MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Florida Southern College volleyball team closed out the road portion of its 2024 campaign as the Moccasins traveled to 21
st-ranked Barry University Saturday afternoon. The Buccaneers used a strong performance to limit the Mocs and take the match in three.
The loss drops the Mocs' record to 13-12 overall including 7-10 in Sunshine State Conference play. The Buccaneers, winners of eight-straight, improved to 20-4 on the season and 13-4 in league action.
Senior
Sandra Sasaki led the Moccasin attack as she had a team-best eight kills in the loss. She added four digs and a service ace to her haul as well. The next highest Moccasin only had four kills in the match as FSC struggled to get any rhythm throughout the match.
Sophomore setter
Mary Kate Mulvaney handed out 10 assists while grabbing five digs and freshman setter
Mallory Baruch chipped in eight assists and four digs. Graduate student libero
Caroline Chambers dug up a team-best 14 balls.
The Buccaneers were led by Diana Akopova and Veronika Eremeeva who finished with 12 and 10 kills, respectively.
FSC hit a season-low -.022 for the match while the Buccaneers clocked in at .289. The Bucs had the advantage in every statistical category including service aces (4-2), blocks (14-5), assists (33-20) and digs (47-35).
The Buccaneers came out firing and took the opening two sets before the Moccasins could respond. Barry took the opening set 25-13 before blowing through the second in 25-11. The third set saw the Mocs lead early but the Buccaneers came back to claim the victory. FSC led 16-14 midway through the set before the Bucs began a 5-0 run to open up their own 19-16 lead. The Mocs cut the lead to one at 20-19 but Barry rattled off five-straight points to capture the victory, 25-19.
Florida Southern will be back in action this Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. as the Mocs welcome in Saint Leo University for another Sunshine State Conference match.
