Barry University's volleyball team will play a pair of matches on the road Friday and Saturday to continue the second half of the Sunshine State Conference schedule.

The Buccaneers (11-7, 6-3 SSC) meet Eckerd (12-9, 3-6) at 7 p.m. Friday in a Dig Pink match for Breast Cancer Awareness. Friday's match can be seen HERE or followed via LIVE STATS. On Saturday, Barry will play at Saint Leo (15-7, 6-4) in a 4 p.m. matinee. Saturday's match can be seen HERE or followed via LIVE STATS.

Barry owns a half-match lead on Saint Leo for second place in the league. Eckerd is tied for seventh. The Bucs beat both Eckerd and Saint Leo in tough five-set matches in the first half of league play in Miami Shores. 

Eckerd is coming off a three-set loss to Rollins in a match the Tritons hit .145. Tjasa Kotnik leads the Tritons with 313 kills at 3.96 per set, which ranks second in the SSC. Barry's Kaitlin Drake ranks fifth at 3.15. Kotnik and Drake each had 18 kills in the first meeting between the two teams. Barry's Eva Raat ranks ninth in the league at 3.00 kills per set. She had 15 kills against the Tritons, and Katie Dooley pounded 10.

Saint Leo is coming off a four-set loss at No. 5 Tampa. Hope Lemon ranks seventh in the SSC at 3.03 kills per set. Setter Ashlee Hodgskin leads the league in assists per set at 11.04. In the first match at Barry, Saint Leo's Anna Siruckova blasted 23 kills, and Jillian Stolzenburg 11. Hodgskin had 47 assists. Barry's Jasmine Serna had 36 assists, Drake had 20 kills, Raat 17 kills, and Ivana Didanovic 15 kills and three blocks.

Barry's Brittany Jaco is the SSC leader in digs per set at 5.75. She is tied for eighth in school history in digs in a season with 408. Lauren Evans has the school record with 589.

The Bucs return home Tuesday to host rival Lynn at 7 p.m. The final home match of the season is Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. against Tampa.