SAVANNAH, GA - The Francis Marion University volleyball held off a late rally by Rollins College to earn a hard-fought five-game win and split of two matches on the final day of the AASU/Chatham Orthopaedics Classic in Savannah.

FMU (10-4) lost its opening match on Saturday to Eckerd College in four games (29-31, 30-18, 31-29, 30-28). Later in the afternoon, the Patriots downed Rollins 30-24, 30-28, 14-30, 29-31, 19-17.

Francis Marion finished the two-day event with a 2-2 mark. On Friday, Lenoir-Rhyne College defeated FMU in five games, 26-30, 30-25, 23-30, 30-20, 15-13.  Later in the evening, the Patriots downed Florida Tech 30-16, 30-15, 30-24.

The Patriots open Peach Belt Conference play on Friday at Lander University at 7 p.m.

Lenoir-Rhyne College def. Francis Marion Univ. 26-30,30-25,23-30,30-20,15-13

Lenoir-Rhyne College (9-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - TEAM 63-7-16; Totals

63-7-9.0. (Assists) - TEAM 60. (Dig leaders) - TEAM 92

Francis Marion Univ. (8-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Logan, Lezlie 16-0-4;

Good, Allison 13-1-8; Settergren, Michelle 11-0-5; Phiel, Jackie

9-1-0; Mordini, Krissy 6-2-3; Kaiser, Jenna 3-2-1; Strader, Jessica

0-1-0; Totals 58-7-13.0. (Assists) - Kaiser, Jenna 48. (Dig leaders) -

Strader, Jessica 24; Kaiser, Jenna 20; Phiel, Jackie 18; Mordini,

Krissy 13; O'Leary, Jess 8

Site: Savannah, GA (Alumni Arena)

Date: Sep 08, 2006   Attend: 50   Time: 2:00

Francis Marion Univ. def. Florida Tech 30-16,30-16,30-24

Florida Tech (2-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Rachel Joackim 10-0-1;

Lindsay Foster 5-1-3; Jenny McCoy 5-0-0; Frankie Brown 3-1-1; Jessica

Davies 2-0-0; Melissa Reinders 2-1-0; Lisa Cole 1-0-1; Brenna Lane

1-0-0; Jessie Metzger 1-0-0; Leigh Ann Brown 1-0-0; Megan Konopnicki

1-0-0; Amanda Boyce 0-0-1; Totals 32-3-5.0. (Assists) - Camilla Hines

16; Amanda Boyce 13. (Dig leaders) - Melissa Reinders 13; Megan

Konopnicki 8

Francis Marion Univ. (9-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Logan, Lezlie 11-1-1;

Good, Allison 8-2-2; Settergren, Michelle 7-0-2; Mordini, Krissy

5-1-0; Phiel, Jackie 5-2-1; Kaiser, Jenna 0-2-1; Strader, Jessica

0-1-0; Totals 36-9-4.0. (Assists) - Kaiser, Jenna 31. (Dig leaders) -

Mordini, Krissy 15; Strader, Jessica 14

Site: Savannah, GA (Alumni Arena)

Date: Sep 08, 2006   Attend: 25   Time: 1:45

Eckerd def. Francis Marion Univ. 29-31,30-18,31-29,30-28

Eckerd (7-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Keisha Carter 18-0-5; Angela White

14-0-5; Lydee Benoit 13-4-0; Kristy Busse 9-1-2; Shannon Ruby 8-1-0;

Leigh Badoyen 4-0-2; Kati Therriault 1-0-0; Kelly Morrisroe 0-1-0;

Megan Golovkin 0-1-0; Mary McNicol 0-2-0; Totals 67-10-8.0. (Assists)

- Shannon Ruby 51. (Dig leaders) - Lydee Benoit 15; Kelly Morrisroe 10

Francis Marion Univ. (9-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Logan, Lezlie 17-1-9;

Good, Allison 14-2-6; Settergren, Michelle 8-0-7; Phiel, Jackie 5-2-3;

Mordini, Krissy 3-3-2; Kaiser, Jenna 1-2-4; Totals 48-10-16.0.

(Assists) - Kaiser, Jenna 45. (Dig leaders) - Strader, Jessica 25;

Kaiser, Jenna 14; Phiel, Jackie 13; O'Leary, Jess 13; Good, Allison 8

Site: Savannah, Ga. (Alumni Arena)

Date: Sep 09, 2006   Attend: 36   Time: 2:00

Francis Marion Univ. def. Rollins College 30-24,30-26,14-30,29-31,19-17

Francis Marion Univ. (10-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Logan, Lezlie

18-1-3; Good, Allison 9-1-6; Settergren, Michelle 8-0-5; Mordini,

Krissy 7-0-0; Kaiser, Jenna 7-0-0; Phiel, Jackie 4-2-1; Strader,

Jessica 0-3-0; Totals 53-7-9.0. (Assists) - Kaiser, Jenna 49. (Dig

leaders) - Strader, Jessica 26; Phiel, Jackie 24; Mordini, Krissy 11;

Kaiser, Jenna 10; O'Leary, Jess 10

Rollins College (7-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Brittainy Daiger 22-0-1;

Piper Young 16-1-0; Stephanie Nichols 14-2-3; Christina Reinders

12-1-1; Lorena Orlandini 7-0-2; Nikki Swift 2-1-0; Kim Cline 1-1-0;

Lacey Malarky 0-4-1; Flavia Silveira 0-2-0; Totals 74-12-7.0.

(Assists) - Lacey Malarky 60. (Dig leaders) - Flavia Silveira 20;

Piper Young 12; Kim Cline 11

Site: Savannah, GA (Armstrong Atlantic)

Date: Sep 09, 2006   Attend: 100   Time: 2:30

Referees: Andy Krawiec, Ron Weigand

AASU/Chatham Orthopaedic Classic in Savannah, GA