MELBOURNE, Fla.—The Barry University volleyball team lost on the road to Florida Tech in a five sets thriller on Saturday afternoon.
Set one came down to the wire as Florida Tech (19-9, 3-7 SSC)) and Barry were even through much of the match. Early in the set, the Panthers got a small lead at 9-4 and 12-8, but the Bucs (11-8, 3-7 SSC) virtually eliminated it, tying the score at 13-13 with a kill apiece by Julia Ridley, Camilla Pagnan, and Meisje-Sable Burton and a few Panther errors. For the remainder of the set, the Panthers never got more than three points ahead of the Bucs, but won set one 26-24.
Set two played out in a similar fashion, however with the Bucs took the early lead at 9-11, but eventually lost the set 25-23.
Set three was again close throughout. The Bucs and Panthers were even through 8-8. The teams went back and forth, but three late game kills by Danielle Bishop helped the Bucs take a 18-20 lead. The Bucs pushed the lead to 19-23 off of two Tech errors and a Romina Powers kill. From there, the Bucs held on to win 23-25.
Barry again took the early lead in set four, getting out to 10-14 on the Panthers off of 10 combined kills by Pagnan, Bishop, Burton, Powers and Ridley. Samara Ferreira and Lauren Evans helped with an ace apiece. The Panthers pushed back though, tying the game at 18-18. The Bucs held on, with the help of another ace by Evans and one by Libby Walter, to win 24-26.
Set five was once again close through 8-8 as the Panthers had seven kills and the Bucs had five. At this point, Tech pushed out to leads of 10-8 and 13-10. The Bucs fought to hold on, but were ultimately defeated 15-11 in set five.
For the second night in a row, Pagnan, Ridley and Burton each got 10-plus kills apiece, Pagnan with 19, Burton with 11, and Ridley with 14. Walters and Julie Priester combined for 52 assists, while Evans had 31 digs.
The Buccaneers return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Lynn at 7:00 pm.
Short Box Score (Match)
2008 Barry University Buccaneers
Barry vs Florida Tech (10/25/2008 at Melbourne, Fla.)
Florida Tech def. Barry 26-24,25-23,23-25,24-26,15-11
Barry (11-8, 3-7 SSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Camilla Pagnan 19-0-3;
Julia Ridley 14-1-0; Meisje-Sable Burton 11-0-7; Danielle Bishop
7-0-2; Romina Powers 6-0-0; Libby Walter 5-2-0; Stefanie Sveiven
4-0-2; Samara Ferreira 3-2-2; Lauren Evans 0-2-0; Totals 69-7-9.0.
(Assists) - Libby Walter 36; Julie Priester 16. (Dig leaders) - Lauren
Evans 31; Libby Walter 16; Julia Ridley 15; Camilla Pagnan 13
Florida Tech (19-9, 3-7 SSC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Sacha Gumbs 20-0-1;
Mayne Pegorari 16-0-0; Frankie Brown 13-0-2; Whitney Roberts 9-0-2;
Janelle Branch 7-1-6; Marcella Vasconcelos 6-0-2; Totals 71-1-8.0.
(Assists) - Marcella Vasconcelos 38; Aysha Nickels 19. (Dig leaders) -
Marcella Vasconcelos 20; Mayne Pegorari 17; Shelby DeNeice 15; Sacha
Gumbs 15
Site: Melbourne, Fla. (Clemente Center)
Date: 10/25/2008 Attend: 70 Time: 2:15
Referees: Rick Lindon, Dave Skove