FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida The American International College volleyball team finished the opening weekend in Florida with a split between Minnesota-Duluth and Post University.

FAST FACTS:
FINAL SCORE:Minnesota-Duluth 3, AIC 0 (12-25, 17-25, 15-25)
RECORDS:Minnesota-Duluth starts off 3-0, AIC falls to 0-3.
FINAL SCORE:AIC 3, Post 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-21)
RECORDS: AIC improves to 1-3, Post falls to 1-3.
LOCATION:Fort Lauderdale, Florida

STAT LEADERS:
Game 1
AIC:
Ada Guillera Martinez: Six kills, two block assists
Jana Potic: Four kills
Dolores Kopren: 19 assists
Mercy Rivera: 11 digs

Minnesota-Duluth:
Kate Berg: 12 kills, six digs
Sarah Kelly: 10 kills, five digs
Emily Torve: 31 assists

Game 2
AIC:
Diva Rivas-Reyes: 10 kills
Jana Potic: 10 kills, seven digs
Annie Boele: Eight kills, 10 digs
Mercy Rivera18 digs
Dolores Kopren: 29 assists, six service aces

Post:
Madision Hunziker: Nine kills, seven digs
Brianna Root: 18 assists
Sarah Ryder: 12 digs


HOW IT HAPPENED:
GAME ONE:

• AIC and Minnesota-Duluth were going head-to-head early in the first set. With the score tied 5-5, the Bulldogs went on a 10-0 run to make it 15-5 and run away with the first set, 25-12.
• The second set was a set of runs for each team. The first run came with AIC down 8-7. The Bulldogs went on a 3-0 run to make it 11-7. AIC answered with a 5-1 run to tie the game at 12, but the Bulldogs added five straight to take command of the game.
• In the final set, 20 of the Bulldogs' point came off multiple point sprees.

GAME TWO:

• In the first set, the Yellow Jackets were down 4-2 before making a 5-0 run to give them their first lead of the match.
• The Yellow Jackets scored four points from for different people when they went on a 4-0 run to take the 21-14 lead, with a kill by Rivas-Reyes, kill by Potic, an error by the Eagles, and an ace by Kopren. Mary Kelly aced the set point to give AIC their first set of the day.
• AIC started the second set on a 10-2 run. Down 15-6, the Eagles took 10 of the next 11 points to make it a three point game before falling in the set, 25-19.
• Another AIC opening run gave them momentum early in the third set, 8-1. Kopren was a part of six of those eight points, with three assists and three aces.
• The Yellow Jackets went on a 9-0 run later in the set to give them the 17-4 lead. The Eagles did not break into the double digits until AIC had scored 20 points. They then rallied off seven points to make it a 21-17 game before the Yellow Jackets forced a service error. Boele ended the match with a kill from Kopren to give AIC their first win of the season.

GAME NOTES:

• For the first time since 2011, the Yellow Jackets dropped at least three of their first four matches.
• For the third time in three seasons, the Yellow Jacket have faced a top-25 AVCA opponent.
• AIC gave up 42 fewer kills on day two of the invite than they did on the first.
• Post swung just 0.055 in the match against AIC. The last time the Yellow Jackets forced a team under that was on October 29, 2016 against Saint Michael's.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets will face off against Chestnut Hill, Wilmington, Philadelphia University, and Holy Family in the Wildcat Invite hosted by Wilmington. AIC with play Chestnut Hill on September 8^th at 1 p.m., then Wilmington at 5 p.m.

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