AVE MARIA, Fla. --- For just the second time in school history, the Ave Maria volleyball team won a five set match after trailing 2-0. The Gyrenes won the final three sets on Tuesday night against Florida National to win the match 3-2.
 
The last time AMU came back from a 2-0 deficit to win in five sets was Sept. 23, 2008, AMU's inaugural season, against Florida Memorial.
 
With the win, Ave Maria improves to 9-8 on the season.
 
Florida National won the first two sets. The Conquistadors jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first set and maintained their lead for most of the set. The Gyrenes closed the gap and eventually tied the set at 23 after a kill by Flavia Rusterholz. FNU won the next two points to win the set 25-23.
 
In the second set, Florida National built an 11-6 lead. Four-straight points by the Gyrenes brought AMU within one, 11-10. Later in the set, the Blue and Green won five of six points to take a 17-15 advantage. The teams went back-and-forth the rest of the set with AMU getting a set point at 24-23. FNU won the final three points of the set to win 26-24 and take a 2-0 lead.
 
The Gyrenes controlled the third and fourth sets, winning both 25-16. AMU strung together several three- and four-point spurts to build a 21-15 lead in the third. AMU won four of the next five points to close out the set, 25-16, finished off on a kill by McKenna Tyson.
 
Trailing 4-3 early in the fourth, five straight by AMU gave the Gyrenes a 7-4 lead. After an FNU point, four more in a row gave the Blue and Green an 11-5 lead. AMU continued to extend their lead later in the set, leading by as many as 11 and going on to win 25-16. A kill by Katie Grose sealed the fourth set and sent the game to a fifth and deciding set.
 
With AMU leading 4-3 in the fifth set, the Gyrenes won four-straight on Miah Pena's serve to take an 8-3 lead. She had two service aces and Madelyn Haut had a kill in the run. After the team's exchanged points, Ave Maria won three of the final four points to close out the set 15-8. Tyson had a couple kills late in the set and Alejandra Suarez finished the match with a kill.
 
Ave Maria's hitting percentage improved in each set, finishing at .300 in the fifth. AMU had 60 kills and 11 service aces on the night.
 
Tyson finished with 20 kills and seven digs. The 20 kills in a match is tied for third-most in school history. Rusterholz and Haut also recorded double-digit kills with 11 and 10, respectively.
 
Grose had a match-best 47 assists and 15 digs. Four Gyrenes had double-digit digs on the night, led by libero Victoria Schein with 19. Suarez and Miah Pena each had 16 digs.
 
Ave Maria returns to Sun Conference play on Wednesday when they take on Keiser in West Palm Beach. The match will begin at 7 p.m.