AIKEN, SC. – The Bucs set three goals heading into this weekend at the USC-Aiken Season Opening Tournament. "We wanted to develop team unity, build our confidence and do well with our first contact or first touch on the ball," head coach Steve Hendricks said. After coming back home undefeated, it's safe to say the Bucs accomplished each of those goals and more this weekend. With the win, coach Hendricks earned his 100th career win as the head coach of the Barry University Women's Volleyball team.

"It's a great start to the season." Hendricks said. "With each match we played better. Kristina [Filimonova] had a great tournament. Bianca Paşca set the offense masterfully and Audren [Rose] performed at an elite level with her defense and passing." Hendricks added.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:

Game One Final: Barry 3, Lander 0
Game Two Final: Barry 3, USC-Aiken 0
Records: Barry (4-0), Lander (1-1); USC-Aiken (1-1)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 6-1 against USC-Aiken and 2-0 against Lander

SUMMARY:
Game one

• 1st set | The Buccaneers set the tone early being very efficient with their attacks, hitting .483 (18-4-29). A pair of freshman – Bianca Pasca and Tierney Ward – led the Bucs with six kills each.
• 2nd set | Despite 10 attack errors, Barry managed to control the set in large part due to their service game and solid defense. Audren Rose recorded five digs, which was the most in any set during the match.
• 3rd set | The Bucs continued to rely on their defensive play with a set-high, 15 digs. Megi Buviníc was very aggressive with 12 total attacks - a team-high for the match - with five kills and four digs.

Game two

• 1st set | Even with the Buccaneers registering 12 kills, their defense continued to separate Barry from the rest of the teams this weekend. Rose recorded seven-of-her-22 digs in the first set.
• 2nd set | FIlimonova led the Bucs with eight kills and an incredibly high hitting percentage of .667 that didn't include any attack errors. The Bucs posted 23 digs, which was the most during any set in the match.
• 3rd set | Barry put the match away in this set with a wide variety of successful attacks. The 20 kills were the most in any set during both matches today.

NOTEWORTHY:.

• Pasca's 39 assists against USC-Aiken was a season-high.
• Ward recorded a season-high 11 kills against Lander.
• Barry's 49 kills against USC-Aiken were a team season-high.
• The game against USC-Aiken marked the first time this season that Barry had two players reach double-digit kills: Filimonova (17) and Buvinic (13).
• The Bucs are 4-0 for the first time since the 2011 season.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will head home and host the 2018 Barry University Classic next week, on Friday, August 31st-September 1st. For more information on the 2018 Barry University Classic, click here.