LAKELAND, Fla. -- The #16 Barry University Buccaneers women's volleyball team defeated Florida Southern College in four sets (19-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21) on Saturday afternoon in Sunshine State Conference (SSC) action at the Jenkins Field House. The Bucs improve to 25-4 overall, and 16-3 in SSC play.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
Final: Barry 3, Florida Southern 1
Records: Barry (25-4, 16-3 SSC), Florida Southern (15-13, 8-10 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads, 37-30, after sweeping the season series and winning seven of the last eight meetings.

SUMMARY:

• 1^st set | Florida Southern won the opening set 25-19, after taking a dominating 22-13 lead in the set. | Barry 19, Florida Southern 25
• 2^nd set | The second set saw the Mocs lead nearly the entire way but a 7-1 run by Barry to close the set gave the Bucs their first victory of the match at 25-22. | Barry 25, Florida Southern 22
• 3^rd set | The third set began with a 9-1 run by the Bucs and they never looked back. The Mocs cut the deficit to just four on several occasions before finally cutting it to three at 24-21 but that was as close as they would get as Barry won 25-21. | Barry 25, Florida Southern 21
• 4^th set | The fourth and final set saw the Mocs open up an early lead but the Buccaneers kept it close and eventually pulled ahead for the 25-21 victory. | Barry 25, Florida Southern 21

• Barry boasts seven aces one night after serving just one (Mónica López)
• FSC had more kills (54-51) and more service aces (9-7) than the Bucs and the two programs tied in digs 77-77. Barry edged Florida Southern in blocks 8-7 and had four fewer hitting errors.
• Kills - Diana Akopova (20), Djuly Schmorantz (19), Christy Paul (4)
• Aces - Marija Borcic (4), Luana Bulara (2), Diana Akopova (1)
• Blocks - Tyanna Butler (6), Christy Paul (3), Diana Akopova (2)
• Assists - Marija Borcic (41), Luana Bulara (5), Djuly Schmorantz (2)
• Digs - Luana Bulara (24), Djuly Schmorantz (13), Marija Borcic (9)

ON THE HORIZON:
Barry finishes its regular-season slate with a 1 p.m. first serve at Eckerd on Sunday.