Gallery: Volleyball wins four straight at home during weekend
Sweep gives host Owls Invitational tournament title
Volleyball kicked off the 2015 season at home, hosting the FAU Invitational tournament and taking the title after beating Bethune-Cookman University, Binghamton and Georgia Southern University.
The Owls did not lose a single set in the tourney, and start the season undefeated for the first time since 2010. Their next tournament will be at Lipscomb in Tennessee on September 4 and 5.
Check out some of this weekend’s best moments below:
Katie Bange (13) of Georgia Southern jumps up for a spike during the first set against the Owls Saturday night. Max Jackson | Staff Photographer
The Owl’s celebrate after a successful volley against Stetson on Friday night. Max Jackson | Staff Photographer
Genesis Viera (1) bumps the ball to a teammate during the Saturday match versus Georgia Southern. Max Jackson | Staff Photographer
Junior outside hitter Maja Ristic (13), junior libero Nathalie Rosado (6) and senior outside hitter Kristina Rankovic (33) set up before Georgia Southern University serves during the FAU Invitational tournament. Ryan Lynch | Sports Editor
Senior middle blocker Brittany Brown spikes the ball past two Eagles defenders during the first set of their match during the FAU Invitational tournament. Ryan Lynch | Sports Editor
Nathalie Rosado gets back up after attempting to save a volley during the second set of the Owls match versus GSU on Saturday night. Ryan Lynch | Sports Editor
Middle blocker Brittney Brown (left) and opposite hitter Gabrielle Dixon (right) celebrate after earning a point for the Owls. Mohammed F Emran | Staff Photographer
Opposite hitter Gabrielle Dixon blocks a Stetson scoring attempt on Friday during the FAU Invitational tournament. Mohammed F Emran | Staff Photographer
The Owls celebrate after earning the final point to sweep the Stetson Hatters in the second game of the FAU Invitational tournament. Mohammed F Emran | Staff Photographer
Max is a political science and economics major with the goal of running for Congress in district 22 (Boca Raton). He joined the University Press in 2012...
Ryan is a senior multimedia journalism major who's minoring in business law and psychology. He was once a two-time editor in chief for the paper, but that's...
Mohammed is a senior computer science major. He began at the University Press as a photographer. View his work: Flickr @dirtymomo Facebook @Moto Foto.