FORT MYERS, Fla. - Amanda Carroll produced a double-double as the FGCU volleyball team swept Stetson 25-20, 25-14, 25-19 in Alico Arena on Saturday.

In doing so, FGCU (17-6, 7-1 ASUN) has now won eight straight matches and 22 straight sets. The latter is the second longest streak in the NCAA Division I era for FGCU since the 2007 team won 30 straight sets. The win also keeps the Eagles in a three-way tie atop the ASUN standings with Kennesaw State and Jacksonville.

"The first set wasn't particularly clean," FGCU head coach Matt Botsford said. "We had a few too many errors and kept it pretty close. We couldn't get any easy points off them. Overall, though, I thought the response after set one was much closer to what we would have imagined and the direction we want to be playing."

Carroll (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia HS), the ASUN's leader in points, recorded a game-high 17 kills while hitting .400 and adding 11 digs, two assists, one solo block and one block assist. It was her 10th double-double of the season and the 36th of her career. She also now has double-digit kills in all but three matches this season. Already the program's all-time kills and points leader, Carroll had 35 attacks on Saturday to pass Brooke Youngquist Sweat (3,139, 2004-07) for most in a career. She now has 3,147.

Snowy Burnam (Palm City, Fla./Jensen Beach HS) finished second on the team with a season-high 12 kills while hitting .429, adding three digs and picking up her first match with double-digit kills since Oct. 6 against USC Upstate. Ciara DeBell (Ocala, Fla./Vanguard HS) finished third on the team in kills with seven. The redshirt freshman had a breakout match by hitting .545 and tallying two more kills than she has the entire season so far. Daniele Serrano (Sanford, Fla./Seminole HS), who leads the ASUN in hitting percentage, added six kills, a game-high three block assists and two digs.

"It was mainly just a bunch of fun," DeBell said of her breakout match. "I missed it. It was one of the first games where I've been able to stay in. I started the third set, and stayed in the whole game. It gave me a flashback of last year."

Maggie Rick (Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic HS), meanwhile was a big reason for the 53 kills and .353 hitting percentage that FGCU produced as a team. The junior setter tallied 44 assists along with four digs, three kills and two block assists. Her assist total tied her output on Sept. 1 vs UCF for her fourth most in a match this year. 

Defensively, Karissa Rhoades (Valrico, Fla./Bloomingdale Senior HS) had a game-high 17 digs along with four assists. During the team's current winning streak, she has produced double digit digs in every match, and she's now averaging 20 digs per match against Stetson this year. Courtney Stephens (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS) added nine digs to finish third on the team. She now needs just 14 more to become the fifth player in program history to record 1,000 in her career. On top of that, every player for FGCU recorded at least one dig, including Cortney VanLiew (Seymour, Ind./Columbus East HS) with five, Alayna Ryan (Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers HS) with two and Sharonda Pickering (Sea Cow's Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands/Elmore Stoutt HS) with one.

"Our floor defense was great," Botsford said. "I thought it was a little more challenging than it should of been because I didn't think our net defense was very good. (Stetson) got through a lot of holes. I thought we were pretty sloppy up front and to get those dig numbers behind a block like that is a testament to the reads Karissa was making. Courtney Stephens the same way and, of course, Amanda always has great instincts back there."

Kaitlan Krivdo (Hope Mills, N.C./Grays Creek HS) also contributed to the win with four kills and three digs.

FGCU's defense held the Hatters (3-17, 2-6 ASUN) to a .173 hitting percentage. Stetson is now 0-17 this year when losing that statistic. On the flip side, they've won every match when it's in their favor.

The Green and Blue are now 19-2 all-time against Stetson, including a 9-1 record at home. The Eagles have won nine straight in the series, including the past four in straight sets, and Saturday's win gives FGCU a season sweep of the Hatters. 

The Eagles will now play four straight on the road beginning with next weekend's matches against North Florida on Friday at 7 p.m. and Jacksonville on Saturday at 6 p.m. After closing the road trip against NJIT and USC Upstate the following weekend, FGCU will finish the regular season at home on Nov. 10-11 against Lipscomb and Kennesaw State.

Saturday's match concluded alumni weekend for the FGCU volleyball program. There was a dinner with all the attending alumni on Friday evening and then on Saturday, there was an alumni match at 11 a.m. and a tailgate prior to the match. The alumni were also recognized and honored between the second and third sets of the win over Stetson.

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COACH BOTSFORD
Head coach Matt Botsford is in his fourth season at the helm of FGCU volleyball. In 2016, Botsford's squad produced one of its most successful seasons ever at 27-6, with the win total representing the most in Division I program history and falling just two shy of the all-time mark. His teams have combined for an 84-34 (.712) overall record, including a 39-11 (.780) mark in ASUN play. In his inaugural season, the Eagles finished with a record of 19-11 with a second-place ASUN finish, and he improved that win total to 21 in his second season. Botsford has coached 15 All ASUN selections in his three seasons. Prior to his time in Southwest Florida, Botsford held successful stints as an assistant at Notre Dame, Miami, IUPUI, Indianapolis and most recently Colorado State. A former professional volleyball player, he is a 1998 graduate of Tri-State University (now Trine), where he earned a degree in Social Studies Education. He earned a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis.

SUPPORT THE CAUSE
FGCU Athletics sponsors events throughout the year to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help.

IRMA RELIEF DONATIONS
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, many individuals and families throughout Southwest Florida are still in desperate need of assistance. To aid in those relief efforts, FGCU Athletics will be collecting donations at all Eagle home games for the immediate future. Donation items most needed include: non-perishable food, clothing, household items and first-aid supplies. Additionally, those unable to attend upcoming home games can drop off donations in canisters located in the Alico Arena lobby. All donations will be given to those hardest hit in Lee and Collier counties.