DELAND, Fla. -- Rhea Simon and Phylecia Armstrong each posted career-highs with 12 and 10 kills, respectively, as Bethune-Cookman posted its first win of the season with a 3-0 (25-16,25-14,25-13) victory over Savannah State at the Stetson Westin Classic Saturday morning.

The Lady Cats (1-4) literally cut their attack error total in half from 28 Friday against Stetson and .280 as a team for the straight-set victory.

Simon, a sophomore, also seven digs and three blocks while Armstrong, also a sophomore, hit .600.

Savannah State (0-6) led 10-6 in the opening set before B-CU rallied to take a 13-12 lead on a Simon kills, followed by  a Delicia Pierre ace that made it 14-12. The Lady Cats closed the set by scoring nine of the final 11 points, including the final five.

B-CU hit .333 in the second set, jumping out to an early 11-4 lead.

A 4-0 run in the third set helped B-CU pull away from a 6-6 tie.

Pierre (seven kills, seven digs and four blocks) and Aria Cormier (three kills, four blocks) had all-around efforts for B-CU, while freshman setter Alexas Thomas posted 31 assists and nine digs. Normarie Rolon also had nine digs, followed by Jennifer Jimenez with eight.

HEAD COACH ISAAC RAPHAEL

"We played better. It was good to see the errors come down. We didn't beat ourselves this time, but we have to learn not to make unforced errors."

"I knew Rhea was going to be a force on the right side."

 RHEA SIMON

"It feels good to get this win. We were more focused today."

NOTES: Simon has led B-CU kills the last three matches … B-CU's 40 kills and 14 attack errors were season bests … B-CU now leads the all-time series 26-0 …  This was the Lady Wildcats first win in a tournament match since defeating Hampton 3-2 at the  B-CU Invitational  9/17/11 (19 matches)