UWF Closes Regular Season With 3-0 Victory Over UWG
Jamie Nichols (Photo by Jim Hogue)Argos hit season-high .426 as a team
CARROLLTON, Ga. – The Argonauts completed their regular season on the road with a sweep (25-14, 25-14, 25-20) of Gulf South opponent West Georgia. Jamie Nichols (Crawfordville, Fla./Wakulla HS) turned in a match-high 14 kills with just one error to hit .650.
As a team, the Argonauts tallied just six errors with all hitters over the .300 mark. Tricia Tirabassi (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper HS) earned her seventh double-double of her debut season, dishing out 38 assists and 10 digs. UWF middles Lindsay Homme (Willowbrook, Ill./Hinsdale Central HS) and Patricia Gandolfo (Porto Alegre, Brazil/Missouri State – West Plains CC) had identical performances with nine kills each for an efficient .368 hitting percentage. Nichols was stellar behind the service line, collecting three aces.
Maddie Staub (Spanish Fort, Ala./Daphne HS) held down the Argo defense with 15 digs, while Gandolfo was a presence at the net with seven blocks.
The Argonauts took two easy sets from the Wolves with matching 25-14 scores at the beginning of the match, but struggled in set three. The Wolves went up 6-0 in set three, and West Florida was faced with an uphill battle. The Argos could only come within three for much of the set before the Wolves produced a huge deficit with a 17-9 lead. A UWF timeout forced a UWG service error, and from their West Florida began their fight. Nichols led the effort with four kills from that point on, earning an Argonaut side out that was within one of UWG at 20-19. The junior then served the Argonauts to a 25-20 victory on an eight-point run that included two of her aces. Two kills from Brathwaite closed the match in the victory.
The Argonauts hit the road next week as they travel to the Gulf South Conference tournament, beginning their postseason quest. Official information on the East Division pairings will be made available as soon as possible, along with official match times for next week’s tournament that begins on Friday at Harding University.
