TAMPA, Fla. – October 31, 2008. 

That is the last time that Barry University's volleyball team came away victorious against the Tampa Spartans. It was also the first win in Tampa's gym for the Buccaneers since October 2nd, 2004. 

The win is extra sweet for the Bucs (25-3, 14-3 SSC) who now move back into second place and a game behind UT in the conference rankings. Barry beat No. 7 Tampa (25-3, 15-2 SSC) 25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-20.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Final: No. 23 Barry 3, No. 7 Tampa 1
Records: Barry (25-3, 115-3 SSC), Tampa (25-3, 15-2 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry is 17-54 against UT

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"This is a huge win for this program," Bucs head coach Steve Hendricks said. "This team has always had a strong belief that we are elite, but we haven't been able to win a 'big one'. We did that tonight in four sets against a great Tampa team." Hendricks and his staff knew the significance of going up 2-1 and shifting the pressure over to the number seven ranked team in the country. "My assistant coach Cinthia Angus said before the match, 'if we go up 2-1, we're going to win it in four'," Hendricks said. "A win like this gives the team so much confidence with three games left in the regular season. Now we know we can knock-off one of the top [teams]."

SUMMARY:

• 1st set | L 25-27 | The first frame was the only set of the match in which Tampa (.268) hit a better percentage than the Bucs (.188)
• .2nd set | W 25-23 | Barry rallied midway through the set, going on a 8-1 run, when they were down 12-16. Megi Buvinic notched her 10th double-double of the season during this set.
• 3rd set | W 25-22 | Buvinic excelled in the set with eight kills. Barry also improved their defense at the net with four blocks, three of which were by Anastasiia Samokhvalova. 
• 4th set | W 25-20 | The Buccaneers put it all-together on both ends of the court, keeping the Spartans at an arms distance throughout the set with a 71% side-out percentage. 

NOTEWORTHY:.

• Buvinic (24k/13d) and Kristina Filimonova (14k/13d) recorded double-doubles. 
• With 31 digs against UT, Audren Rose has 590 on the season. She is nine digs away from tying the single-season record of 599 held by Brittany Jaco (2015).
• After Tampa recorded an attack percentage of .268 in the first set, Barry held UT to a .134 percentage through the next three sets on 134 total attempts. 

ON THE HORIZON:

The Buccaneers take on Rollins tomorrow on Saturday, November 3rd in Winter Park. First serve is set for 4:00 pm.