New College of Florida women’s volleyball will take a 9-1 record into a Sun Conference match against No. 25 Southeastern on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at The Furnace in Lakeland. The Mighty Banyans are 1-0 in conference play after opening league competition with a 3-1 victory over Ave Maria. That win extended the best start in program history and will precede New College of Florida’s first Sun Conference road match.
New College of Florida leads key conference categories
New College of Florida leads The Sun Conference with 17.21 points and 3.10 service aces per set. The Mighty Banyans rank second with a .226 hitting percentage and 12.33 kills per set, while their 11.72 assists and 1.77 blocks per set rank third.
New College of Florida also has held opponents to a .122 hitting percentage and 8.64 kills per set. Those figures rank second and first in The Sun Conference, respectively.
Wiktoria Telecka leads New College of Florida attack
Senior Wiktoria Telecka leads The Sun Conference with 174 kills, 4.46 kills per set, 217.5 points, 5.58 points per set, 32 service aces and 0.82 aces per set. She ranks fourth with a .265 hitting percentage and has reached double figures in kills in each of New College of Florida’s first 10 matches.
Telecka was named Sun Conference Attacker of the Week following the Ave Maria match. It was her second award of the season and fifth of her New College of Florida career.
Senior Soraya Nacero ranks third in the conference with 131 kills, 3.45 kills per set and a .269 hitting percentage. She ranks second with 29 service aces, 0.76 aces per set and 4.29 points per set. Nacero earned Sun Conference Attacker of the Week honors following the Florida College Lady Falcons Classic, her second conference weekly honor.
Sophomore Addison Phillippe leads The Sun Conference with 411 assists and 10.54 assists per set. She was named Sun Conference Setter of the Week for the third consecutive week and third time during the season. Phillippe also was selected as the NAIA National Setter of the Week after New College of Florida went 4-0 at the La Tribu Invitational.
New College of Florida faces familiar opponent
New College of Florida won two of three meetings against Southeastern during the previous season. The Mighty Banyans defeated Southeastern 3-1 in the Sun Conference Tournament semifinals.
Southeastern entered with a 0-0 Sun Conference record and a 3-2 all-time record against New College of Florida. Its last listed match was a 3-1 victory at Saint Francis (Ind.) on Aug. 22. Laura Bonomi was listed as a key Southeastern player after being named the 2025 Sun Conference Player of the Year; the listed information credits her with averages of 3.73 kills, 4.11 points and 4.58 digs per set.
Sophomore libero Khalia Horta ranks third in The Sun Conference with 179 digs and 4.59 digs per set. Freshman Katelyn Pulver leads New College of Florida with 23 total blocks and ranks fourth in the conference with 0.66 blocks per set.
New College of Florida will return home Saturday to host Florida Memorial at 2 p.m. at Bradenton Christian School.
Source: Original report