The No. 4 Ranked Spartans Begin Four Game Road Stretch

The No. 4 Ranked Spartans Begin Four Game Road Stretch
October 21, 2024

Tampa, Fla. - After losing their first regular season match in 11 months, the Spartans are now ranked 4 in the country. Looking ahead to this week, Tampa will travel to Saint Leo on Tuesday, Florida Tech on Friday, and close out their week of games at Nova Southeastern on Saturday.

 

No. 4  Tampa vs. Saint Leo 

Tampa: 11-1 | Florida Southern: 4-9

Tuesday, Oct. 22 - 7:00 PM EDT

Marion Bowman Activities Center | Saint Leo, FLA.

 

No. 4 Tampa vs. Florida Tech

Tampa: 11-1 | Barry 11-5

Friday, Oct. 25 - 4:00 PM EDT

Charles and Ruth Clemente Center | Melbourne, FLA.

 

No. 4 Tampa vs. Nova Southeastern

Tampa: 11-1 | Nova Southeastern: 14-3

Saturday, Oct. 26 - 4:00 PM EDT

Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, FLA.

 

 ABOUT THE SPARTANS:

  • Tampa now has a record of 11-1 and is still ranked no. 4 in the country.
  • Senior libero, JJ Ramirez's 4.18 digs per set is tied for the most in the conference.
  • Tampa has a combined record of 226-11 against their opponents this week.
  • With 13.46 per set, the Spartans are averaging the most assists in the Sunshine State Conference.
  • Nathaly Perez's 19 kills against Florida Southern is tied for the 8th most in an SSC match this season.
  • Recording 4 aces last week against the Moccasins, Zoey Seput is tied for the 3rd most in an SSC match.

SCOUTING REPORT SAINT LEO:

  • Saint Leo is 4-9 on the season thus far, losing all of their SSC matches.
  • The Lions are currently on a 5 game losing streak.
  • Senior libero, Ivett Flores, is ranked 8th in the SSC with 3.58 digs per set
  • Averaging 5.96 a set, Tajma Muharemovic is ranked 8th across the SSC in assists.

SERIES HISTORY:

  • The Lions are 6-95 all-time against The Spartans.
  • Saint Leo's last victory over Tampa came nearly 5 years ago, in September of 2019.
  • Tampa won the first 69 meetings against Saint Leo with their first loss coming in 2009.

SCOUTING REPORT FLORIDA TECH:

  • Currently, 11-5 on the season, Florida Tech has won five of their seven conference games.
  • The Panthers have the second most kills and assists in the conference with 778 and 714, respectively.
  • Averaging 16.90 per set, Florida Tech has 996 digs as they lead the conference. 
  • Cordelia Kearns has 248 kills and 278 points, both of which lead the SSC.
  • With a hitting percentage of .439, Chiara Patelli only trails Tampa's Rachel Gregg in the conference.

SERIES HISTORY:

  • The Spartans are undefeated with a record of 93-0 against the Panthers.
  • In the past 5 years, Tampa has only conceded 3 out of 27 total sets.

SCOUTING REPORT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN:

  • The Sharks have a 14-3 record while going 5-2 in conference play.
  • Junior setter, Gabrielle Spankus leads the SSC with 583 assists.
  • Olivia Aniol has the most blocks in the SSC with 85, which is 19 more than the next closest player.
  • Nova's defense has allowed the third-fewest assists, aces, kills, and hitting percentage, and second second-fewest digs.
  • The Sharks are averaging the 4th most assists (12.38) and kills (13.43) per set while having the 3rd highest hitting percentage (.282).

SERIES HISTORY:

  • UTampa is 38-5 against Nova Southeastern.
  • The Sharks were victorious in their last meeting with the Spartans, in November of 2023.
  • The Spartan's 21-game winning streak came to an end in 2019.