SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. --- Freshman Alana Handy had 14 kills and 16 digs, and two other Bethune-Cookman players recorded double-doubles in the Wildcats' 3-1 (22-25,25-14,25-20,25-22) victory over North Carolina A&T in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division match at Warner Christian Academy.

In addition to Handy's tenth double-double of the season, the Wildcats (8-20 overall, 6-3 MEAC) got 44 assists and 16 assists from Phalen Clark and 13 kills and 15 digs from Alondra Bautista as they kept alive a chance to overtake the Aggies (9-12,6-2) for the division's second seed at the MEAC tournament Nov. 18-20 in Princess Anne, Md.

Phlyecia Armstrong had 13 kills and six blocks for B-CU, while Normarie Rolon Soto posted 15 digs.

Bethune-Cookman jumped out to leads of 6-1 and 10-3 in the fourth set, only to see North Carolina A&T close to 14-13. After a time out, the Wildcats scored the next two points and three of the next four to regain control.

The Wildcats took the lead with a 25-20 third set victory that saw them pull away from a 10-10 tie and take leads of 13-10 and 20-13. North Carolina A&T got as close as 22-20 before two Bautista kills and one from Handy helped the Wildcat close the set.

Clark's four-point service run helped Bethune-Cookman take an early 5-1 lead in the second set. Bautista and Ajsha Davie each had three-point runs that helped the Wildcats take a 22-12 advantage.

Rakaya Neely added eight kills for Bethune-Cookman, and Jill Arlaud four.

Samara Brown had a match-high 19 kills for the Aggies.

Bethune-Cookman hosts North Carolina Central Sunday at 1 p.m. In addition to being the regular season finale, it's also Senior Day for Rolon Soto, Armstrong, Davie, Arlaud, Alexas Thomas, and Lauren Turner.

HEAD COACH BRITTANY WILLIAMS:

"We've been working on finishing matches this season. For us to hit .065 in the fourth set and still pull that out is a true testament to our blocking serving and defense. It's a proud moment as a coach to get something we're pushing for all season."

"Everyone gave full effort. Great job by Jill Arlaud, it was a nice to have a senior step into a new role and give us something on the right."

"Alana was hurting after running into the bleachers. She bore down and pushed through and had a great game offensively and defensively."

ALANA HANDY:

"Passing was a success. If we can pass, we can run our offense. Our middles hit really well tonight."

"We've dug ourselves in a hole when it comes to the conference and now we have to fight back. We know what our strengths and we proved them tonight, especially in that second set."

NOTES: Handy's had double figure digs in seven of the last eight matches; She had 20 kills or more in the last two matches against Florida Gulf Coast and Florida A&M … Clark has had two matches with 44 or more assists in the B-CU's last three outings…Armstrong's 16 points were her most since she had 19.5 the day she set the school single-match hitting record against Tulane on September 3…North Carolina A&T won the first meeting 3-1 on October 7, the day Hurricane Matthew struck Florida…Williams is now 3-1 against North Carolina A&T and 8-1 at home in MEAC play.