Winter Park, Fla. – The Barry Buccaneers defeated Rollins in straight sets (25-22) (25-15) (25-19) on Friday night at Warden Arena in Winter Park Fla. The Bucs improve to 10-0 overall, and to 3-0 in league play.
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
Final: Barry 3, Rollins 0
Records: Barry (10-0, 3-0 SSC), Rollins (3-8, 1-2 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 41-20
SUMMARY:
- 1st set | Rollins took an early lead off of a 3-0 run that put them up 8-6. Barry responded by scoring three straight to go up 9-8. As the set went on, Barry was down 22-21 towards the end, but Barry went on a fierce 4-0 run fueled by a kill and service ace by Diana Akopova, and two kills by Djuly Schmorantz to secure the set and stun the Tars. | Barry 25, Rollins 22
- 2nd set | The Bucs went on an early 6-0 run to go up 11-4 behind two kills from Djuly Schmorantz and two kills by Jeyhlen Thomas. The Bucs carried the momentum throughout the set and the Tars could not recover. The Bucs hit .435 in the set behind Marija Borcic's nine assist. The Tars had a 0 percent hitting percentage. | Barry 25, Rollins 15
- 3rd set | The Bucs took an early 7-1 lead after scoring five straight, behind kills from Akopova, Schmorantz and Mariana Bertrán. The Tars closed the gap, making the score 17-15. The Bucs then scored five straight to go up 22-15, thanks to two service aces from Schmorantz, a kill from Akopova and a block by Thomas. The Bucs went on to close out the match. | Barry 25, Rollins 19
NOTEWORTHY:
- Akopova totaled 13 kills on the night on 40 swings.
- Borcic totaled 32 assist, which led to a team hitting percentage of .280.
- Schmorantz play a good all-around game with eight kills, two aces, two assist and a team leading 15 digs.
- Luana Bulara was the Libero and totaled 13 digs on the night.
- Defensively, Thomas led with six blocks on the night, Akopoava and Tyanna Butler both had four.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs travel to Daytona Beach, Fla, to face another conference foe in Embry-Riddle on Sept. 17 at 4:00 p.m in the ICI Center.
