BOCA RATON, Fla. The Lynn University volleyball team battled its way to a 3-2 victory over Saint Leo this afternoon at the deHoernle Center in its opening Sunshine State Conference match. The Fighting Knights (5-3, 1-0) won the first game 30-24 before Saint Leo (3-8, 1-1) took game two 30-25. Fighting back, the Knights were victorious 30-22 in the third set as the Lions evened up the match in the fourth game with a 30-25 win. Both teams battled point-for-point, before the Knights closed out the conference win 17-15. Senior Theresa Daniels led all players with 18 kills to go along with 15 digs, for her fourth double-double of the season. After a career day at Florida Gulf Coast last night, junior Larissa Witherspoon put away 17 kills, while collecting 15 digs for her third double-double performance of the year. Lynns defense was anchored by freshman libero Christie Schade as she had a game-high 19 digs. Joining Daniels and Witherspoon in double-digit kills, freshman Erin Lyngse do so as well for the sixth straight game, finishing with 13 kills. Lyngse also had a career-high six service aces, while knocking down three blocks. Senior Jessica Woodby continued to step up as the leader on the court as she dished up 52 assists and tallied 14 digs in her second consecutive double-double performance. Four different players had 10-plus kills for the Lions at the net, as Erin Oberlin had a team-high 16 kills and recorded 11 digs. Audrey Starkebaum finished 15 kills as Kristen Mondientz put together a 14 kill, seven block performance. Shanna King added 13 kills with a .367 attack percentage. Libero Nikki Prack led the Lions defense with 18 digs.