BRADENTON, Fla. - NCF Volleyball bounced back from its midweek loss to Southeastern Wednesday with a 3-0 home victory over Sun Conference foe Florida Memorial at SCF-Bradenton Saturday.
NCF won the first set 25-18 but ran into trouble in the second set as the Lions, who entered play having won just one set all season, jumped in front 23-13.Â
The Mighty Banyans refused to quit, however, using a 10-0 rally to tie the set at 23-23, and after falling behind 24-23, got a kill from
Jayleen Santiago to tie things back up. From there, NCF outscored the Lions 4-3 the rest of the set to earn a 28-26 win.
With momentum, NCF took the third set 25-20 to complete the sweep and improve to 13-3 overall and 8-3 in Sun Conference play.
Santiago led NCF with 21 kills while
Wiktoria Telecka added 11 kills.
Four-time Sun Conference setter of the week,
Rafaela Domingos, led NCF with 43 assists, while
Maria Luiza Barreis led the Mighty Banyans' defensive efforts with 20 digs.
The Mighty Banyans will be back in action Saturday in Miami Gardens against No. 14 St. Thomas.