Last Time Out:
The Manatees opened Suncoast Conference play on the road as they faced #10 Hillsborough and #17 St. Pete. In both matches, the Manatees were shutout 3-0.
Key Manatees:
Offensively, the duo of sophomore Lakeesha Esseboom and freshman Leilani Wilcox-Nanai lead the team. Esseboom leads with 102 kills. In both conference matches, Esseboom had seven kills and eight digs.
Meanwhile Wilcox-Nanai follows with 90 kills while adding 120 digs (2nd on the team). The New Zealander had a total of eight kills and nine digs in both conference matches.
Freshman Gracee Carpino leads the team with 344 assists and 18 aces. Carpino had a combined 29 assists in both conference matches.
As far as defensively, along with Esseboom, sophomore Barbora Tichackova and Daviya Bernard and freshman Lisa Jaunet lead the team for blocking. Tichackova leads all her teammates with 45 blocks (12 solo) while Esseboom (23 blocks, seven solo), Bernard (23 blocks, six solo) and Jaunet (24 blocks, seven solo). Tichackova is also tied with Carpino with 18 aces while adding 46 kills, Bernard adds 73 kills and Jaunet adds 57 kills.
Meanwhile sophomore Sydney Jaco and freshman Brooke Henry take the reigns as the key defensive specialist. Jaco leads the Manatees with 284 digs while Henry has 111. Both had 10 digs each in the match against HCC.
Scouting FSW:
As noted, this is the inaugural season for the Buccaneers. They are coming off of also falling to HCC and SPC.
The team is led by first year head coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen. Baziquetto-Allen spent the last four seasons at Seward County Community College (NJCAA Region VI) with three of those years as head coach. She is joined by Alex Soloid as her assistant coach. The team consists of 11 freshman and two sophomores with more than half of the team hailing from Brazil.
Offensively, the freshman duo of Julia de Sa and Amanda Mendes lead the team with over 120 kills (de Sa: 127, Mendes: 122). de Sa is also second on the team in digs (103), while Mendes is third on the team in blocks (33, two solo) and second in aces (12). de Sa had 10 combined kills and 13 combined digs in their conference matches, while Mendes had 18 kills and two blocks.
Sophomore Marina Alonso leads with 334 assists. Alonso had 40 combined assists in both Suncoast matches.
Defensively, freshman Kianie Cummings leads the team with 54 blocks (10 solo) while adding 49 kills to her regime. Cummings had three kills and seven blocks (one solo) in both Suncoast matches.
Freshman Viktoria Ivanova leads the way with 153 digs and 17 aces. Ivanova had 20 digs against HCC.
How to Keep Up:
The match will air on livestream on the SCF Sports Network. Fans can keep up to date with both teams on Twitter:
SCF: @SCFVolleyball
FSW: @FSWBucs
Promos:
The promotion will be dubbed as Navy Blue Night. Fans and SCF Maniacs are encouraged to wear navy blue to the match. In addition, it will also be military appreciation night for the men and women that served and/or are active in all branches of the military. Admission is free for all members of any branch of the military.
Admission for the match is as noted:
General admission: $5
Children: $3
Student/Staff with SCF: Free
Livestream Link: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/scf/
The promotion will be dubbed as Navy Blue Night. Fans and SCF Maniacs are encouraged to wear navy blue to the match. In addition, it will also be military appreciation night for the men and women that served and/or are active in all branches of the military. Admission is free for all members of any branch of the military.
Admission for the match is as noted:
General admission: $5
Children: $3
Student/Staff with SCF: Free
Livestream Link: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/scf/
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