No. 11 Barry defeated Lewis 3-1 on Sept. 12 at the ICI Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, during the Embry-Riddle Invitational. Barry won the match by set scores of 24-26, 25-20, 25-18 and 25-14. The victory was Barry’s fifth in a row after the team opened the season 0-2, improving Barry to 5-2 while Lewis fell to 6-4.
Valeriya Kozlova led Barry with 20 kills and a .340 hitting percentage. She added three service aces, six digs and five blocks for her second 20-kill match of the season. Varvara Osychenko recorded 15 kills while hitting .394, along with one service ace and eight digs.
Barry responds after dropping the first set
Barry built an 11-point lead in the opening set before Lewis rallied and won 26-24 in extra points. Ivana Zujovic contributed to three of Barry’s first four blocks, but Lewis took the early match lead. Barry answered in the second set as Kozlova recorded five kills and an ace, while Petra Brkicic and May McConnell added service aces during Barry’s six-point advantage.
Barry controlled the second set 25-20 and then used a late 4-0 run to take the third set 25-18. Kozlova led the third-set attack with six kills, while Frankie Good recorded one solo block and two block assists. Barry entered the fourth set with a 2-1 lead.
Lewis opened the fourth set with a 3-1 advantage, but Osychenko answered with back-to-back kills to tie the score. Kozlova followed with a kill, and Barry used an 8-1 run to create separation before closing out the 25-14 win. Osychenko, Kozlova and Zujovic each contributed a kill and a block during the decisive stretch, while Sofya Toropova closed out the match with a kill.
Toropova recorded a career-high 16 digs and added three blocks. Thalia Iglesias posted 24 assists and 10 digs for her second double-double of the season and the 13th of her career. Barry finished with 13 blocks and nine service aces while hitting .231, compared with Lewis’ .117 hitting percentage.
Barry leads the all-time series against Lewis 4-1. Barry will host No. 15 Lynn Friday at 7 p.m. at the Health and Sports Center Gym in Sunshine State Conference action.
Source: Original report