SCF VB Falls to Hillsborough/SPC

The SCF volleyball team (2-18, 0-5 Suncoast) put up a hard fought third set but ultimately fell to #15 Hillsborough (22-5, 5-0 Suncoast) 3-0 (14-25, 16-25, 20-25) before falling 3-0 (10-25, 14-25, 20-25) to #9 St. Pete College (10-3, 3-2 Suncoast). With the losses, the Manatees are now 5-16 against the Hawks and 7-14 against the Titans.

"I think the overall match took time," said sophomore Sydney Jaco. "We eventually found that energy and passion we needed in the third set was a lot closer score-wise, but I think it was a slow warm-up in the beginning."

SCF vs HCC:
Offensively, it was freshman Lisa Jaunet that led the Manatees with four kills while adding four digs and two blocks, while sophomore Barbora Tichackova followed with three kills and a block.

Freshman Gracee Carpino finished with 10 assists, an ace and seven digs.

Defensively, Jaco led with 11 digs and one assist.

"It was an ok game," said Jaco on her performance. "It definitely wasn't something amazing or terrible, but it was something."

Prior to the match, it was announced that Jaco was named the FCSAA Defensive Player of the Week after her performances.

"It's definitely an amazing feeling," said Jaco on the weekly award. "I try to work as hard as I can. Volleyball is my passion right now and just working on getting my digs out have been getting better and better each match and just to achieve these accomplishments really keeps pushing myself."

For the Hawks, freshman Isabel Martin led offensively with 12 kills and three digs, while classmate Nadine Burbrink followed with seven kills and an ace. Sophomore Mariana Volponi e Giordan added 20 assists, an ace and six digs.

Defensively, sophomore Caroline Molossi-Benke led the Hawks with 10 digs.

SCF vs SPC:
Freshman Leilani Wilcox-Nanai led the Manatees with 10 kills and seven digs, while sophomore Daviya Bernard followed with five kills. Carpino added 22 assists and three digs.

Defensively, Jaco and freshman Bailey Sikkema reached double digit digs with Jaco finishing with 21 digs, while Sikkema finished with 14. Sikkema added a kill and an ace.

"It's a good learning experience for what I need to work on for our match against FSW," said Carpino. "We'll be able to go in and play hard and be able to fix what we did wrong in practice and FSW better be ready because the Manatees are coming."

Freshmen Andressa Praise and Giovanna Costa finished with 10 kills each for the Titans with Praise adding four solo blocks, while Costa added two solo blocks and a dig.

Up Next:
The Manatees will travel to Fort Myers to take on Florida Southwestern (12-7, 2-3 Suncoast) at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena.