 4-0 record. Jayden Otto, Abbie Zylstra, and Kaileigh Ammons earned all-tournament honors.

PBA returns to West Palm Beach, Fla. for its home opener next weekend. The Sailfish host the Hyatt Place Bash at the Beach. The 'Fish play their home opener against Wheeling at 7:30 p.m. in Rubin Arena.

Match One – PBA: 3, UNCP: 0

The Sailfish forced the UNCP offense to struggle for the entire match. The Braves hit -.051 as a team for the match. The Sailfish offense ran efficiently, hitting .650  during a 25-10 win in the third set. PBA finished the match with a .321 team-hitting percentage.

The 'Fish front line doubled up UNCP's block numbers. PBA totaled 10 blocks in the match, compared to five for the Braves. The 'Fish kept the unforced errors at a minimum, committing six for the match. 

Zylstra led PBA with 15 kills and eight digs. Lily Thomason recorded six kills of her own. Middles Ammons and Harper Stokes tallied five kills each. Stokes made her presence felt at the net with nine blocks, including five solo blocks. Otto recorded 29 assists with five digs and two aces. Payton Ahrenstorff served as libero, totaling seven digs.

Match Two – PBA: 3, CU: 2

The final match had some extra meaning for the 'Fish. Coach Walters coached at Cedarville for 10 seasons from 2009-2017. The Yellow Jackets were also the last team between PBA and a perfect 4-0 weekend.

Unforced errors bit the 'Fish in the first set. PBA recorded eight attack errors with just three blocks by the hosts. Those five unforced errors made the difference as PBA lost the first set, 25-20.

The 'Fish got the offense rolling in the second set. PBA hit .370 in the frame and only recorded two attacking errors. The Sailfish defense held CU to a .118 hitting percentage in the set. A service error by the Yellow Jackets closed out a 25-16 win for the 'Fish to tie the match.

The script flipped for Cedarville in the third set. CU hit .407 in the third set and held PBA to a .167 hitting percentage. The Yellow Jackets jumped ahead early in the set and stayed ahead, taking the third set 25-18.

Things looked grim for the 'Fish as Cedarville led 17-13 in the fourth set. Back-to-back kills from Thomason began a PBA comeback. A pair of errors by CU made it an 18-17 lead for the roster, but the momentum had swung for the Sailfish. Mary Morgan Formby rattled off three straight kills to tie the set at 21. Ammons and Thomason went to work to give PBA a 24-23 lead. A kill from Otto and an error by the Yellow Jackets kept the Sailfish alive with a 26-24 win in the fourth set.

The midway point of the fifth set found itself tied at seven. PBA went on a 4-1 run with kills from Otto and Thomason to take an 11-8 lead. That was enough breathing room as the teams traded points down the stretch. An error from Cedarville closed out a 15-12 win for PBA and clinched the match.

Formby and Thomason led the 'Fish with 14 kills each. Zylstra was right behind them with 13 kills of her own. Ahrenstorff recorded a team-high 19 digs with eight assists and a pair of aces. Otto finished with 46 assists and 13 digs.