WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The 12th-ranked Barry women's volleyball team picked up their fourth straight win after taking down Palm Beach Atlantic in the Rubin Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Final: #12 Barry 3, Palm Beach Atlantic 1
Records: Barry (15-4, 10-2 SSC), PBA (12-11, 5-7 SSC)
All-Time Series: PBA leads series 22-20
- Set One – Palm Beach Atlantic opened the match with a 3-0 run. Barry battled from behind after trailing 8-12 in the set. A four-point rally gave the Bucs their first lead at 17-16 as Varvara Osychenko had two kills and teamed up with Ivana Zujovic for a block. Barry ended the set on a 5-0 run to take the first set. Osychenko had a service ace, Valeriya Kozlova had a kill, and Indigo Pruitt and McKayla Theleus checked in on time to get a block. Barry had less kills in the set but hit twice as accurate. | Barry 25, PBA 21
- Set Two – The momentum stayed with the Bucs as they started the second set 4-0. Barry had the lead at 23-22 but were unable to close it out as the Sailfish scored three straight to come back and take the set. PBA had their best attacking set at .353. The Bucs had more kills at 17-14. Veronika Eremeeva and Kozlova both had six kills in the set. | PBA 25, Barry 23
- Set Three – Both teams looked for the edge in the match and battled taking it tied halfway through at 13-all. The Bucs were able to go on a 5-1 run to make it 18-14. Frankie Good made her presence known with a kill and solo block. The set was done with the help of the block from Osychenko and Zujovic. The block party picked up four in the set, limiting PBA to a .107 swing percentage. | Barry 25, PBA 20
- Set Four – Once again, both team were going back and forth with 10 ties and five score changes in the set. Barry finally gained space on the board with four straight pints off kills from Kozlova and Osychenko. The triple threat offense then each collected one in three straight points to put this match away. Zujovic had a solo block to finish it off. The offense had 17 kills with a .452 hitting percentage. | Barry 25, PBA 18
- Kozlova had a match-high 20 kills, swinging .390 on the evening.
- She collected a double-double with 10 digs, while adding two aces and four blocks.
- The triple V offense were all in double figures.
- Ermeeva had 16 kills, hitting.306 with two aces, six digs and a block.
- Osychenko had a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs.
- Thalia Iglesias was the captain of the offense with 48 assists.
- Alondra Lebron had a match lead 15-digs.
- Zujovic had five blocks and five kills.
- Barry sweeps the season series over PBA.
Barry will have a midweek matchup at Florida Tech on Tuesday before coming home for back-to-back matches at home on Halloweekend.
