SCF Falls in Five vs Palm Beach; Gets Shutout vs Indian River

The SCF volleyball team (2-16, 0-3 Suncoast) fought hard in their matches against Palm Beach State and Indian River State at home. The Manatees fell 3-2 (26-24, 24-26, 25-22, 22-25, 8-15) to PBSC (4-12, 0-3 Southern) on Friday before being shutout 3-0 (20-25, 16-25, 18-25) to IRS (11-7, 1-2).

SCF vs PBSC:
"I think it was a good match," said freshman Lisa Jaunet. "We had this energy that kept us going and that's our strength, so it was really good but we had trouble finishing the set and the game overall, which was kind of hard.

"I think we played our best," said sophomore Barbora Tichackova. "Everyone left everything on the floor and we played hard as a team, which I really liked. We had a few new things were trying to work on during and we also executed really well. Overall, I felt good about the game, despite the loss."

Offensively, it was Jaunet and classmate Leilani Wilcox-Nanai and sophomore Lakeesha Esseboom that the Manatees offensively. Jaunet and Wilcox-Nanai each had a double-double with Jaunet leading with 18 kills and 16 digs, while Wilcox-Nanai had 10 kills and 16 digs. Jaunet added an assist and a block, while Wilcox-Nanai added two aces and four blocks. Esseboom was two digs shy of a double-double as she followed Jaunet with 13 kills, eight digs and a block.

"It wasn't my best game," said Jaunet on her performance. "I think I did ok. The whole team did good overall. I did make a few mistakes, but overall it was good, even though the opposing team (PBSC) were taunting us and that's what kept me going."

Freshman Gracee Carpino was also shy of a double-double after finishing the match with 49 assists, nine digs, a kill and two aces.

Defensively, it was Tichackova that led the team with a tied career-high seven blocks (three solo: career-high) to go with her six kills, two aces, and three digs.

"It wasn't my best match," said Tichackova. "But I did have some key blocks and with Gracee (Carpino), we closed out the second set with a big kill, which was pretty good. I felt like I could have done better on serving, but it was good."

Sophomore Sydney Jaco finished with 31 digs.

Other players that contributed for the Manatees included freshmen Jazmin Spencer (three kills, three blocks (two solo)) and Brooke Henry (five digs).

Sophomore Aleksandra Hamuda led the Panthers with a double-double of 19 kills and 10 digs along with two aces and four blocks, while freshman Madison Barton had a double-double of 16 kills and 14 digs to go with her two aces and four blocks.

Freshman Jazmine Sustaita led the Panther defensively with 25 digs and three assists while sophomore Bella Magrino had a team-leading 10 blocks (three solo) to go with her eight kills.

SCF vs IRS:
Esseboom led the Manatees with 10 kills, while Spencer followed with four kills and four digs. Carpino had 20 assists, an ace and six digs.

Jaco led the team defensively with 19 digs to go with her two aces while Wilcox-Nanai had two blocks to go with her three kills.

Freshman Mallory Roney led the Pioneers with 12 kills and four aces, while classmate Tessa Raadshee followed with seven kills.

Freshmen Gabriela Fialova and Jasmine Sayre had 12 digs each.

Other Suncoast Scores:
Florida Southwestern (11-6, 1-2 Suncoast) shutout IRS (10/04) before defeating Palm Beach State (3-1) (10/5). They will play St. Pete College on Tuesday, October 8.

#9 SPC (9-2, 2-1 Suncoast) defeated Miami Dade 3-2 (10/4) before shutting out Broward 3-0 (10/5). They will play SPC Tuesday, October 8.

#15 Hillsborough (19-4, 3-1 Suncoast) shutout Broward 3-0 (10/4) before losing 3-2 to Miami Dade (10/5).

Up Next:
The Manatees remain at home as they welcome #15 HCC to Hal Chasey Gymnasium Tuesday night, October 8 at 6 pm.