Bradenton, Fla - The SCF volleyball team (9-10, 4-5 Sun Lakes South) return on the road for their next three matches of Sun Lakes Conference play as they travel to Lake Worth to take on Palm Beach State (7-6, 6-4 Sun Lakes South) at the Elisabeth W. Erling Gymnasium Saturday afternoon, October 15 at 1 pm. They will then play in rematches as they travel back to New Port Richey to take on Pasco-Hernando State (7-12, 3-6 Sun Lakes South) at the PHSC West Campus Gymnasium before traveling to St. Petersburg to take on St. Pete College (6-9, 2-6 Sun Lakes) at the St. Pete Gibbs Campus Gymnasium Wednesday night, October 19 at 6 pm.
Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of a sweep in their last two matches as they defeated SPC (3-2) and Trinity College of Florida (3-0) at home. Both matches were makeups after being postponed due to the arrival of Hurricane Ian.
As a result of their wins, the Manatees have moved up to second place in the standings.
Sun Lakes Conference Standings:
North -
1. #11 Gulf Coast State (18-1, 7-1)
2. Florida State College at Jacksonville (7-2, 6-2)
3. St. John's River (14-11, 7-3)
4. Pensacola State (17-7 6-3)
5. Lake Sumter State (9-10, 3-7)
South -
1. Palm Beach State (6-6, 5-4)
2. SCF (9-10, 4-5)
3. St. Pete (6-8, 3-6)
4. Pasco-Hernando State (7-13, 3-7)
5. South Florida State (4-9, 2-7)
Sandanom Shutdown:
Sophomore Lana Sandanom will be shutdown for the remainder of the season after sustaining a knee injury against Florida State College at Jacksonville at home. Sandanom finished with 191 kills, 24 digs and 16 blocks (two solo).
Taking Over:
With Sandanom out, freshmen Haley Rhoads and Caelen Cook look to step up to fill the void offensively. Rhoads currently has 141 kills, 10 aces and 41 blocks (13 solo), while Cook leads with 146 kills, 11 blocks and 67 digs. Rhoads had a season-high 15 kills, five digs and four blocks (two solo) against SPC before resting against Trinity, while Cook had 15 combined kills, five digs and two aces in both matches.
Classmates Shelby Pillow and Bella Rebimbas have also come in to help on offense as well as playing their defensive roles. Pillow, the lead blocker, has 127 kills and 48 blocks (19 solo) in her name, while Rebimbas, the hybrid on the team, has 121 kills, 209 digs and 14 blocks. Pillow had 13 kills and six blocks (four solo) in both matches at home, while Rebimbas had six kills and 16 digs against SPC before resting against Trinity.
An Additional Role:
For sophomore Lison Stoffel, she has gained another role to her regime as an attacker. Stoffel, who primarily plays defensive specialist and setter, currently has 22 kills, 74 assists, 29 aces and 186 digs. In the last two matches at home, she had a combined 17 kills, 10 assists, five aces and 15 digs.
Additionally, Stoffel currently has 514 assists in her career (including 310 with Independence CC) and needs 83 to surpass Sanja Vojnovic (596, 2015) for 10th all-time in career assists.
Double-Double Setting:
Freshman Kendall Steinert leads the set game with 626 assists, 206 digs, 35 aces and 22 blocks (four solo). In both matches, Steinert had a combined 63 assists, 24 digs, three aces and four kills.
Additionally, Steinert is ninth all-time in assists for the team and needs nine to surpass Brandi McGee (634, 2017) for eighth all-time.
Recent Noise:
Sophomore Shelby McGee and freshmen Rachel Carroll and Bailey Perry have been making noise as the wildcards.
McGee lead the back row defense with 282 digs and 17 aces, while Carroll has 124 digs and 16 aces and Perry has 28 kills and 66 digs.
McGee and Carroll have rotated between sets at the libero spot in the last two home matches with McGee having a combined 31 digs and two ace, while Carroll had a combined 27 digs, five assists and four aces. Perry played against SPC where she had seven kills and 10 digs before resting against Trinity.
Scouting Palm Beach State:
The Panthers are entering the match on a five-match winning streak after shutouts over South Florida State and St. Pete College and are in first place in conference.
Sophomore Allison Bryant leads the offense with 182 kills, 23 aces and 19 blocks, while classmates Dena Otte and Nina Vallesi follow with 90 and 82 kills respectively. Otte also has 14 blocks, while Vallesi has 22 blocks (five solo) and 17 aces.
Defensively, sophomore Ashlyn Banton leads with 187 digs and 14 aces.
The Manatees are 9-10 against the Panthers.
Scouting Pasco-Hernando:
The Bobcats are in fourth place in conference and are coming off of two straight losses to Palm Beach (3-0) and St. Pete College (3-2). They will play South Florida State Saturday afternoon, October 15 prior to playing SCF.
Three players lead the Bobcats offense with 100+ kills: Isabella Greifenstein (169 kills and 152 digs), Kylie Ciani (143 kills and 25 blocks) and Caitlyn Cindrich (130 kills and 37 blocks), while Elena Castillo-Wetzell leads with 245 digs.
The Manatees are 5-9 against the Bobcats, which includes the previous 3-1 win at Hal Chasey Gymnasium (9/14).
Scouting SPC:
The Titans enter the match up in third place in the standings and are coming off of a 3-2 win over Pasco-Hernando State before losing 3-0 to Palm Beach State.
Sophomore Bianca Johnson (176 kills) and freshman Madison Clark (134 kills) lead the Titans' offense, while sophomores Alexandria Wright (10 blocks and 16 kills) and Amber Werkmeister (96 digs) lead the defense.
The Manatees are 10-11 against the Titans, which includes the 3-2 win this past Tuesday.
How to Keep Up:
All three games will air on livestream and fans can keep up with the Manatees on social media
Livestream Links -
SCF @ PBSC - https://www.youtube.com/c/PBSCAthletics
SCF @ PHSC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8v53yVeySU
SCF @ SPC - https://athletics.spcollege.edu/broadcast/watch
Instagram: @volleyball_SCF
Twitter: @SCFVolleyball
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCFvolleyball
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