SCF VB Strong Falls Short vs Daytona State

The SCF volleyball team (2-9) played a hard fought fourth set against Daytona State College (8-2), but it was not enough as the Manatees fell 3-1 (16-25, 25-21, 10-25, 24-26). With the loss, SCF is 2-14 against the Falcons.

"I am extremely proud of them," said interim head coach Lynn Burnett. "We came in with a game plan and knew what we need to execute to come in and still learning to work as a team. We do got some young players that are learning their roles and as a whole, the team is still learning how to own their roles together and they did a phenomenal job tonight and we saw it."*

"It was reflecting in the games for sure and I could tell you there's not one single player that would stand out to me that stood out tonight because they fought back from a deficit and hung in there with an extremely tough team point for point and did what they needed to do together."

Offensively, it was freshman Lisa Jaunet and sophomore Lakeesha Esseboom that led the team offensively. Jaunet and Esseboom finished with eight kills each with Jaunet adding a three digs and a block, while Esseboom added two digs. Freshman Leilani Wilcox-Nanai followed with four kills and seven digs, while classmate Gracee Carpino had 16 assists and five digs.

Defensively, sophomore Barbora Tichackova and freshman Bailey Sikkema finished with five blocks each (both with one solo block). Tichackova add two aces and five digs, while Sikkema added three kills and two digs.

Sophomore Sydney Jaco finished with 20 digs and two assists. Jaco's 20 digs put her at 1,021 in her career.

Other Suncoast Scores:
^RV St. Pete College (3-1) split their two home matches falling 3-2 to Polk State (9/12) before shutting out Santa Fe (9/17) 3-0. The Titans will play in an FCSAA Crossover Match on the road facing Indian River State (9/20) in Fort Pierce and will follow traveling to West Palm Beach to take on Palm Beach State (9/21).

^After upsetting #15 College of Central Florida (CCF), Florida Southwestern (7-3) competed in the two-day FSC Jacksonville Tournament where they defeated host Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) 3-1, shutout Eastern Florida State 3-0 and defeated Richard Bland (NJCAA Region 10) 3-1. The Buccaneers will play in the FCSAA Crossover traveling to Miami to face Miami Dade College (9/20) before traveling to Davie to face Broward College (9/21).

^#11 Hillsborough (12-1) joined FSW in the two-day FSC Jacksonville Tournament and shutout Eastern Florida State, Richard Bland and host FSCJ by a score of 3-0. They will be on the road for the next three matches as they travel to Winter Park to face former Suncoast Conference member Polk State (9/19) before competing in the FCSAA Crossover match as they travel to West Palm Beach to take on Palm Beach State (9/20) and then Fort Pierce to take on Indian River State (9/20).

Up Next:
The Manatees will be on the road for the next two non-conference matches for the weekend as they travel to Davie to face Broward College (5-3) on Friday, September 20 at 6 pm before traveling to Miami to take on Miami Dade College (10-2) Saturday, September 21 at noon for the FCSAA Crossover match.

*side note: This is the first interview done with interim head coach Burnett.

^All four teams will play in the next two to three matches as crossover matches before beginning Suncoast Conference play.