Asheville, N.C. -- After dropping a marathon five-set match to UNC Asheville 3-2, the Stetson volleyball team bounced back with a 3-0 victory over North Carolina Central Saturday afternoon in the final day of the UNC Asheville Invitational.

The Hatters (2-8) completed the tournament with a 2-1 record and will play their first home match of the year Wednesday night vs. Marshall.

"UNC Asheville was tough match," Stetson head coach Kristina Hernandez said. "We hit well and so did they. It came down to little points here and there and we had some opportunities but didn't capitalize. The turnaround after that match was only 25 minutes to first serve of next game so I was happy we bounced back and swept NCCU."

In the first match of the day, UNC Asheville (4-2) won the opening set 25-22 and later the third set 27-25.  The Hatters rallied to tie each time, taking the second set 25-14 and the fourth set 26-24. 

However, Stetson committed nine errors in the fifth set, and Asheville took advantage with a 15-7 victory in the final frame.

Senior Madison Akins led the Hatters with 19 kills, while McKenna Foster and Eva Deisa added 12 kills apiece.  Deisa also picked up 11 digs for her second double-double of the season.  Marissa Salazar led the defensive effort with 13 digs.

Sophomore setter Roxy Lake registered a career-best 36 assists while helping lead Stetson to a season-high .261 attack percentage.  Karmen Reivik also assisted on 17 of the Hatters' 61 kills.  

Shelby Connors, Olivia Duval and Deisa assisted on three blocks apiece.

Shortly after completing the two-hour, 13-minute marathon, Stetson took the court again to face North Carolina Central (1-5).  This time, the Hatters cruised to a 25-23, 25-15, 25-16 victory.

Akins led the team again with 10 kills, while adding eight digs and four blocks.  Charlotte Earnhart nearly collected a double-double with nine kills and nine digs.  Lake dished out 25 more assists, giving her a total of 61 on the day.

Salazar picked up a team-high 14 digs.  Connors registered four blocks and Morgan Eiland contributed on three more.  McKenna Foster served four aces and recorded her 600th career kill.

Akins and Salazar were named to the all-tournament team.

The Hatters will host Marshall at 6 p.m. Wednesday night at the Edmunds Center.