Women's Volleyball | 10/5/2018 2:17:00 PM

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Despite being more than halfway through the 2018 season, the Buccaneers will take on a pair of Sunshine State Conference foes for the first time this weekend. Friday, the Bucs welcome Embry-Riddle University (11-5, 5-4 SSC) to the Health & Sports Center. The Eagles arrive in Miami Shores winning four-of-their-last-six matches. Then, on Saturday, the Bucs host the Florida Tech Panthers (5-12, 2-7 SSC) who are coming off a win in straight sets over Rollins College on Tuesday. 

Both matches can be seen on the Buccaneer Broadcasting Network and live stats are available as well.

On Tuesday night, the Buccaneers swept the season series against the Lynn University Fighting Knights with a 3-0 win in Miami Shores. During the first match back in September, Barry picked up an important record-setting victory in five sets. The win gave Barry a 10-0 start for the first time in the programs history. The 10-wins topped the start that the 1994 Buccaneer squad tallied during a 30-4 season. The first matchup between these teams was the first time that Barry had gone five sets with an opponent. 

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The Embry-Riddle volleyball team saw its three-match winning streak snapped on Tuesday night as the Eagles fell to No. 8 Tampa, 3-1 (25-13, 25-21, 20-25, 25-18). Coming into tonight, the Eagles lead the conference in digs-per-set with 18.27. Leading the way for Embry-Riddle is freshman Sam Lanning who is averaging 1.29 per-set. She sits atop the conference leader board for all SSC participants. The Eagles are currently tied for fifth place in the Sunshine State Conference. 

TECHNICALITIES
On Tuesday night, Florida Tech went up against the Rollins College Tars in another conference match. FIT defeated Rollins in three straight sets (28-26, 25-10, 25-20). Florida Tech concluded their victory with a total of 34 kills on 93 attempts for a hitting percentage of .172. The Panthers also recorded a total of 33 assists, seven serve aces, 46 digs and 11 blocks topping the Tars in every category.