MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Tuesday night matchup featured all the best hitters in the Sunshine State Conference. The 11th-ranked Barry Buccaneers swept Florida Tech in the Clemente Center to extend their win streak to five in a row.
Final: #11 Barry 3, Florida Tech
Records: Barry (16-4, 11-2 SSC), Fla. Tech (6-16, 3-10 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads series 66-10
- Set One – After dropping the first point, the Bucs rallied for five straight points as Alondra Lebron held service and collected an ace. Middles, Frankie Good and Ivana Zujovic picked up kills in the process and two Panther errors helped. It was a smooth set for the Bucs. The offense hit .312 with 16 kills and, while the Panthers struggled swinging .097 with just nine kills. Valeriya Kozlova, Varvara Osychenko, and Veronika Eremeeva all had four in the set. | Barry 25, Fla. Tech 18
- Set Two – Good and Eremeeva got the Bucs on the board first with a block to open the set. Lebron added another service aces. Florida Tech worked back to make it 6-3 in their favor. Barry powered back with McKayla Theleus getting a five-point rally started with a kill. Osychenko then went back-to-back kills and Kozlova went back-to-back aces. Both teams battled to the end, Florida Tech held set point at 24-23but the Bucs fought back and closed it out with three unanswered points. The score was tied 12 different times and there were six lead changes. Theleus led the set with six kills hitting .455. | Barry 26, Fla. Tech 24
- Set Three – Barry gained distance on the scoreboard with three-straight to make it 17-13. That was the space they carried the rest of the way. Good and Theleus had kills with Osychenko putting the exclamation point with an ace. A 7-3 run closed out the match. Theleus had another six-kill set hit .400. Barry had their best offensive set with a .379 hitting percentage and 15 kills. | Barry 25, Fla. Tech 18
- Theleus led the Bucs with 12 kills, hitting .409.
- Kozlova had 11 kills and ended every set with a kill.
- Good had four kills and five blocks.
- Lebron led the back row with 10 digs, while receiving 34 of 35 services cleanly and collecting three service aces.
- Thalia Iglesias had 26 assists to lead the way.
- The Bucs collected nine service aces compared to the two for Fla. Tech.
- Barry has won six straight over the Panthers.
Barry will head home for back-to-back matches on Halloweekend. Match one on Friday night Eckerd at 7:00pm.
