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  • Meet: Alachua County Collegiate Invitational
  • Dates: Jan. 26-27, 2023
  • Location: Gainesville, Fla. | Alachua County Sports Complex at Celebration Pointe
  • Florida Southern travels back to Gainesville, Fla., for its second indoor track meet of the season. The event will take place Thursday and Friday at the Alachua County Sports Complex at Celebration Pointe.
  • The Florida Southern men picked up their first individual victory of the season during the opening meet of the year in Gainesville as junior Owen Allen took home the title in the 3,000m at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational. Allen will be back in action this week competing in both the mile and 5K. The Mocs will send 11 competitors to the event and will compete in five separate events.
  • Freshman Luke Reeves will be attempting to run the fastest 600m time in Florida Southern history as he looks to establish an official FSC Indoor Track record in the event while fellow freshmen Caleb Brady and Chris Colavita look to become just the third and fourth freshmen to crack 15:00 minutes in the 5K.
  • The Florida Southern women picked up a pair of top-five finishes at their indoor track debut. Sophomore Emma Mussante and junior Ellie Fluman finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 3K at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational. The women will be sending 10 competitors to Gainesville to compete in a total of six different events including the distance medley relay (DMR).
  • Mussante and Fluman will both be in action with Fluman taking on the 3K once again while Mussante will compete in the mile as well as run the 1200m leg in the DMR. Mussante will be joined on the DMR by freshman Caitlin Beery, junior Jinia Johnson, and sophomore Mya Stam.
  • Opponents: Florida Tech (M/W) & Miami (W)
  • Date | Time: Jan. 27, 2023 | 3:00 PM
  • Location: Melbourne, Fla. | Panther Aquatic Center
  • Records: #16 Florida Southern (M) 3-4, 3-2 SSC | #23 Florida Southern (W) 2-5, 2-3 SSC | RV Florida Tech (M) 1-2, 1-2 SSC | Florida Tech (W) 0-3, 0-3 SSC | Miami (W) 4-3, 1-1 ACC
  • No. 16 Florida Southern men take on the Panthers in the regular season finale after a close meet against NJCAA national champion Indian River State College. Despite the loss, Keith Peristeridis had a great meet where he won two individual events, his third straight meet where he won each of the individual events he competed in. The B standard time in the 500 free and a 200 free event win led to his repeat as SSC Men's Swimmer of the Week, and third overall award this season (a new program record for a single season). Other event winners at Indian River State College included Matteo Zampese in the 100 breast, Cameron Lai-Harris in the 50 free, Brandon Wilson in 200 IM, and Nicko Peristeridis in the 200 breast.
  • No. 23 Florida Southern women go up against both Florida Tech and the University of Miami in this week's meet, after a loss to Indian River State College last week. Erin McCann led the way with an event win in the 200 free, an event she already has a B standard time in. Despite the meet loss, several Mocs had podium finishes, including second place for Olivia Miles (1000 free), Teagan Michalek in the 100 back, Elizabeth Sikes in the 200 fly, McCann in the 500 free, and Sikes again in the 100 fly. With the final meet before SSC Championships, the Mocs have six athletes with a B standard time. McCann (200 free, 500 free) and Miles (500 free, 400 IM) lead with two B standard times. Maja Eriksson has one in the 500 free, Emily Peck in the 200 breast, and Allie Brinton and Sikes each in the 200 fly.
  • Florida Tech men are registering votes in the latest CSCAA poll, and still looking for another conference win this season. The Panthers beat Lynn early in the season but have since lost to Lynn in a rematch two weeks ago, and Saint Leo last Saturday. During the November Panther Invitational, the Panthers finished third of four teams, including Florida Southern men who placed second. In their last meet against the Lions, the Panthers had event wins in the 500 free and 100 breast, with several other podium finishes. Florida Tech's David Armstrong had an earlier competition in the CSCAA Collegiate Open Water National Championship, where he finished 46th in the 98-man field. Panthers had three other finishers as well.
  • Florida Tech women have not won a conference meet this season, after two losses against Lynn, and another against Saint Leo last week. Against the Lions, Florida Tech had its closest scoring meet, only losing 113-88 and several podium finishes. So far this season, the Panthers have a few B standard times, including Harper Powell in the 50 free, Nicole Rautenberg in the 100 free, and Katherine Helminiak in the 500 free.
  • The University of Miami women head to Melbourne to compete against the Mocs and Panthers for a great opportunity against another division. The Hurricanes have had a great season this year, with wins against Florida Gulf Coast two weeks ago, and other wins against Houston, Boston College, and Army. Their only dual meet loss came against Northwestern in December. Miami had a great fourth place finish this season at the Collegiate Open Water National Championships, with a diving team, although not competing against the Mocs, that had Max Flory named ACC Men's Diver of the Week in November. A great program in Miami will be a great test for Division II opponents Florida Tech and Florida Southern.
  • HISTORY: Florida Tech and Florida Southern have competed against each other many times in their career, with both the Mocs men and women undefeated against the Panthers in dual meets. Earlier this season, the men placed second in the Panther Invitational, ahead of the Panthers, as Florida Southern's women's team won the Panther Invitational in the four-team field. This will be the first time that the women face Miami, but have faced Division I competition already this year, with a quad meet against Florida State, West Florida, and North Florida in October. The Mocs opened the season against Arkansas women back in September, where they lost a close battle against a top-10 DI opponent.
  • Opponent: #24 Nova Southeastern
  • Date | Time: Jan. 28, 2023 | 5:30 PM
  • Location: Lakeland, Fla. | George W. Jenkins Field House
  • Records: Florida Southern 11-8, 7-5 SSC | #24 Nova Southeastern 18-2, 10-2 SSC
  • Florida Southern is coming off a devastating loss on the road at Palm Beach Atlantic from Wednesday evening as the Mocassins fell in the final 40 seconds of the game after leading the majority of the game with a 66-63 decision. Against the Sailfish three Mocs finished in double-digit scoring led by graduate student Ashley Shell with 15 points and 11 points apiece from senior Domenica Zamora and sophomore Anna Denes.
  • As a team, FSC is averaging 71.8 points per game, while their opponents average 67.3. Florida Southern remains in the middle of the Sunshine State Conference at fifth. After 19 games the Mocs stand as the top team in the free throw percentage hitting 281 of 355 shots for a .792 average. On the defensive side, as a team the Mocs moved from second to first in the conference with 229 offensive boards for an average of 12.1 rebounds per game and third with steals coming in with 185 averaging 9.74 steals per game.
  • Shell continues to lead FSC in the conference falling from fifth to seventh in scoring with 278 points averaging 14.6 points per game. The Deerfield Beach native is also leading the Mocs defensively coming in sixth with 138 total boards for an average of 7.3 rebounds per game. Zamora moved to third in the SSC with assists per game averaging 5.1. Along with Zamora's top performance she is in the number fourth in the free throw percentage shooting .889, 3 pointer per game averaging 2.2 and steals in sixth with an average of 2 steals per game.
  • Prior to the Palm Beach Atlantic game it was announced that the assistant coach Vernisha Andrews was promoted to full time assistant under newly announced head coach Megan Dzikas '12
  • In the last meeting between the two teams Mocs were defeated by the Sharks with a 78-67 decisions and was led by freshman Sydney Gomes and sophomore Marissa Jenike with 13 points apiece and followed by Shell with 10 points. Gomes earned her first double-double in the loss coming down with 12 boards.
  • No. 24 Nova Southeastern has won their fourth straight game as they defeated Rollins 77-62 on Wednesday evening. The Sharks were led by a 17-point performance from Sarei McGill and 12 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds from Madison Frederick. With the victory over Rollins, NSU has now won its last four Sunshine State Conference matchups. The Sharks are holding down the SSC as the third place team currently just behind Eckerd (16-3) and Tampa (18-1).
  • As a team, Nova are the top team of the SSC sitting first offensively averaging 81.6 points per game, 3-point field goal percentage making 191 of 491 shots to average .389, and final first in the assist/turnover ratio averaging 17.6 assist and 13.7 turnovers.
  • The Sharks are led by Madison Frederick averaging 18.5 points per game sinking 49 shots beyond the arch and dishing out 104 assists and coming down with 7.6 boards per game. Frederick is the overall leader for Nova, dominating in every field. Alongside her, is Hailey Conley also finishing in double digit scoring with 14.7 points per game averaging .465 from the field. Former Moc Mackenzie Steele is the final Shark finishing atop with a double-digit average with a 10.1 points per game.
  • In the meeting to start off the 2023 season, Nova was led by Conley against FSC scoring 22 points followed by Zeyno Seren with 17 points and Frederick with a high of 17 boards.
  • HISTORY: The Mocs hold a 26-21 record against Nova that includes the last meeting and the last win in Jenkins Field House where the Mocs defeated the Sharks 78-69 on January 15. Florida Southern currently leads the home record with 14 wins and are looking to continue their winning ways at home.
  • Opponent: #2/#1 Nova Southeastern
  • Date | Time: Jan. 28, 2023 | 7:30 PM
  • Location: Lakeland, Fla. | Jenkins Field House
  • Records: Florida Southern 13-6, 7-5 SSC | #2 Nova Southeastern 19-0, 12-0 SSC
  • Florida Southern welcomes Nova Southeastern Saturday after dropping its fifth conference game Wednesday at Palm Beach Atlantic. The Moccasins fell short on the road, 94-91, where four players scored in double-figures. Luke Anderson paced the team with 20 points while Jadin Booth was close behind at 19. Dominick Denny and E.J. Dambreville both tallied 17 points as Dambreville registered another double-double, grabbing a team-high 11 rebounds.
  • Dambreville is one of three players to average double-figures where he is just shy of averaging a double-double with 17.6 points and 9.4 rebounds. Booth is the team leader in points per game at 20.2 with Anderson in third at 13.4, notching his fourth straight double-digit game Wednesday.
  • As a team the Mocs average 89.4 points per game and hold opponents to 82.5. FSC is second in the league in scoring offense and 10th in scoring defense. In league standings, Booth is third in scoring and Dambreville is second in rebounds per game but is the overall leader in total rebounds with 179 on the season.
  • No. 2 Nova Southeastern won its 19th straight game Wednesday and 12th straight conference game of the season with an 98-55 win over Rollins. The Sharks' Will Yoakum and RJ Sunahara each registered a 20-plus point game with 23 and 20, respectively while Kobe Rodgers tallied 19 points in the win. Jonathan Pierre had a game-high 10 assists in the home win.
  • Four players average double-figures for NSU with Sunahara leading the pack with 21.5 ppg ahead of Yoakum's 17.9, Pierre's 13.9 and Rodgers' 12.9. Mike Moore and Dallas Graziani are close behind at 9.8 and 9.7, respectively.
  • As a squad, the Sharks average a league's best 106.9 points per game and sit fifth in points allowed at 76.4. Sunahara is the league leader in points per game, 21.5, with Yoakum in the top-10 with his 17.9.
  • HISTORY: Florida Southern holds an 33-13 overall series record, having going 4-6 in the last 10 meetings. The Sharks won the last four meetings, including the 92-77 contest to start the New Year on Jan. 1 in Fort Lauderdale. Luke Anderson and E.J. Dambreville led the Mocs with 18 and 17 points, respectively, while RJ Sunahara registered 32 points for the Sharks. He was joined by Will Yoakum and Kobe Rodgers in double-figures, 18 and 12 points, respectively. When playing in Lakeland, Florida Southern is 20-4 all-time. The two teams split the last two games inside the George W. Jenkins Field House, FSC 118-109 on March 8, 2020, NSU 83-73 on Jan. 15, 2022.
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Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Steele

#14 Mackenzie Steele

G
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
Marissa Jenike

#2 Marissa Jenike

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Ashley Shell

#25 Ashley Shell

F/C
5' 11"
Graduate Student
Domenica Zamora

#4 Domenica Zamora

PG
5' 7"
Senior
Luke Anderson

#44 Luke Anderson

F
6' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
Jadin Booth

#2 Jadin Booth

G
6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
E.J. Dambreville

#13 E.J. Dambreville

G
6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
Dominick Denny

#1 Dominick Denny

G
5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
Anna Denes

#12 Anna Denes

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Sydney Gomes

#44 Sydney Gomes

G
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Steele

#14 Mackenzie Steele

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
G
Marissa Jenike

#2 Marissa Jenike

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Ashley Shell

#25 Ashley Shell

5' 11"
Graduate Student
F/C
Domenica Zamora

#4 Domenica Zamora

5' 7"
Senior
PG
Luke Anderson

#44 Luke Anderson

6' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
F
Jadin Booth

#2 Jadin Booth

6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
E.J. Dambreville

#13 E.J. Dambreville

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
G
Dominick Denny

#1 Dominick Denny

5' 11"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Anna Denes

#12 Anna Denes

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Sydney Gomes

#44 Sydney Gomes

5' 8"
Freshman
G

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