DAVIE, Fla. —  It felt like deja vu watching the Barry Women's Volleyball team take on Nova Southeastern Saturday afternoon. The Bucs and Sharks recently faced off on Monday of this week in a postponed match due to Hurricane Milton. In both cases, the Bucs took an early two-set lead, which was then rallied by a comeback of the Sharks to win sets three and four to send it to a fifth. Barry came out victorious in both instances, sweeping the County-Line Cup series and garnering the first points for the Bucs in the local rivalry.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: (RV) Nova Southeastern 2, #23 Barry 3
Records: Nova Southeastern (17-8, 8-7 SSC), Barry (17-4, 10-4 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads Nova Southeastern 36-14

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Set One - Barry quickly turned it around after dropping the first point to score the next three. Nova Southeastern battled back after being down by three to take the lead at 14-13. Barry quickly flipped it in their favor after a timeout that put them back up by one as Veronica Eremeeva had back-to-back kills. The set went into deuce and a kill from Petra Brkicic and a service ace from Varvara Osychenko closed out the set. | Nova Southeastern 27, Barry 29
• Set Two - This set had more dominance to it in favor of the Buccaneers, who opened on a 5-1 run that forced an early Shark timeout. A healthy lead was kept the rest of the set expanding to a nine-point advantage. Diana Akopova closed out the set with a kill to send the Bucs up 2-0 in the match. Barry had three service aces in the set for a match-high. | Nova Southeastern 18, Barry 25
• Set Three - Both teams kept it close trading points up until the 10-10 with no team gaining advantage. This changed when NSU went on a six-point run that a swayed the set. Barry did fight back after being down by as much as five to bring tie it at 21 and 23. However, the Bucs were unable to close it out as Nova scored back-to-back extending the match. | Nova Southeastern 25, Barry 23
• Set Four - NSU led the whole set from the first point. Barry had just 12 kills, swung .212, however, they did pick up three blocks in the set. | Nova Southeastern 25, Barry 18
• Set Five - Both teams had seven kills and three blocks in the set. Barry garnered a three-point lead to open the set. Nova rallied back to take the lead at 12-10. The Buccaneers than locked in and went on to score four straight points to make it match-point. NSU snuck in one point but freshman Eremeeva closed the door with her 24th kill of the night. | Nova Southeastern 13, Barry 15

NOTEWORTHY:

• Veronika Eremeeva set a new career-high in kills at 24, just two-days after her previous high which was 21
• This marks two-straight games of 20-kills for the freshman.
• Diana Akopova was second on the leaderboard with 22 kills on the evening. She added 10 digs for her fourth double-double of the year. Also collecting seven blocks.
• Petra Brkicic records her second career double-double with 42 assists and a career-high 14 digs.
• Osychenko was the third Buc to have a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs.
• The Bucs improve to 2-1 in five-set matches this year, and collect their fifth straight victory.
• In a tight box score, Barry held a defensive edge in blocks at 14-10 and digs 80-67.

The Bucs will start their six-game home stint on Monday, November 11 against Florida Tech in 'Monday Night Volleyball' from the Health and Sports Center.