"I saw improvement set over set over set with some of the things we wanted to pound in," said head coach Lynn Burnett. "Whether it's getting coverage, getting low on coverage, accelerating through the ball and getting low on defense. It all started coming together in the match against Morton. It's so great because they got to see the fruits of getting low to play defense."
"It felt really good to get our first win at home," said sophomore Lison Stoffel. "We're happy to have people in the stands to come support us and it really helped us. The second match was really good even when there were some ups and downs, but it was clean, the passes were good, the sets were good, nice defense and some great kills."
"It feels so great wanting to get our first win at home for a long time," said sophomore Lana Sandanom. "I just felt really great and incredibly happy that we did it."
"I thought we played well as a team," said freshman Bailey Perry. "We finally to close a match, which was one of the biggest improvements that we made to help us and not let any other teams come back to beat us. Our defense was phenomenal and we barely served anything out. I just thought we played amazing. I felt like I had so much energy from the team and it was amazing."
SCF vs #15 St. John's River:
After the Vikings took the first set, the Manatees were able to take the second set, thanks to a kill by freshman Kendall Steinert. After trading the third and fourth set, the Vikings took advantage of attack errors from the Manatees to take the fifth set for the win.
Two players had double-digit kills with two other players getting a double-double. It was Sandanom that lead the way offensively as she finished with 13 kills and three digs. Freshman Bella Rebimbas followed with her second collegiate double-double of 11 kills and 12 digs. Freshmen Shelby Pillow and Caelen Cook rounded out the order with nine kills each. Pillow added two digs and three blocks (two solo), while Cook added three digs and two blocks.
Freshman Haylee Rhoads finished with eight kills, four blocks (three solo), two aces and three digs.
Freshman Kendall Steinert finished with her fifth double-double of the season as she finished with 45 assists, 16 digs, three kills, one ace and four blocks (three solo).
Defensively, aside from the digging from Rebimbas and Steinert and blocking from Pillow, Rhoads and Steinert, Stoffel lead the way with a 15 digs, four assists and two aces, while sophomore Shelby McGee added 14 digs, two assists and one kill and Perry added nine digs. Freshman Rachel Carroll also contributed with four digs.
"I think we did really good overall," said Stoffel on the first match. "In the first match, we did really good, but we had to clean some stuff up. We had a lot of errors from miscommunication, but overall it was pretty good and I'm proud of us. We just got to make sure that we finish the match stronger to get the last two points."
"The first match we did great," said Sandanom on the first match. "We were a little off when we were trying to get the ball, which was a little hard. We just need to get use to playing a position we were not used to playing, but overall we did great."
SCF vs Morton College:
Prior to SCF's second match, St. John's River defeated Morton College 3-2.
The first set was back and forth between the Manatees and the Panthers, but with a few adjustments and a Rhoads kill, the Manatees took the first set. The second set saw the same effects until a Morton attack error helped the Manatees with the second set. The third set became a completely different ballgame for the Manatees as Rhoads would complete the sweep with an ace for the win.
"We made sure to fix our passing, defense and offense throughout the entire second match," said Sandanom on the second match. "We were just having fun and the energy was there, so overall we did great."
Sandanom would lead the second match as she finished with a match-high 15 kills and one assist. She would finish with 28 kills combined.
"I felt a little lost on the court in the first game," said Sandanom on her game. "I usually playing left side instead of right side and it was kind of hard to get over the block on the defense, but in the second match, I was back at my original position and I felt like it was more in control and was able to take over the block and find the holes and just get the ball on the floor."
Rhoads would follow with seven kills, one ace, one assist and six digs, while Steinert finished with 27 assists, eight digs, two blocks and one ace.
Defensively, Stoffel lead the way with 11 digs, two aces, four assists and one kill, while Rebimbas added seven kills and nine digs.
"I'm proud of how I did," said Stoffel on her game. "Sure there were some errors that I made, but that's normal since being a libero is a new position for me but I did really good."
Cook (four kills, six digs and two blocks), Pillow (three kills, one digs and two blocks), McGee (five digs and two aces), Perry (six digs, one ace and one assist) and Carroll (one dig) also contributed in the match.
Notes:
Perry returned to the lineup for her first home matches after coming back from an ankle injury.
"It felt great to be back," said Perry on returning. "I'm so happy to be able to play again."
Other Sun Lakes Scores:
Pensacola State (7-3, 3-1 Sun Lakes North) defeated South Florida State (2-5, 1-3 Sun Lakes South) 3-1. The Pirates will take on Palm Beach State Saturday, September 10 at noon. The Panthers will take on #17 Gulf Coast State at 1 pm on September 10.
Pasco-Hernando State (5-7, 2-1 Sun Lakes South) defeated Lake Sumter State (4-5, 1-2 Sun Lakes North) 3-2. The Bobcats will take on Florida State College at Jacksonville.
#17 Gulf Coast State College (8-0, 4-0 Sun Lakes North) narrowly defeated Palm Beach State (1-3, 1-2 Sun Lakes South) 3-2.
St. Pete College (2-4, 1-2 Sun Lakes South) defeated Florida State College at Jacksonville (1-2, 1-2 Sun Lakes North) 3-2. The Titans will take on St. John's River State Saturday afternoon at noon.
Sun Lakes Standings:
North Division -
1. #17 Gulf Coast State (8-0, 4-0)
2. #15 St. John's River (9-3, 3-0)
3. Pensacola State (7-3, 3-1)
4. Lake Sumter State (4-5, 1-2)
5. Florida State College at Jacksonville (1-2, 1-2)
South Division -
1. PHSC (5-7, 2-1)
2. SFSC (2-4, 1-2)
3. SPC (2-4, 1-2)
4. Palm Beach State (1-3, 1-2)
5. SCF (5-8, 0-3)
Up Next:
The Manatees will be back in action Saturday afternoon, September 10 at 1 pm to take on Lake Sumter (4-5, 1-2 Sun Lakes North).
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