MIAMI SHORES, FL. – The Barry Buccaneers have not dropped a set through the first four matches in the month of October.

Barry (18-2, 10-2 SSC) took down Nova Southeastern (5-14, 3-9 SSC) in straight sets inside the Health & Sports Center on Tuesday night. The win gave Barry the series sweep this season after the Bucs beat the Sharks in three sets on the road back in September. Barry took the sets, 25-13, 25-20 and 25-12.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Game One Final: RV Barry 3, Nova Southeastern 0
Records: Barry (18-2, 10-2 SSC), NSU (5-14, 3-9 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry is 38-8 against NSU

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"We are playing well and it's good to get wins [in three sets] in mid-October because the season is starting to get long," Bucs head coach Steve Hendricks said. Nova struggled offensively hitting .075 for the match. Recently Barry has dominated the net defensively with back-to-back SSC Defensive Player of The Week Anastasiia Samokhvalova leading the way. However, today they were limited to just three team blocks. "I think they struggled a little passing the ball which didn't give them three options at the net," Hendricks added. One facet of the game the Buccaneers did dominate tonight was their service game. Barry totaled eight service aces and Hendricks credited that to the work in practice by his assistants. "I really have to give credit to Cinthia [Angus] and April [Sicam]. They work a lot on our serving zones and serving MPH."

SUMMARY:

• 1st set | W 25-13 | Three different scoring runs helped Barry take down the Sharks in the first frame. Megi Buvinic led the way for the Buccaneers with four kills and six digs. 
• 2nd set | W 25-20 | Despite having a very rare inefficient night offensively, junior Kristina Filimonova managed to find other ways to help her team win. Filimonova finished this set with 10 of her 16 digs. 
• 3rd set | W 25-23 | Audren Rose really put pressure on the Sharks' passers with her service game. Rose recorded two of her four aces along with four digs for the Buccaneers. 

NOTEWORTHY:.

• Through the first 20 games, Barry has not allowed an opponent to hit over .200 this season.
• Buvinic notched her sixth double-double of the season (13k/10d). She is tied for the team lead with Filimonova. 
• The Buccaneers tied their season-low with eight attack errors tonight. It is the fourth time this season they have had less than double-digit attack errors. 

ON THE HORIZON:

The Buccaneers head to Lakeland, FL to take on Florida Southern on Friday, October 12th. The Moccasins have not lost in their building since Sept. 2, 2017. The match is set for 7:00 pm.