Florida Tech Volleyball Loses Two Road Matches


The Florida Tech Volleyball team is in the midst of a nine-game losing streak, including two losses last week to Lynn and Barry, both on the road.

On Thursday September 22, the Panthers fell 3-0 to Lynn, committing 20 hit errors and losing by scores of 25-11, 25-21 and 25-15. Kiersten Rosa, who has had assist totals in the 40’s a couple times this season, was held to 22 in this match, but she added seven digs to lead the team.

Kelly Germain led the Panthers with 13 kills, added five digs and blocked two. Jenna Schaffer and Samantha Reeves each contributed four kills and a block.

Lynn went on a run that saw them win seven out of eight points in game one and led 13-5 and then went on another eight-point run to go up 22-7. Before winning by 14. Game two saw the Panthers jump out to a 7-4 lead, before the Fighting Knights won four straight points to take the lead.

The game went back-and-forth the rest of the way, but Lynn won three of the last four points, to win 25-21. Florida Tech started game three with a 3-0 lead, but the Fighting Knights came back with a vengeance, winning 12 of the next 14 points, to take a 12-5 lead. They never looked back, putting the finishing touches on game three and earning the 3-0 shutout.

Thursday’s Box Score @ Lynn

On Saturday, the road trip continued with the team traveling to Miami Shores, to take on the Barry Buccaneers in another Sunshine State Conference match up. While the Panthers were able to get in the win column in this match, they fell 3-1.

Barry (8-3, 2-1 SSC) won the first game 25-23, despite Florida Tech jumping out to a 9-3 lead. The Bucs went on a 7-1 run, tying the game at 10. Things were pretty even for a while, before Barry went on a six-point run to take a 23-20 lead and they hung on from there.

Game two was never really in doubt, with Barry dominating 25-14. The Panthers bounced back with a 27-25 win in game three, winning five points in a row and seven out of nine. With that, the teams went into a fourth game.

The Panthers (2-9, 0-3 SSC) got off to a good start, winning the first four points, but Barry came back with a 7-2 run and led 7-6. They backed that up with a little bit of a run, jumping out to an 18-13 lead and never let Florida Tech back in, taking the fourth game 25-18.

Statistically it was a decent day for the Panthers, as Germain reached a career-high with 18 kills. Schaffer and Olivia Hersey had 11 kills each and Rosa got back on track with 35 assists, 10 digs, four kills and three blocks.

Saturday’s Box Score @ Barry


The Panthers are home twice this week, hosting Tampa on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Saint Leo on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. 


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