ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of West Alabama volleyball team dropped matches to Barry University and Flagler College on the final day of the South Region Crossover on Saturday from the Game Point Events Center.

Match 1: Barry 3, West Alabama 0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-11)
Posting a .346 hitting percentage in the first set and .476 in the third, Barry took all three sets from West Alabama, despite the Tigers' 11 kills to the Buccaneers' eight.

Over the match, the Buccaneers recorded seven attack errors on 70 total swings.

Chyna Dixon and Jaida Alvin each posted seven kills for the Tigers. Dixon added seven assists and three aces, while Alvin tallied six digs.

Berfin Mertcan contributed team-highs in assists (12) and digs (9).

Varvara Osychenko led the Buccaneers with eight kills and just two attack errors on 18 swings.

Match 2: Flagler 3, West Alabama 2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-7)
West Alabama immediately put the first match of the day in the rear-view mirror. Trailing 15-8 after the Saints went on a 7-0 run, the Tigers chipped away at the deficit.

Down 22-16, UWA scored four straight points after kills by Jaida Alvin and Ally Craig. The Saints racked up back-to-back errors to make it a 22-20 deficit for the Tigers.

The Saints got the side-out on the next rally, but their seventh attack error of the set gave the possession back to the Tigers. From there, the front row shined with four straight kills to clinch the match, including back-to-back by Mya Carter to take the lead, 24-23, and to win the set.

In the second, trailing 6-2, UWA went on a 10-1 run to flip the score and maintained the lead for the rest of the set with a 25-20 score to take a 2-0 match lead.

Flagler's offense came out strong in the third and fourth sets, posting a .362 swing percentage on 29 kills and eight attack errors. In the third, up 10-9, the Saints went on a 7-0 run that saw them avoid the shutout with a 25-18 victory.

In the fourth, a 7-1 run gave UWA the 10-6 advantage, but FC flipped the scoreboard quickly with seven straight points to reclaim the lead, 14-10.

The Tigers did chip away at the deficit and tied the set on seven different occasions, but tied at 23, a UWA attack error and a Molly Boyd kill forced the deciding fifth set.

The fifth set saw Flagler get out to a 7-1 lead and rolled to the 15-7 win to win the match.

Flagler posted a -.136 attack percentage with four kills and seven errors on 22 swings. In the last three sets, the Saints out-attacked the Tigers 34-21 to earn the reverse sweep.  

Ally Craig set a new career high in service aces with six and added 10 kills for 16 points. On defense, she added eight digs.  

Chyna Dixon scored 12 points thanks to nine kills, two service aces and two assisted blocks to go with 13 assists and seven digs.

Off the bench, Kenzie Nalls also contributed four aces.

With the defeats, UWA is now 4-20 on the year. 

The Tigers will return to action on Wednesday night with a home matchup against Montevallo to resume Gulf South Conference play. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. inside Pruitt Hall.