AIKEN, SC – Despite a combined 17 kills from senior Alyssa Hansen and junior Gracie Davis, Francis Marion University fell in three sets (25-17, 25-20, 26-24) to Augusta University, Friday evening (Sept. 10) on the first day of the Pacer Invitational Volleyball Tournament.  Earlier on Friday, the Patriots defeated Lander University in five sets: 19-25, 25-13, 17-25, 25-19, 15-11.
 
Hansen led FMU with nine kills, while Davis chipped in eight.  Sophomore setter Kaylee Gillespie handed out 23 assists and tallied nine digs and two aces against the Jaguars, while freshman libero Zoie Larkins dug up 10 balls.  Graduate student Naina Ivanova led FMU with 12 digs.
 
The tournament will continue on Saturday with FMU (2-4) playing Limestone University at 10 a.m. and host USC Aiken at 12:30 p.m.
 
 
AUGUSTA def. Francis Marion Univ. 25-17,25-20,26-24
 
Francis Marion Univ. (2-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Alyssa Hansen 9-0-1;
Gracie Davis 8-0-2; Lily Walton 4-0-2; Madeline Winning 4-1-1; Iyanla
Thigpen 2-0-3; Kaylee Gillespie 2-2-0; Kayla Arthur 1-0-0; Lexi
Albright 0-1-0; Naina Ivanova 0-1-0; Totals 30-5-5.0. (Assists) -
Kaylee Gillespie 23. (Dig leaders) - Naina Ivanova 12; Zoie Larkins
10; Kaylee Gillespie 9; Lexi Albright 8
 
AUGUSTA (4-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kylie Martin 11-2-0; Chloe Allen
11-0-2; Alyssa Frazier 10-0-3; Alyssa Dutton 7-0-0; Alexis
Diaz-Infante 7-0-1; Julie Archer 3-0-0; Radka Brichackova 0-0-1;
Brooklyn Holthaus 0-2-0; Holland Martin 0-3-0; Totals 49-7-4.0.
(Assists) - Samantha Zittrauer 25; Brooklyn Holthaus 20. (Dig leaders)
- Holland Martin 20; Kylie Martin 12
 
Site: Aiken, SC (USC Aiken N. Gym)
Date: Sep 10, 2021   Attend:     Time: 1:15   
Referees: Khiah Lynch, Steve Burinsky