DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Alana Handy had 17 kills and 17 digs in Bethune-Cookman's 3-2 (25-23,22-25,25-23,26-28,15-8) loss to Florida Atlantic Sunday afternoon in Moore Gym.
 
Rakaya Neely added 15 kills, and Jordan Jefferson  also double-doubled with 14 kills and 10 digs for the Wildcats, now 2-6.
 
Freshman Faith Landreneaux tied the single-match block record with 10. Rechez Lindsay led B-CU with 20 digs while Phalen Clark recorded 56 assists.
 
Abbi Reid led Florida Atlantic (9-4) with 21 kills.
 
B-CU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the fourth set and built it to 11-3 on a combined block by Handy and Landreneaux. The Wildcats maintained that lead before FAU stormed back and turned a 23-16 deficit to match point.
 
Jordan and Neely kills gave B-CU a 25-24 lead. FAU managed ties at 25 and 26 before Handy and Neely registered kills to win the set.
 
 In the fifth set, B-CU had early leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before the Owls scored four unanswered points and never trailed again.
 
Clark and Landreneaux combined on a block that brought B-CU within 8-7, but FAU pulled away after that.
 
The Wildcats travel to USF Tuesday for a make-up match at 7 p.m.
 
HEAD COACH BRITTANY WILLIAMS
 
"Five sets against a team like FAU … on four days practice. Great match. You had to fight for every point and FAU's not a team that's gives us. They made us earn every point. We did the same with them."
 
"Make some adjustments here and there and we'll be fine. Not shabby after the break we're coming off of. Everybody else has played 14,15,16 matches. We've played eight."
 
"We knew we had a diamond in the rough with Faith. She's a steal. For her to get 10 blocks knowing she probably four or five more in her … that's huge."
 
NOTES: This was the first time in series history B-CU has taken FAU to five sets and the first time since 2011 the Wildcats won a set … Clark's 56 assists were a career-high and matched J'Nai Higgins' total against Jacksonville opening weekend and Ariane Guy's 2005 game against Savannah State for  the third most assists in a single match in program history … Landreneaux matched Javanne Johnson's 2002 match against Stetson for the school record …. Jefferson has now double-doubled in all eight matches, Handy now has four … Lindsay now has three 20-dig matches for the year … B-CU now 1-1 in 5-set matches this season and 3-4 in the Brittany Williams era.