By Taylor Laskoski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Even though the Flagler College volleyball team lost in the regional tournament for the second year in a row, senior Meg Weathersby said that doesn’t mean the team has given up.
“I think that it means that the Flagler volleyball program is strong and will continue to be competitive in the Peach Belt Conference,” she said.
By Taylor Laskoski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
No matter what happens during the regional tournament, Flagler College junior Jillian Unitas says that the season has already been a huge success for the volleyball team.
“It’s hard for a team to win regular season and conference tournament two years in a row, especially since we added and incorporated different players into our roster,” Unitas, the teams outside hitter, said.
“However, it would be an incredible season to get to go to Nationals again.”
By Taylor Laskoski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
With the Peach Belt Conference tournament starting next Friday, Flagler College junior Jillian Unitas says it has been an incredible season for the volleyball team that keeps getting better.
“It feels awesome to sit atop the conference standing,” Unitas, the teams defensive specialist, said. “We have worked really hard in our practices and pushed tremendously in our games and it goes to show all our hard work has paid off,”
By Taylor Laskoski| gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Karen Hudgins
Flagler College volleyball Coach Taylor Mott said that even though Saturday’s conference win against Montevallo put the team’s destiny in their own hands, being able to help a local St. Augustine cancer patient Ashley Daniel meant more than anything.
“It is such an amazing feeling to be able to help someone, especially someone as near and dear to us as Ashley is,” Mott said.
By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu
After winning their last two matches, the Flagler women’s volleyball team is ranked No. 2 according to the most resent NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll.
Leading the Peach Belt Conference with an 8-1 record, the Saints have been going strong and have won nine-out-of-their-last-11 matches.
By Taylor Laskoski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
In regards to the upcoming Pepsi Bash at the Beach Tournament, Flagler College junior Jillian Unitas said whether the volleyball team wins or loses, they just want to have a fun weekend.
By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Now in their senior year, Flagler College volleyball players Meg Weathersby and Rebecca Royal have been together since the beginning.
Weathersby and Royal, who have formed a close bond, said they have been the only two in their class on the volleyball team since they were freshmen.
By Mari Pothier | mpothier@flagler.edu
Photos By Phillip C. Sunkel IV
Flagler Volleyball is off to a great start again as it comes back from a historic season that included a run to the Final Four.
The Saints are currently ranked 22.
Taylor Mott, head coach for Flagler College Saints’ volleyball team, was happy with the team’s results in their first four games.
“I think we did some amazing things in spurts,” Mott said. “We played scared at times, but I think some of the positives that I saw were just incredible.”
By Bo Culkeen | gargoyle@flagler.edu
I remember when I first met Clay Coffman my freshman year. I was sitting in the Lewis lobby watching SportsCenter on the free cable provided by Flagler when Clay and a few other sports fanatics walked in talking about the past Heisman Trophy winners, a Flagler intramural game or just trash talking each other about their favorite college football team. Whatever it was, it involved sports.
By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The remarkable season is over.
The West Texas A&M University Lady Buffs defeated the Flagler College Saints 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 25-18, 27-25) in the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship semifinals.