Bradenton, Fla - After struggling the last four games, the SCF volleyball team (8-6, 4-5 Sun Lakes South) will look forward to October for the rest of the season as all but one match will be at Hal Chasey Gymnasium. For the first two matches of this week, the Manatees will welcome St. Pete College (1-10, 1-7 Sun Lakes South) Wednesday night, October 4 at 6 pm before traveling to Avon Park to take on South Florida State (2-8, 1-8 Sun Lakes South) at the Panther Gymnasium Saturday afternoon, October 7 at 1 pm.
Sun Lakes Conference Standings:
North -
1. #7 Pensacola State (21-1, 9-0)
2. #14 Gulf Coast State (11-3, 7-2)
3. RV St. John's River State (17-8, 5-3)
4. Lake Sumter State (10-8, 5-4)
5. Florida State College at Jacksonville (3-11, 2-6)
South -
1. Pasco Hernando State (9-7, 5-3)
2. SCF (8-6, 4-5)
3. Palm Beach State (4-13, 4-5)
4. St. Pete (1-10, 1-7)
5. South Florida State (2-8, 1-8)
Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of finishing crossover play 1-4 against the Sun Lakes North Division. They would fall to Gulf Coast State (3-0), Pensacola State (3-0), Florida State College at Jacksonville (3-1) and St. John's River State (3-1) before defeating Lake Sumter State (3-1). They are currently tied for second place in the south division with Palm Beach State, who they will face on October 21 in their regular season finale.
Opportunist Hammer:
Freshman Aleksandra Wrobel has been one of biggest weapons of offense for the Manatees along with playing on the defensive side. Wrobel currently has 115 kills, 73 digs and 13 blocks. In the win over Lake Sumter State, The Pole had 17 kills, four digs and an ace.
Sophomore Katie Keefe has also played a big part of the offense for the Manatees. Keefe currently has 92 kills, 12 aces, 101 digs and 13 blocks. During the match against St. John's River, she had a double-double of a season-high 19 kills and 12 digs.
Tee Time Blocking:
Freshman Teresa Briefeneder got back on a roll in front row defense for blocking. Briefeneder currently has 52 kills, 30 blocks and 26 digs.
RC4 Explosive:
In the match against Lake Sumter State, sophomore Rachel Carroll has made a bit of noise since starting at the libero position as she had a career-high 20 digs and seven assists in the win, in which she was three assists shy of her first collegiate double-double. Currently, Carroll has 95 digs, 19 assists and two aces in her name so far this season.
Mighty on the Set:
Freshman Morgan McGuire has been leading the way in setting for the Manatees so far this season. McGuire currently has 240 assists, 16 aces and 132 digs so far. In the match against Lake Sumter State, she had a 20+ double-double in assists and digs as she had 23 assists and 20 digs in the match.
Chef's Special:
Sophomore Caelan Cook has also made some noise offensively. Cook currently has 77 kills, 59 digs, 11 aces and 15 blocks. She had a season-high 10 kills and five digs against Florida State College at Jacksonville.
Building up Defense:
On the defensive side of things, sophomore Amee Beedle has made noise in the back row. Beedle currently has 48 kills, 91 digs, nine aces and eight blocks in her name so far. The transfer from Vincennes University had a double-double of season-high 23 digs to go along with 10 kills against Florida State College at Jacksonville
The Wild Bunch:
As far as the wildcard players, sophomores Bailee Perry, Isabella Rebimbas and Shelby Pillow and freshmen Elise Bakken and Katrina Tallo play the parts.
Perry currently has 46 kills, eight aces and 78 digs in her name so far. She came off of a 14 dig game in the win over Lake Sumter.
Rebimbas currently has 28 kills and 23 digs this season and plays a key role in the second half of the matches.
Pillow, a lead blocker for the Manatees currently has 30 kills and 14 blocks so far. She is currently #18 in the program in career blocks with 87 in her career.
Bakken, who rotates with McGuire at the setter position, currently has 216 assists, 11 aces and 74 digs.
Tallo, who also plays a key role as a blocker, currently has 22 blocks, 35 kills and 32 digs.
Scouting St. Pete:
The Lady Titans enter the matchup on a six-match losing streak after recent losses to Florida State College at Jacksonville and St. John's River State this past weekend both by a score of 3-0. They played the Manatees earlier in the season in St. Pete winning by a score of 3-0, which in fact, was their lone win so far this season. Currently, the Lady Titans are in fourth in the south division.
Madi Phillips continues to lead the offense with 87 kills, 68 digs and 12 blocks. Ahnika 'AJ' Johnston follows, both offensively and defensively, with 76 kills and 19 blocks.
On defense, apart from Johnston's blocking, Larianys Serrano Santiago leads the back row with 123 digs.
Scouting South Florida State:
The Lady Panthers are coming off of falling this past weekend to #8 Pensacola State (3-2) and #15 Gulf Coast State (3-0). Prior to playing SCF, they will play Webber International JV Tuesday night, October 3, Santa Fe College Wednesday night, October 4 (both at 6 pm) and St. Pete Friday afternoon, October 6 at 3 pm.
Offensively, Rachel Skyles leads the way with 91 kills to go along with 88 digs, nine aces and 13 blocks. Allison Shaefer and Danica Metcalf follow Skyles offensively with 75 and 71 kills respectively. Shaefer adds 90 digs and nine aces to her stats, while Metcalf adds 21 blocks.
Series History:
The Manatees are currently 26-31 overall in the series against St. Pete and 28-11 against South Florida.
While the Manatees have won the last six straight contests against the Lady Titans (dating back to the
2019 season), they did lose to St. Pete earlier in the season on the road by a score of 3-0. Meanwhile in the last outing against the Lady Panthers, the Manatees took that match by a score of 3-0 earlier in the season.
How to Keep Up:
The match against St. Pete will air on the SCF Sports Network. Fans can also keep up with the Manatees on social media.
Livestream Link ($) -https://portal.stretchinternet.com/scf/
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