Bradenton, Fla - After a lite road trip, the SCF volleyball team (7-9, 2-4 Sun Lakes South) return back home to Hal Chasey Gymnasium for four straight home matches. The Manatees will open with a tri-match as they welcome Ave Maria University JV team (0-3, 0-2 Sun)* and Trinity College of Florida (2-6, 1-1 NCCAA) Friday, September 23 at 2 and 6 pm (2 pm vs Ave Maria JV; 6 pm vs Trinity). They will then continue Sun Lakes Conference play as they welcome Florida State College at Jacksonville (4-2, 3-2 Sun Lakes North) Saturday afternoon, September 24 at 3 pm before wrapping it up against St. Pete College (3-7, 2-5 Sun Lakes South) Wednesday night, September 28 at 6 pm.
*The match vs Ave Maria JV is ruled as a scrimmage.
The match against FSCJ was pushed to to 1:30 as head coach Lynn Burnett will recognize the members of the 2022 SCF beach volleyball team after winning the inaugural AVCA Two-Year College Championship in Tavares and the JUCO Pairs Championship in Palatka. The recognition will start at 1 pm.
Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of a nail-biting 3-2 victory over South Florida State College in Avon Park. As a result of the win, the Manatees moved up to first place in the standings for the first time since 2014.
Sun Lakes Conference Standings:
North -
1. #15 Gulf Coast State (12-0, 5-0)
2. #13 St. John's River (11-5, 5-0)
3. RV Pensacola State (9-5, 4-1)
4. FSCJ (3-2, 3-2)
5. LSSC (5-7, 2-4)
South -
1. SCF (7-9, 2-4)
2. SPC (3-6, 2-4)
3. PBSC (2-6, 2-4)
4. PHSC (5-11, 2-5)
5. SFSC (3-7, 2-5)
Sandanom Got it Going on:
Sophomore Lana Sandanom is currently ranked #23 in the nation (#1 in the state) in kills. Currently, Sandanom has 181 kills, 24 digs and 16 blocks. Against South Florida State, the native of France had one of her career-best offensive matches as she finished with 25 kills (a new career-high) and six digs.
Pillow Fight:
Freshman Shelby Pillow remains as one of the top blockers for the Manatees defense. Pillow currently has 102 kills (#13 in the state, #140 in the nation) and 41 blocks (15 solo: #2 in state, #55 in the nation). Despite being held to two blocks, Pillow had one of her best outings offensively as she had 10 kills against South Florida State.
Hybrid Life:
Freshman Bella Rebimbas has been the predominant hybrid player of the team offensively and defensively. Rebimbas has 105 kills (#152 nationally, # in state), 196 digs (#59 nationally, # in state), 12 aces and 14 blocks. Against South Florida State, the Naples native had 13 digs, on kills and an ace.
National Offense Tunes:
Freshmen Haley Rhoads and Caelen Cook have also been making noise nationally with Sandanom, Pillow and Rebimbas. Rhoads has 112 kills (#124 Nationally, #13 in state), 42 digs and 37 blocks (12 solo) this season, while Cook has 122 kills (#99 nationally, #8 in state), 57 digs and 11 blocks. Against South Florida State, Rhoads had nine kills, three digs and five blocks (one solo), while Cook had seven kills, seven digs and one assist.
Hey Bailey Bailey:
Freshman Bailey Perry had one of her best offensive outings in the front row since her ankle injury in the first match of the season. Perry secured her first collegiate double-double of 10 kills and a team-leading 18 digs against South Florida State. She currently has 13 kills and 43 digs this season.
Double-Double Steinert Trouble:
For freshman Kendall Steinert, she has been one of the glues to setting up the kills. Steinert currently has 505 assists (#1 in state, #7 in the nation), 28 aces, 167 digs (#5 in the state, #96 nationally) and 19 blocks (four solo). She earned her ninth double-double against South Florida State of 50 assists, 13 digs,
one ace and one block.
Digging Up a Storm:
Sophomores Shelby McGee and Lison Stoffel and freshman Rachel Carroll have been on high digging streaks thus far.
McGee is currently leading the team with 233 digs (#3 in the state, #45 in the nation) and 15 aces. She had nine digs and two aces against South Florida State.
Playing at the defensive specialist role, Stoffel had nine digs in her last outing while having 154 digs, 22 aces and 62 assists this season.
Carroll, who has been the starting libero the last two matches, currently has 83 digs and 11 aces in her name. She had 12 digs and two aces in her last outing.
Scouting Trinity College of Florida:
The Tigers are entering the match up on a three-match losing streak after falling to Pensacola Christian (3-0), Toccoa Falls College (3-0) and Florida National (3-0) at the NCCAA DII South Region Kickoff.
Cheyenne Field lead the Tigers offense and defense with 99 kills, 76 digs, 13 aces and 12 blocks, while Yana Short follows with 41 kills and 13 blocks.
The Manatees played the Tigers earlier in the season where they won 3-0 in New Port Richey.
Scouting FSCJ:
The Blue Wave are currently in fourth place in conference after winning the last two conference matches against Pasco-Hernando State and Lake Sumter State by scores of 3-2. They will play Edward Waters University (NAIA) Tuesday night, September 20 at 6 pm, prior to playing SCF.
Sophomore Ava Pringle leads the offense with 63 kills and 71 digs, while classmates Althea Sandoval and Alanah Best follow with 41 and 40 kills respectively. Sandoval also has 53 digs and eight blocks, while Best adds 20 solo blocks.
Aside from Best's 20 blocks, sophomore Brooklyn Schaefer has 95 digs in her name.
The series between both teams is tied at 1-1.
Scouting the Titans:
The Titans are in second place in the Sun Lakes South Division (behind SCF) and are coming off of a 3-1 loss against South Florida State.
Sophomore Bianca Johnson leads the Titans offense with 121 kills and six blocks, while Madison Clark follows with 94 kills and six blocks. The defense is lead by Amber Werkmeister who has 79 digs.
The Titans hold an 11-9 lead in the overall series.
How to Keep Up:
The matches, including the scrimmage, will air on the SCF Sports Network and fans can keep up with the team on all forms of social media:
Livestream link - https://portal.stretchinternet.com/scf/
Social Media -
Instagram: @volleyball_SCF
Twitter: @SCFVolleyball
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCFvolleyball
General Admission is $5 and $3 for children/seniors
Students that show their student ID will gain free admission to all matches.
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